This report presents the initial results of a long-term research program on the Brazilian presidency and its relations with other branches of government. While scholars have found empowerment in the executive, legislature, ...

The main purpose of this paper is to give a wide vision about science parks, technology parks, incubators and technology based firms and to show the Brazilian experience on these subjects. This kind of enterprises is ...

Social networks are one of the most important issues on contemporary sociology. This research intends to analyze the national and international bibliography on social networks and firms, focusing on three main dimensions: ...

We examine price differences between different equity classes in listed companies in Brazil with particular emphasis on privatized companies, and discusses the role of majority control, liquidity, and governance issues ...

Business games are a real important tool intended for executives and students training, since they simulate a market reality. This paper´s purpose is to develop a web-based business game, allowing many universities to ...

The calls urging colleges and universities to improve their productivity are coming thick and fast in Brazil. Many studies are suggesting evaluation systems and external criteria to control universities production in ...

This research aims to present an overview of the present practices of monetary policy, known as simple monetary rules and inflation targeting. It will discuss the historical context in which this framework first appeared., ...

This research aims a) to understand the new role of the state government in the process of globalization, fragmentation weakening of Nation-state and the strengthening of the supranational level of power; b) to fulfill the ...

This article analyses the boundaryless career model, which entails the development of a transactional relationship between individual and organization. To begin with, the feasibility of the boundaryless concept in ...

This work intends to analyze the stages of state formation, since the Absolute State till the Social-Democratic State, and relate them to corresponding forms of organization and administration of the state apparatus which ...