cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320889.v1
title: The Facets of Women Commodification: Violence in the University Context in Administration

description: ABSTRACT Context: violence against women is present in the most diverse social groups, especially in Latin America, as it is one of the most violent regions against women, with high numbers of rapes, harassments, and murders because of gender. Objective: the objective of this study is to deepen the understanding of the way in which violent situations against women occurs in the Brazilian university context and its different facets of objectification and commodification. Methods: we undertook in-depth interviews with 15 female and 5 male university students from business courses. Results: our findings suggest the female ample objectification and commodification in the university context and their negative consequences, such as self-objectification in its personal and professional aspects demonstrated by reports of uncertainty regarding their bodies, in exercising the activities of leadership, and their choice of profession. There happens to be commodification of: (a) the women’s body; (b) their sexuality; (c) their morality; and finally (d) their feelings. Conclusion: we contribute theoretically to expand the knowledge about the relation between objectification and commodification. In empirical and managerial terms, we present insights for educational institutions to combat discrimination against women.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320893
title: Vale S.A.: Cobalt Streaming

description: ABSTRACT The case “Vale S.A. — Cobalt Streaming” describes a transaction that has taken place at Vale, a Brazilian mining company, and one of the most important in its segment. The transaction was developed to de-risk an important project for an expansion of a mine in the province of Newfoundland & Labrador in Canada. By streaming the cobalt production, Vale was able to get a competitive internal rate of return for the project compared to the lower level of risk the project would then offer. The case detailed the negotiation since the beginning until the company faced the challenge of choosing from the final proposals. The case allows the discussion of important aspects regarding project valuation: risk mitigation through the streaming negotiation, several different types of risk influencing the main issue of the case, decisions about the assumptions used, discussion about debt/equity characteristics on the overall project from Vale’s perspectives, and the evaluation of a project with non-conventional cash flow, given a substantial upfront revenue due to the streaming contract. So, the case is recommended for the disciplines of Financial Management, Project Valuation, or Risk Analysis in post-graduate courses of Business Administration and Finance.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320893.v1
title: Vale S.A.: Cobalt Streaming

description: ABSTRACT The case “Vale S.A. — Cobalt Streaming” describes a transaction that has taken place at Vale, a Brazilian mining company, and one of the most important in its segment. The transaction was developed to de-risk an important project for an expansion of a mine in the province of Newfoundland & Labrador in Canada. By streaming the cobalt production, Vale was able to get a competitive internal rate of return for the project compared to the lower level of risk the project would then offer. The case detailed the negotiation since the beginning until the company faced the challenge of choosing from the final proposals. The case allows the discussion of important aspects regarding project valuation: risk mitigation through the streaming negotiation, several different types of risk influencing the main issue of the case, decisions about the assumptions used, discussion about debt/equity characteristics on the overall project from Vale’s perspectives, and the evaluation of a project with non-conventional cash flow, given a substantial upfront revenue due to the streaming contract. So, the case is recommended for the disciplines of Financial Management, Project Valuation, or Risk Analysis in post-graduate courses of Business Administration and Finance.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320895
title: Cheap Freight and Delayed Delivery: The Dilemma of Service Level Versus Costs

description: ABSTRACT This teaching case aims to understand the dilemma between service level and cost in business to business outbound logistics in a retail company. The company faced a disadvantage when hiring logistics providers due to its unattractive payment rates, leading to disruptions in deliveries. Therefore, this teaching case debates the following dilemma: how to increase the logistics service level and control costs? The pedagogical objectives seek to analyze potential alternatives to be used to raise the level of service and discuss forms of loyalty of the logistics service providers, as well as to increase the efficiency of distribution logistics by reducing disruptions. Thus, this case can be useful for undergraduate and graduate students, concerning the following topics: distribution logistics, service levels, operational efficiency, logistics performance, management suppliers, contract management, and risk management. Additionally, this teaching case is recommended to stimulate creativity and to prepare students for professional positions in the logistics area.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320895.v1
title: Cheap Freight and Delayed Delivery: The Dilemma of Service Level Versus Costs

