Este artigo pretende oferecer uma síntese do quadro político e institucional do setor energético brasileiro, com ênfase especial ao papel exercido pelas fontes de energia alternativas. Ele está dividido em quatro partes. A primeira apresenta um panorama das energias renováveis no Brasil,...

O declínio organizacional é um tema importante e pouco estudado. No limite o declínio leva à falência das empresas. Seu estudo é importante para a melhor compreensão por parte dos executivos dos fatores que podem colocar suas organizações em risco. O estudo do declínio, entretanto, é...

Some scholars? imprint an academic discipline by their contribution to the manner in which we think and research, namely by putting forward novel concepts and insights. In this paper we examine the impact of Sumantra Ghoshal?s work on the study of subsidiaries and multinational enterprises and...

The purpose of this paper is to present the main neurological findings about the human brain that provide the basis for brain-based learning, and that represent a narrow field of cognitive science as a whole. The findings that are described were made primarily by neuroscientists who studied the...

Jay Barney?s contribution to the current status of the Resource-Based View (RBV) is well accepted, in particular his 1991 article on ?Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage? has been acknowledged as one of the most significant contributions to developing the RBV. The RBV has since...

This paper advances on the importance of the adaptation of the firm to the International Business Environment (IBE). The IBE is a distinguishing factor in international business studies and the firm?s adaptation to the environment has been presented as a basic survival strategy. We argue that...

We have witnessed a fast growth in academic interest on entrepreneurship over the past two to three decades, although at disparate paces in different countries. A wealth of papers presented and published, books, dedicated journals, websites, professional and research groups have emerged...

This paper identifies the ways in which the ideas of Fordism and Taylorism have been responsible for the success of the U.S. motor vehicle companies until 1955, and for their subsequent decline. On three occasions, the motor vehicle industry has changed the fundamental ideas on the process of...

This paper presents three critical issues that researchers need to consider when preparing a research project that measures the satisfaction of patients in health care. These issues are: the correct interpretation of the research objective and formulation of the research questions, selection the...

Os comportamentos de ética empresarial são questionados com os recentes escândalos económico-financeiros e as práticas de empresas e trabalhadores. Neste estudo, baseado dados recolhidos por questionário, comparamos as perceções de ética de estudantes portugueses (N=109) e brasileiros...