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The eager fight for supremacy in the online service industry: a comparative study of M&A activities: case studies of Apple, Google and Microsoft
(2015-12-18)
The Online Service Industry is characterized by high M&A activity in the time from 2005 to 2015. Especially the leading companies Apple, Google and Microsoft embed this way of inorganic growth in their corporate strategy. ...
Co-creation in hospitality industry: a case study on the drivers of traveler-generated content
(2015-12-18)
User-generated content in travel industry is the phenomenon studied in this research, which aims to fill the literature gap on the drivers to write reviews on TripAdvisor. The object of study is relevant from a managerial ...
Coffee voluntary standards systems a study of the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo
(2015-12-18)
In order to adapt to new markets, the coffee supply chain has gone through numerous changes during the last years, which led to the creation of the voluntary standard systems. Adopting a Voluntary Standard System (VSS) ...
A qualitative study of the internationalization of born-global technology start-ups in Brazil
(2015-12-17)
O fenômeno das empresas born globals e a internacionalização de empresas brasileiras de base tecnológica são tópicos recentes na literatura acadêmica, devido também ao fenômeno ser recente. Não existem muitos estudados ...
Water resources management: crisis vs. success: success factors for water management through the examples of São Paulo and Paris
(2015-12-14)
Water is a specific good, economically, socially or environmentally speaking. Different and opposed theoretical points of view have already been developed to describe good water management models, from the Integrated ...
Mhealth entrepreneurship: an exploratory research for a managerial model for mhealth start ups in low and middle income countries
(2015-12-14)
Tecnologias móveis na saúde (mHealth) representam há alguns anos a força de transformação para melhorar problemas de saúde em países de baixa e média renda (LMIC). Embora vários estudos tenham identificado ...
Private equity regulation: what are the consequences of the alternative investment fund managers directive (AIFMD) on private equity managers?
(2015-09-22)
The recent global financial crisis brought significant regulatory changes in the worldwide financial industry. In Europe and in the alternative asset sector specifically, a new regulation by the name of Alternative Investment ...
Winning in Brazil: how institutional voids affect the entry decision making process of foreign venture capital firms coming to Brazil
(2015-09-08)
The master thesis for the achievement of the academic status master of science in international management (MPGI) will aim to solve the research question of how institutional voids affect the entry decision-making process ...
The development of the private equity industry since the 2008 financial crisis
(2015-06-15)
The private equity industry was experiencing a phenomenal boom at the turn of the century but collapsed abruptly in 2008 with the onset of the financial crisis. Considered one of the worst crises since the Great Depression ...
Liquidity proxies in the Brazilian debenture market
(2015-05-19)
Este estudo analisa as variáveis de liquidez no mercado corporativo brasileiro de debêntures e testa a variável Eurobond para compreender quais características ajudam a prever a liquidez de debêntures. Embora os mercados ...