Editorial

ID: 685

Authors: Rogério H. Quintella.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 1-4, July-September, 2008. 4 page(s).

Document type: Editorial (Portuguese)

O novo jogo dos negócios: por que as empresas estão decepcionando as pessoas e a próxima etapa do capitalismo - (Shoshana Zuboff e James Maxmin - 2003)

ID: 17442

Authors: Alessandra Apolinário Brunetti.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 223-223, July-September, 2008. 1 page(s).

Document type: Bibliographical Note (Portuguese)

Information technology and business performance on its projects management: a case study about a industry

ID: 670

Authors: Alberto Luiz Albertin, Rosa Maria de Moura Albertin.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 599-629, July-September, 2008. 31 page(s).

Keyword: business performance , information technology , information technology management , information technology project management

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The Information Technology [IT] has been considered like one of the current managerial environment more important components, offering great opportunities for the companies that have success in the offered benefits utilization for this use. This article has as main objective to present the relationship among the Information Technology utilization effective benefit business performance, and its application on the IT projects management, using a specific structure developed for this purpose. The methodology is case study on a company leader on its industry, with significant IT investment, which adopted this tool to evaluate and control its cost and the investment on this technology. The main result is this structure consolidation as a tool for analysis about cost and investment on IT; and its incorporation on the processes of IT projects management, even after its implementation. These results permit to conclude that it is possible to relate IT utilization with business performance and it should be the basis to decision making. Its contribution is the identification of offered benefits by IT, the relationship with business performance and its impact on IT projects management, offering important subsidies for its administration.

Participant or professor centered learning? A comparative study in applied social sciences

ID: 673

Authors: Waldemar Hazoff Júnior, Antonio Carlos Aidar Sauaia.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 631-658, July-September, 2008. 28 page(s).

Keyword: applied social sciences , business administration , participant centered learning

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The quantitative approach in the Business courses has distressed students searching for humanistic contents in Applied Social Sciences area of knowledge. One can observe this in the Materials and Patrimonial Properties Management course taught during the Business Administration program. This situation becomes still worse when the course is offered on Fridays evenings. This study dealt with four classes (morning and evening sessions) in two private institutions. The course was taught according to two procedures: a) professor centered, and b) participant centered. The same activities were scheduled in a distinctive way. The results indicated that the students’ achievement were (statistically significant at 1%) superior in the participant centered procedure (P2) in comparison to the professor centered procedure (P1). Very low investments for designing and planning the didactic materials made possible to produce better achievement of the students.

The ideality of the school in the view of faculty: pure subjectivity or structured cognition patterns in the business administration programs?

ID: 674

Authors: Cristiano de Oliveira Maciel, Antonio João Hocayen-da-Silva, Marcos de Castro.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 659-688, July-September, 2008. 30 page(s).

Keyword: business school , ideality of the school , structured cognition

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The present study aimed at identifying, under the professors’ perception, the main factors for both constructing and maintaining quality in the business administration private schools throughout Curitiba-PR. The institutional perspective of analysis and the cognitive approach of organizational studies were the referential framework for such investigation. After interviewing a few members of the faculty it was possible to develop a structured questionnaire. At the quantifying stage of the research sampling has resulted 214 questionnaires properly filled by professors of 24 higher education institutions. The results show evidence of the presence of three structured patterns of cognition among surveyed professors: (1) Professors with good relationships and classroom participation; (2) Well qualified faculty; and (3) Faculty with a higher professional experience. When the article finishes it discusses cognitive patterns among three fully identified groups and it raises possible questions as to the implications of these patterns in the quality of business administration courses. In addition future research suggestions are raised on the connection between structured patterns of cognition, social networks as well as the logic of changes and stability from the notion of institutional contradictions.

Environmental management in companies: an analysis of the scientific production on environmental management in companies published in the main journals on administration between 1996 and 2005

ID: 675

Authors: Charbel José Chiappetta Jabbour, Fernando César Almada Santos, José Carlos Barbieri.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 689-715, July-September, 2008. 27 page(s).

