Empreendedorismo: empreendedores e proprietários-gerentes de pequenos negócios

ID: 18122

Authors: Louis Jacques Filion.

Source: RAUSP Management Journal, v. 34, n. 2, p. 6-28, April-June, 1999. 23 page(s).

Keyword: entrepreneurial typologies , entrepreneurs , entrepreneurship , entrepreneurship epistemology , entrepreneurship theory , small business

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This text presents a summary of the research on entrepreneurs and owner-managers. First, it introduces the pioneers of the field: Cantillon, Say and Schumpeter. The contributions of a number of other economists, including, Knight, Hayek, Penrose, Kirzner and Casson are mentioned. It then describes the contributions of the behaviourists, with special emphasis on MacClelland. The characteristics most often attributed to entrepreneurs are discussed. From the 1980s onwards, the field of entrepreneurship exploded and was appropriated by almost all the soft science disciplines. Some of the most commonly studied typologies in entrepreneurship are introduced, and a typology of small business owner-managers is proposed by the author in an appendix. A number of theoretical trends are discussed. A definition of the entrepreneur is suggested and the text also contains some reflections on future directions in the field.

Licitações públicas no Brasil: explorando o conceito de ineficiência por desenho

ID: 18121

Authors: Isadora Herrmann.

Source: RAUSP Management Journal, v. 34, n. 2, p. 29-38, April-June, 1999. 10 page(s).

Keyword: corruption , law and economics , public institutions , public procurement , transaction costs

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This article discusses efficiency in commercial transactions between private and public sectors using the New Institutional Economics as a theoretical framework. Public purchase of food is investigated under procurement law, which was created to promote justice and efficiency in the public resource allocation. Reported corruption in public procurement is an evidence of inefficiency in government purchase of goods. Empirical tests comparing prices of goods sold to the government with market prices did not refute the evidence. Our findings suggest that inefficiency in public procurement is not a result of the governance structure of the transaction but rather originated in the institutional environment under which public purchase takes place. The absence of independent monitoring structures in the presence of information asymmetry and uncertainty led to a failure in law enforcement, thus allowing opportunistic behaviour. This article states that law reform is not the appropriate way to cope with opportunism in public procurement. Rather, monitoring and control functions of public institutions must be enhanced.

Crédito e planos econômicos

ID: 18120

Authors: Alberto Borges Matias.

Source: RAUSP Management Journal, v. 34, n. 2, p. 39-46, April-June, 1999. 8 page(s).

Keyword: credit , economic plans

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This article analyzes the use of credit policies by Brazilian government during heterodox economic plans as an orientation to firm and bank management. The article compares the behavior of credit sales before and after each plan, concluding that after the heterodox economic plans previous credit sales trends are inverted.

Metodologia de custeio da virtualidade: um caso prático de serviços bancários

ID: 18119

Authors: Eder Oliveira Abensur, Israel Brunstein.

Source: RAUSP Management Journal, v. 34, n. 2, p. 47-54, April-June, 1999. 8 page(s).

Keyword: ABC costing , and home-banking system , ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) , banking service costs , self-service branch

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This research is about electronic self-senvice costs. There are many dissertations about banking costs in the literature, however the recently increase of basic banking activities by technological alternatives based on teleprocessing are new challenges to financial institutions. This study intends to improve banking costs treating subjects as: informatics, telecommunications, capacity of self-service equipments, depreciation, and electronic service demand and costs competitive management.

Modelo de gestão do sistema de planejamento, programação e controle da produção

ID: 18118

Authors: Marcelo Caldeira Pedroso.

Source: RAUSP Management Journal, v. 34, n. 2, p. 55-71, April-June, 1999. 17 page(s).

Keyword: ISO 9001 quality system , manufacturing planning , manufacturing planning , scheduling and control management system , scheduling and control system

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ln this article is proposed a model of manufacturing planning, scheduling and control (MPSC) management system. The proposed model aims to contribute for implementing manufacturing planning, scheduling and control best practices and to maintain and improve the actual MPSC system of companies. This model is based on the sixth stage of a methodology called MISPEM - A Model for Integration the Manufacturing Planning, Scheduling and Control System to the Manufacturing Strategy of Companies (Pedroso, 1996) - and the ISO 9001 Quality Systems requirements. The main concept of the MPSC management system proposed is that the process of managing, maintaining and improving this system deals With repetitive tasks. Regarding this assumption, the author proposes nine requirements and some following itens as the components of the model.

Custos da qualidade: diagnóstico nas empresas com certificação ISO 9000

ID: 18125

Authors: Jarbas Cesar de Mattos, José Carlos de Toledo.

Source: RAUSP Management Journal, v. 34, n. 2, p. 72-80, April-June, 1999. 9 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)

Mudança organizacional na Eletrosul: regulação e sistema de poder

ID: 18124

Authors: Carlos Raul Borenstein, Cristiano J. Castro de Almeida Cunha.

Source: RAUSP Management Journal, v. 34, n. 2, p. 81-90, April-June, 1999. 10 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)

As especificidades das pequenas e médias empresas

ID: 18123

Authors: Nilda Maria de Clodoaldo Pinto Guerra Leone.

Source: RAUSP Management Journal, v. 34, n. 2, p. 91-94, April-June, 1999. 4 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)