description: ABSTRACT This teaching case aims to understand the dilemma between service level and cost in business to business outbound logistics in a retail company. The company faced a disadvantage when hiring logistics providers due to its unattractive payment rates, leading to disruptions in deliveries. Therefore, this teaching case debates the following dilemma: how to increase the logistics service level and control costs? The pedagogical objectives seek to analyze potential alternatives to be used to raise the level of service and discuss forms of loyalty of the logistics service providers, as well as to increase the efficiency of distribution logistics by reducing disruptions. Thus, this case can be useful for undergraduate and graduate students, concerning the following topics: distribution logistics, service levels, operational efficiency, logistics performance, management suppliers, contract management, and risk management. Additionally, this teaching case is recommended to stimulate creativity and to prepare students for professional positions in the logistics area.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320898.v1
title: A Tutorial on the Use of Differences-in-Differences in Management, Finance, and Accounting

description: ABSTRACT Context: natural experiments or quasi-experiments have become quite popular in management research. The differences-in-differences (DiD) estimator is possibly the workhorse of these techniques. Objective: the goal of this paper is to provide a tutorial that serves as practical guide for researchers considering using natural experiments to make causal inferences. Methods: we discuss the DiD advantages, concerns, and tests of validity. We also provide an application of the technique, in which we discuss the effect of government guarantees on banks’ degree of risk, using the 2008 financial crisis as a natural experiment. The database used, as well as the Stata and the R scripts containing the analyses, are available as online appendices. Conclusion: DiD may be used to tackle endogeneity concerns when treatment assignment is random.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320898
title: A Tutorial on the Use of Differences-in-Differences in Management, Finance, and Accounting

description: ABSTRACT Context: natural experiments or quasi-experiments have become quite popular in management research. The differences-in-differences (DiD) estimator is possibly the workhorse of these techniques. Objective: the goal of this paper is to provide a tutorial that serves as practical guide for researchers considering using natural experiments to make causal inferences. Methods: we discuss the DiD advantages, concerns, and tests of validity. We also provide an application of the technique, in which we discuss the effect of government guarantees on banks’ degree of risk, using the 2008 financial crisis as a natural experiment. The database used, as well as the Stata and the R scripts containing the analyses, are available as online appendices. Conclusion: DiD may be used to tackle endogeneity concerns when treatment assignment is random.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320901
title: A GARCH Tutorial with R

description: ABSTRACT Context: modeling volatility is an advanced technique in financial econometrics, with several applications for academic research. Objective: in this tutorial paper, we will address the topic of volatility modeling in R. We will discuss the underlying logic of GARCH models, their representation and estimation process, along with a descriptive example of a real-world application of volatility modeling. Methods: we use a GARCH model to predict how much time it will take, after the latest crisis, for the Ibovespa index to reach its historical peak once again. The empirical data covers the period between years 2000 and 2020, including the 2009 financial crisis and the current 2020’s episode of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: we find that, according to our GARCH model, Ibovespa is more likely than not to reach its peak once again in one year and four months from June 2020. All data and R code used to produce this tutorial are freely available on the internet and all results can be easily replicated.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320901.v1
title: A GARCH Tutorial with R

description: ABSTRACT Context: modeling volatility is an advanced technique in financial econometrics, with several applications for academic research. Objective: in this tutorial paper, we will address the topic of volatility modeling in R. We will discuss the underlying logic of GARCH models, their representation and estimation process, along with a descriptive example of a real-world application of volatility modeling. Methods: we use a GARCH model to predict how much time it will take, after the latest crisis, for the Ibovespa index to reach its historical peak once again. The empirical data covers the period between years 2000 and 2020, including the 2009 financial crisis and the current 2020’s episode of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: we find that, according to our GARCH model, Ibovespa is more likely than not to reach its peak once again in one year and four months from June 2020. All data and R code used to produce this tutorial are freely available on the internet and all results can be easily replicated.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320902
title: A Tutorial for Modeling Real Options Lattices from Project Cash Flows

