Bia Brazil: activewear made in Brazil to the world

ID: 62128

Authors: Masaaki Kotabe, Moema Pereira Nunes, Fernanda Kalil Steinbruch.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1-15, March-April, 2021. 15 page(s).

Document type: Teaching Case (English)

São Felipe Hospital: capacity management challenge in a hospital emergency

ID: 62127

Authors: Claudia Affonso Silva Araújo, Kleber Fossatti Figueiredo.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1-18, March-April, 2021. 18 page(s).

Document type: Teaching Case (Portuguese)

A qualitative method proposal for the study of strategy as practice

ID: 62126

Authors: Leonardo Lemos da Silveira Santos, César Tureta, Bruno Felix.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1-17, March-April, 2021. 17 page(s).

Keyword: ethnography , grounded theory , narrative , qualitative research , strategy as practice

Document type: Article (English) Show Abstract

Purpose: recently, the strategy as practice approach has sought to overcome the micro/macro dichotomy existing in its literature, as well as to better integrate the dimensions of praxis, practice and practitioner. To fill this gap, the aim of the paper is to discuss potential methods to guide empirical studies of strategy as practice (SAP). Method: the paper proposes a method based on an extensive literature review. Phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and narratives are discussed, and their components are presented in the context of strategy as practice studies. Results: the presented method articulates four approaches. Phenomenology is used to enhance the understanding of strategist experiences. Grounded theory is considered a method to develop theories about the studied phenomenon. Ethnography is used to contextualize the daily practices of strategists. Narratives are the path to access the stories of the strategists. Conclusion: the proposed method may be useful to overcome micro/ macro dichotomy existing in strategy as practice literature and to integrate praxis, practice and practitioner dimensions.

Decision-making quality of public managers: contributions from intelligence and knowledge management

ID: 62125

Authors: Claudia Melati, Raquel Janissek-Muniz, Carla Maria Marques Curado.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1-17, March-April, 2021. 17 page(s).

Keyword: fuzzy sets , intelligence , knowledge management , public management , qualitative comparative analysis

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show 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.

Innovation in micro and small enterprises: resources and capabilities

ID: 62124

Authors: Renata Braga B. de Vasconcelos, Joséte Florencio dos Santos, Jackeline Amantino de Andrade.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1-19, March-April, 2021. 19 page(s).

Keyword: dynamic capabilities , innovation , micro and small enterprises , resource theory

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show 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.

Optimal tax theory: its contributions to the brazilian reality

ID: 62123

Authors: Camilla Fagner de Carvalho e Costa, Jeferson de Castro Vieira.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1-16, March-April, 2021. 16 page(s).

Keyword: optimal taxation theory , public administration , public policy , tax reform

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

Objectives: this theoretical essay aims to present classic and contemporary fundamentals of the optimal tax theory (OTT) and to problematize its presence and possibilities in the scenario of tax policy in Brazil. Context: such objectives are located in the contemporary context that discusses tax reforms aimed at efficient and socially responsible public management. Methods: after surveying the state of knowledge of optimal taxation in Brazil, and from the perspective of economics and political law, we sought to identify secondary data on tax distribution in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in relational analysis with data from Brazil. Results: the text draws attention to the fact that OTT is able to bring social issues to the discussion of public tax management policies in a structured way, with the perspective of inclusion and social responsibility, based on the importance of different treatment of economic agents, physical and legal, based on their needs and possibilities. Conclusion: it is concluded that, like in other countries, OTT is present in the Brazilian debate expressing as possible and necessary to advance in a tax policy that responds to the needs of public collection articulated and reconciled to social well-being through responsible management, modern and transparent.

Operation car wash: impacts on the executives' liability insurance market

ID: 62122

Authors: Rafael Tonet Rensi, João Vinícius França Carvalho.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1-18, March-April, 2021. 18 page(s).

Keyword: insurance , Operation Car Wash , probability updating , third party liabilities

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

Context: triggered in 2014, the Car Wash Operation (CWO) belongs to a process of changing the legal context, in the sense of greater responsibility and penalization of public and private companies’ decision makers for acts practiced in the exercise of their functions, object of the Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance coverage (D&O). Objective: to evaluate the relationship between the growth in the revenues of D&O insurance premiums and the developments of the OCW in Brazil, under the hypothesis of a change in the perception of economic agents exposed to risks covered by D&O insurance, in a process known as probability updating. Methods: official monthly data for all active insurers, arranged longitudinally between 2003 and 2017, and using two-stage regression method for panel data. Results: the OCW had a positive effect not only to the probability of offering this type of insurance, but also to increase the volume of D&O premiums; these results are consistent with the probability-updating hypothesis. Conclusion: the OCW resulted in an increase in revenues of D&O premiums, but there was a negative relationship between OCW and the entire insurance market, suggesting significance of this operation in the sector retraction observed since its outbreak.

Why we need qualitative research in management studies

ID: 62121

Authors: Evelyn Lanka, Sanjay Lanka, Ali Rostron, Pallavi Singh.

Source: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1-7, March-April, 2021. 7 page(s).

Document type: Editorial (English)