This study aims at analyzing the role of political factors and their relation to market factors in the internationalization process of multinational companies. This procedural case study allows the dynamics of this phenomenon ...

Drawing on studies that used qualitative research techniques of life history and trajectory analysis in different disciplines, the text attempts to reflect on the possibilities and limitations of these techniques in the ...

Along time, increasing competitiveness is said to have shortened firms' life spans; however, for those who managed to survive, the question relies on what are the best competitive positions. The question is whether firms ...

The changes in social security policies in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile are examined in this article through the lenses of a double process. One is the insertion of these countries in the global economy, which imposes the ...

This essay intends to investigate the role of the Public Defender's Office in promoting the recognition of difference. The normative context for the protection of stigmatized groups and a proposal for the characterization ...

This article aims to discuss the issue of intellectuals in the Third World through a case study focused on the sociologist Alberto Guerreiro Ramos. It starts from the assumption that the literature on intellectuals is ...