description: ABSTRACT Context: several methods for evaluating real options have been extensively studied and published. But recombining binomial trees, known as lattices, are perhaps one of the most practical and intuitive approaches to model uncertainty and price project managerial flexibilities for real options applications. Although the Cox, Ross, and Rubinstein (1979) lattice model is simple to implement for financial options, modeling real options lattices requires a different approach such as the one proposed by Copeland and Antikarov (2001), which considers project cash flows as dividends in the lattice model. Objective: in this tutorial, we propose a code in an open-source software with intuitive guidelines to help researchers and practitioners model real options lattices from project cash flows. Method: our code considers the correct project’s volatility estimation, dividend yield modeling, and lattice building. Results: the results show how real options can affect the value of projects. Conclusions: as a contribution, this tutorial provides a simple mechanism for analyzing investment opportunities in projects that have uncertainty and flexibility.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320902.v1
title: A Tutorial for Modeling Real Options Lattices from Project Cash Flows

description: ABSTRACT Context: several methods for evaluating real options have been extensively studied and published. But recombining binomial trees, known as lattices, are perhaps one of the most practical and intuitive approaches to model uncertainty and price project managerial flexibilities for real options applications. Although the Cox, Ross, and Rubinstein (1979) lattice model is simple to implement for financial options, modeling real options lattices requires a different approach such as the one proposed by Copeland and Antikarov (2001), which considers project cash flows as dividends in the lattice model. Objective: in this tutorial, we propose a code in an open-source software with intuitive guidelines to help researchers and practitioners model real options lattices from project cash flows. Method: our code considers the correct project’s volatility estimation, dividend yield modeling, and lattice building. Results: the results show how real options can affect the value of projects. Conclusions: as a contribution, this tutorial provides a simple mechanism for analyzing investment opportunities in projects that have uncertainty and flexibility.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320904.v1
title: Mapping Organizational Culture Schemas Based on Correlational Class Analysis: A Tutorial

description: ABSTRACT Context: organizational culture tends to be investigated based on organizational consensus degree, even when it is seen as shared meanings. However, sharing meanings does not imply having the same opinions. On the contrary, there may be agreement on which cultural elements are relevant, even when opinions differ from each other, a fact that enables individuals to share cultural schemas, although they disagree with each other’s answers. Objective: we aim to use a scale of organizational values adapted to the Brazilian context to map cultural schemas based on a survey conducted with 207 workers from different companies. Method: recent advancements in the cultural cognition field have enabled the present tutorial article to map organizational culture schemas based on correlational class analysis. This method divides the sample into schematic classes by listing respondents based on the linear dependence between answers given to a questionnaire, rather than on agreement between respondents. Results: two different schematic classes (reactive and resilient) that condition the effect of attitudes and organizational structure on employee appreciation and satisfaction. Conclusions: besides providing a tutorial on how to use the investigated technique, the study points out its relevance for organizational culture field.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320904
title: Mapping Organizational Culture Schemas Based on Correlational Class Analysis: A Tutorial

description: ABSTRACT Context: organizational culture tends to be investigated based on organizational consensus degree, even when it is seen as shared meanings. However, sharing meanings does not imply having the same opinions. On the contrary, there may be agreement on which cultural elements are relevant, even when opinions differ from each other, a fact that enables individuals to share cultural schemas, although they disagree with each other’s answers. Objective: we aim to use a scale of organizational values adapted to the Brazilian context to map cultural schemas based on a survey conducted with 207 workers from different companies. Method: recent advancements in the cultural cognition field have enabled the present tutorial article to map organizational culture schemas based on correlational class analysis. This method divides the sample into schematic classes by listing respondents based on the linear dependence between answers given to a questionnaire, rather than on agreement between respondents. Results: two different schematic classes (reactive and resilient) that condition the effect of attitudes and organizational structure on employee appreciation and satisfaction. Conclusions: besides providing a tutorial on how to use the investigated technique, the study points out its relevance for organizational culture field.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320908
title: Tutorial-Articles: The Importance of Data and Code Sharing

description: ABSTRACT Context: this document is designed to be along with those that are in the first edition of the new section of the Journal of Contemporary Administration (RAC): the tutorial-articles section. Objective: the purpose is to present the new section and discuss relevant topics of tutorial-articles. Method: I divide the document into three main parts. First, I provide a summary of the state of the art in open data and open code at the current date that, jointly, create the context for tutorial-articles. Second, I provide some guidance to the future of the section on tutorial-articles, providing a structure and some insights that can be developed in the future. Third, I offer a short R script to show examples of open data that, I believe, can be used in the future in tutorial-articles, but also in innovative empirical studies. Conclusion: finally, I provide a short description of the first tutorial-articles accepted for publication in this current RAC’s edition.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320911
title: Decision-Making Quality of Public Managers: Contributions from Intelligence and Knowledge Management