Keyword: academic production , analysis of literature , environmental management in companies

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The aim of this article is to analyse the scientific production on environmental management in companies published in the six main journals on administration in Brazil (RAE, RAEE, RAUSP, RAP, REAd and RAC), during the period between 1996 and 2005. The following aspects were used in order to examine this academic production: quantitative progress of production; source of authorship; methodological profile; publication content and breadth; and internationalization level of references. The main concerns of this diagnosis are: the academic production on environmental management in companies corresponds to only 2,30% of the total production in administration; a significant part of this production is stimulated by international studies, mainly Hunt and Auster (1990) and Porter and Linde (1995); Brazilian research is restricted to small group of researchers and institutions, as almost 60% of the analyzed articles were published by only five institutions. Thus, this article contributes to the systematization of the academic production on environmental management in companies, as well as it provides insights for this field of research in Brazil.

Strategic and master plans: references and purposes

ID: 676

Authors: Clovis Ultramari, Denis Alcides Rezende.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 717-739, July-September, 2008. 23 page(s).

Keyword: community participation , comprehensive plan , public policy , strategic plan

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Master Plans and Strategic Plans, the first adopted due to a new federal law, the second implemented due to a more methodological option, are current instruments observed all over Brazil, and both constitute what could be called a contemporary urban utopia for Brazilian cities. This article is an attempt to discuss the way both instruments are implemented, their potentials and their limitations. At the same time, this article aims at finding way to integrate both approaches. Such integration is discussed by means of the authors experience in the implementation of such Plans and of secondary data. Master Plans are contextualized in the adoption of the new urban legislation (The Cities Statute). Strategic Plans are viewed as an instrument already adopted by private sector but also able to respect the dogmas of community participation.

Relationship-based financing models: experiences of Chinese entrepreneurs in Brazil

ID: 677

Authors: Hsia Hua Sheng.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 741-761, July-September, 2008. 21 page(s).

Keyword: China , entrepreneurship , financing , guanxi

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

Differently of relationships that normally occur in Western country, the relationship that is quite common in China, named guanxi, is a special form of  connection based on personal trust, which are involved successive exchange of favors. The Guanxi still strongly influences on the Chinese’s businessman behavior. This characteristic is printed in informal financing models, which is one of the key factors responsible for Small and Medium Enterprises [SMEs] growth in China. The objective of the article is to analyze empirically guanxi-based model of financing in Brazil. For this purpose, the exploratory method was applied, a sample of interviews with Chinese SME’s entrepreneurs in Brazil. The evidences suggests that: i) the entrepreneurs uses guanxi to have accesses to financing and to reduce cost of financing; ii) the commercial credits and direct loan are heavily used by Chinese entrepreneurs and the bank short term loans are avoided; iii) the Brazilian institutional environment influences the models; iv) the entrepreneurs often participate of socials events to keep getting guanxi.

Corporate governance and determinants of capital structure: empirical evidence from Brazilian markets

ID: 678

Authors: Alexandre Di Miceli da Silveira, Fernanda Finotti Cordeiro Perobelli, Lucas Ayres Barreira de Campos Barros.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 763-788, July-September, 2008. 26 page(s).

Keyword: capital structure , corporate governance , simultaneous equations

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This study empirically investigates the influence of a firm’s Corporate Governance practices [CG] over its capital structure. Governance quality is measured by a broad index proposed in previous research and constructed for a sample of Brazilian publicly traded companies. We explicitly model the possible bidirectional causality between the constructs of interest, because, as suggested by the specialized literature, capital structure can influence the adoption of certain CG practices by the firm. The postulated systems of equations also include various potential determinants of both capital structure and GC quality suggested by prior research. The equations were estimated by the TOBIT, Ordinary Least Squares, and Three-Stages Least Squares methods. Our results show a significant positive influence of CG practices over financial leverage, in particular of those practices related to the dimension ownership structure and board of directors, suggesting that CG can be an important determinant of capital structure. The results are not conclusive, on the other hand, regarding the influence of leverage over the full CG index and over two sub-indices derived from it.

