9 articles in this issue
Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes
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Deonir De Toni, Gabriel Sperandio Milan, Evandro Busata Saciloto, Fabiano Larentis
Price policy definition is one of the most important decisions in management as it affects corporate profitability and market competitiveness. Despite the importance that prices take in organizations, it appears that this element has not received proper a... see more
Luciana Carvalho, Ana Paula Macedo de Avellar
The aim of this paper is to carry out an empirical investigation into the relationship between innovation and the productive performance of Brazilian businesses measured by Work Productivity and Total Factor Productivity. Data taken from the Research of I... see more
Darlan José Roman, Marilei Osinski, Rolf Hermann Erdmann
This study aimed to present theoretical categories on the phenomenon of the implementation of performance improvement methods in organizations. The method used was Grounded Theory, following the procedures presented by Strauss and Corbin (2008). In this w... see more
Giancarlo Gomes, Rafaele Matte Wojahn
Although the relation between the organizational learning capability, organizational innovation and performance has often been studied, there is little empirical evidence to support this perspective in small and medium-sized enterprises. This study aims a... see more
Franciane Freitas Silveira, Roberto Sbragia, Henry Lopez-Vega, Fredrik Tell
Subsidiaries conduct innovation activities in foreign markets either to capture valuable knowledge that is necessary to adapt their products to local markets or to create valuable knowledge for headquarters. For emerging market multinationals, most studie... see more
Cristiano de Oliveira Maciel, Carlos Eduardo Liparotti Chaves
The aim of this study was to evaluate to what extent the similarity of informational status of intra-organizational actors relates to behavioral (knowledge sharing) and structural antecedents (structural holes) in a knowledge-intensive organization. The s... see more
Lorena Bezerra de Souza Matos, Ana Silvia Rocha Ipiranga
Considering the scientific practices related to Research & Development in biotechnology and, based on the assumptions of Actor Network Theory (ANT), this study aimed to describe the main translations that influenced the composition of an actor-networks, r... see more
Daniel Friel
There is widespread agreement across the social sciences that institutions matter. Although there is widespread agreement that institutions shape the behavior of actors, there are disagreements over the extent to which they actually influence individuals ... see more