description: ABSTRACT Context: in recent years, studies have sought to analyze how intelligence and knowledge management processes are understood and applied in the context of public management, environments in which processes appear as a point to be explored to enhance decision-making quality. Objective: to analyze how public managers apply intelligence and knowledge management aiming at a higher decision quality. Method: based on a defined and validated research protocol, interviews were conducted with seventeen public managers in southern Brazil. For the analysis, the qualitative comparative analysis technique using fuzzy sets was applied. Results: the results suggest the importance of effective data, information, and knowledge management for the decision-making quality of public managers, demonstrating that the absence of decision-making quality is directly related to the absence or little use of knowledge management and intelligence elements in the public management. Conclusion: in addition to analyzing conditions and proposing ways to lead to greater quality in decision making by public managers, it was possible to contribute to the theme of knowledge management and intelligence in public management, as well as to benefit the government with paths to be consolidated and better explored.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14320911.v1
title: Decision-Making Quality of Public Managers: Contributions from Intelligence and Knowledge Management

description: ABSTRACT Context: in recent years, studies have sought to analyze how intelligence and knowledge management processes are understood and applied in the context of public management, environments in which processes appear as a point to be explored to enhance decision-making quality. Objective: to analyze how public managers apply intelligence and knowledge management aiming at a higher decision quality. Method: based on a defined and validated research protocol, interviews were conducted with seventeen public managers in southern Brazil. For the analysis, the qualitative comparative analysis technique using fuzzy sets was applied. Results: the results suggest the importance of effective data, information, and knowledge management for the decision-making quality of public managers, demonstrating that the absence of decision-making quality is directly related to the absence or little use of knowledge management and intelligence elements in the public management. Conclusion: in addition to analyzing conditions and proposing ways to lead to greater quality in decision making by public managers, it was possible to contribute to the theme of knowledge management and intelligence in public management, as well as to benefit the government with paths to be consolidated and better explored.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14321087
title: Innovation in Micro and Small Enterprises: Resources and Capabilities

description: ABSTRACT Objective: the article aims to identify the relevant resources for the composition of managerial and transactional capabilities in the context of micro and small enterprises (MSEs). Method: through a literature review, the resources associated with the innovation were identified: leadership, people management, information and knowledge, relationships with clients, suppliers, and society, and results. The resources were collected and measured using a structured questionnaire made available by the Local Agent for Innovation program, applied to 447 MSEs in the state of Pernambuco, between 2015 and 2017. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to verify how these resources contribute to the composition of capabilities. Results: the results demonstrate that the managerial capability is composed of the relationship with society and suppliers, leadership, the sharing of information and knowledge, and people management. Transactional capability is made up of the relationship with customers and the results obtained by the firm. Conclusions: although MSEs have restrictions on access to technologies, their organizational resources seem to contribute to the development of innovation capability and to obtain competitive advantage.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14321087.v1
title: Innovation in Micro and Small Enterprises: Resources and Capabilities

description: ABSTRACT Objective: the article aims to identify the relevant resources for the composition of managerial and transactional capabilities in the context of micro and small enterprises (MSEs). Method: through a literature review, the resources associated with the innovation were identified: leadership, people management, information and knowledge, relationships with clients, suppliers, and society, and results. The resources were collected and measured using a structured questionnaire made available by the Local Agent for Innovation program, applied to 447 MSEs in the state of Pernambuco, between 2015 and 2017. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to verify how these resources contribute to the composition of capabilities. Results: the results demonstrate that the managerial capability is composed of the relationship with society and suppliers, leadership, the sharing of information and knowledge, and people management. Transactional capability is made up of the relationship with customers and the results obtained by the firm. Conclusions: although MSEs have restrictions on access to technologies, their organizational resources seem to contribute to the development of innovation capability and to obtain competitive advantage.