Competitiveness models for tourist destinations into the sustainability context

ID: 679

Authors: Rosana Mara Mazaro, Giovani Varzin.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 789-809, July-September, 2008. 21 page(s).

Keyword: competitiveness of tourist destinies , tourist sustainability

Document type: Article (Spanish) Show Abstract

The step forward into the comprehension which determines the competitive context of the tourist routes and, especially, the insertion of the sustainability as a performance indicator are orienting distinct theoretical models of local tourist system representation. This article explores the content of four of these models which have as a common characteristic to interpret the dynamics of the tourist system under the light of a new competitive context inevitably influenced by sustainable conditioners. The separate analyses allows to identify, conceptualize and characterize the main determining factors of the competitive success in each model, and the confront between them enables to confirm a convergent context and scenery in the indication of the sustainability paradigm attributes for the tourist routes as strategic elements for its planning, organization and management.

Post-acquisition changes at the supplier network of the acquired firm

ID: 680

Authors: Maria Amália de Marques de Freitas, Sérgio Fernando Loureiro Rezende, José Márcio de Castro.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 811-834, July-September, 2008. 24 page(s).

Keyword: business networks , buyer-supplier relationships , post-acquisition changes

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This article deals with post-acquisition changes at the level of the supplier network of the acquired firm. Specifically, we investigate if and how acquisition processes affect the relationships between the acquired firm and its suppliers, which are theoretically categorized into Arm’s Length Relationships [ALR] and Embedded Relationships [ER] on the basis of the degree of interdependence with the acquired firm. To do so, we developed a case study based on interviews with the acquiree, the acquired firm and three suppliers ALR and three suppliers ER. The results point out that acquisition processes trigger changes at the level of the supplier net in relation to price, quantity and information sharing. Based on these results, five hypotheses are suggested. Whereas the first one is concerned with the relation between acquisition processes and post-acquisition changes at the supplier network of the acquired firm in relation to price, the other four hypotheses suggest that post-acquisition changes in relation to quantity and information sharing are positively correlated with the degree of interdependence between the acquired firm and its suppliers.

The character of the internationalization of scientific production and its restricted accessibility

ID: 681

Authors: Sueli Goulart, Cristina Amélia Carvalho.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 835-853, July-September, 2008. 19 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)

Sociology is a combat sport - a response to Sueli and Cristina’s text

ID: 682

Authors: Paulo Prochno.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 855-860, July-September, 2008. 6 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)

Free access: a pathway to maximizing the visibility of research

ID: 683

Authors: Hélio Kuramoto.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 861-872, July-September, 2008. 12 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)

Brazil is killing Brasil

ID: 684

Authors: Sueli Goulart, Cristina Amélia Carvalho.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 873-881, July-September, 2008. 9 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)

Resenha: - A revoluçăo gerenciada: educaçăo no Brasil, 1995-2002 -(Paulo Renato Souza - 2005)

ID: 686

Authors: Eliane Maria Pires Giavina Bianchi.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 883-885, July-September, 2008. 3 page(s).

Document type: Book Review (Portuguese)

Resenha: - O mosaico do trabalho na sociedade contemporânea: persistęncias e inovaçőes - (Valmiria C. Piccinini, L. Holzmann, I. Kovács, Valeska N. Guimarães (Orgs.) - 2006)

ID: 687

Authors: Ivana Benevides Dutra Murta.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 887-890, July-September, 2008. 4 page(s).

Document type: Book Review (Portuguese)

Decent working time: New Trends, New Issues

ID: 7525

Authors: Magnus Luiz Emmendoerfer.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 891-891, July-September, 2008. 1 page(s).

Document type: Bibliographical Note (Portuguese)

A empresa sustentável: como a sustentabilidade pode ajudar sua empresa

ID: 978

Authors: Jorge Alfredo Cerqueira Streit.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 12, n. 3, p. 891-891, July-September, 2008. 1 page(s).

Document type: Bibliographical Note (Portuguese) Show Abstract