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The perks of being female: crises, gender, and voting
(2020-12-15)
Do crises affect voters’ attitudes towards candidates differently depending on their gender? Literature shows that people in general hold gendered stereotypes about the attributes of politicians that make women be perceived ...
Bots, social networks and politics in Brazil
(FGV DAPP, 2018-03-15)
New developments in the analysis of FGV DAPP with data on the 2014 elections have shown the use of fake profiles to share content in the campaigns of Aécio Neves (PSDB), Dilma Rousseff (PT) , and Marina Silva (former PSB) ...
Micro-level technological capability accumulation in developing economies: Insights from the Brazilian sugarcane ethanol industry
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2017-11-20)
Accumulation of indigenous innovative capabilities in firms in developing economies ('latecomer firms') may contribute to sustainable industrial development. To enhance understanding of capability accumulation processes ...
Career transition antecedents in the information technology area
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2017-01)
The more organizations invest in information technology (IT), the more the concern with IT personnel management has increased, namely the hiring, training and retaining of IT professionals needed to deal with such investments. ...
Lighting and homicides: evaluating the effect of an electrification policy in rural Brazil on violent crime reduction
(Springer New York LLC, 2017)
Introduction: This study estimates the effects of lighting on homicides in rural areas of developing countries. Methods: We use an IV strategy by exploring the LUZ PARA TODOS or Light for All (LPT) program that was adopted ...
Behavioral modulation of infestation by varroa destructor in bee colonies. Implications for colony stability
(Public Library Science, 2016-09-01)
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has become a global problem for beekeepers and for the crops that depend on bee pollination. While many factors are known to increase the risk of colony collapse, the ectoparasitic mite Varroa ...
When 'one thing (almost) leads to another': a micro-level exploration of learning linkages in Brazil's mining industry
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2016-09)
This paper explores the nature of learning linkages through a qualitative and empirically grounded study of three sets of interactions in Brazil's mining industry and finds that: (1) these linkages vary along a spectrum ...
Social media and the '20 cents movement' in Brazil: what lessons can be learnt from this?
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016-07)
The scope of this article is to describe and analyze the 20 Cents Movement in Brazil that flared up in June 2013, as well as the important role the social network sites played in spreading this unrest nationwide. The ...
Linking theoretical perspectives to analyze health information and communication technologies in Brazil
(Elsevier Inc, 2016-04)
Brazil has developed health information and communication technologies (ICT), however, to date health information systems are fragmented and endeavors to integrate them have failed. This work links two theoretical streams ...
Spillovers from conditional cash transfer programs: Bolsa Família and crime in urban Brazil
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
This paper investigates the impact of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs on crime. Making use of a unique dataset combining detailed school characteristics with geo-referenced crime information from the city of São ...
