Emerging economies are drawing increasing attention from investors and foreign businesses. However, doing business within emerging countries can be frustrating. As a case in point, in the largest South American economy ...

In recent years, changes in business and work organization led to the emergence of new career models. Among these models, the boundaryless career, which is premised on high professional mobility, has gained prominence. ...

A great challenge facing international management researchers is understanding the institutional and cultural diversity of national business environments. In response to this challenge, researchers often resort to pooling ...

In recent years, changes in business and in work organization led to the emergence of new career models. Among these models, the boundaryless careers model has gained prominence. This model is premised on a high professional ...

In this article, we report on the findings of an exploratory, interpretive study of a notorious corporate fraud that occurred in Brazil from 1989 to 2005. We examine the process by which this scheme was created as well as ...

The theme of competitiveness has been subject of research in different academic realms, such as economy, strategy, operations management and organization studies. As expected, each of these disciplines deal with competitiveness ...

FIESP/CIESP-The São Paulo State Industrial Federation and Center-is the leading entity representing firms and businesspersons in Brazil. It is an association of 129 business syndicates and has about 10,000 businesses as ...

In the academic community there is a growing concern with the issue of social impact: the benefits that teaching and research institutions bring to society. This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on the social impact ...