Recommendation Systems based on Indirect Cooperation can be implemented in libraries with the use of Network Analysis concepts and procedures. In this project, a Thematic Distance measurement, initially defined for dichotomic ...

The objective of this project is to investigate the adjustment of the exchange rate during the transition from a fixed exchange rate regime with appreciated real exchange rate to a floating exchange rate regime. We will ...

This study analyzes the difusion of neo-liberal hegemony in Brazil, in the ninety, trough the press - the national newspapers Jornal do Brasil, O Globo, Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo. Being the press an ...

The aim of this reserarch is to discuss the so called 'mimetic contagion' models as an explanation of financial crises, and to show that these situations do not necessarily arise as a consequence of irrational behavior of ...

The objective of this paper is to define social capital as like as social infrastructure and to try to include this variable in an economic growth model. Considering social capital in such a way, It could have impact on ...

The objective of this research project is to investigate the relationship between foreign direct investment and competition policy in emerging economies. The study contains three parts. The first one reviews the recent ...

The present work is an inquiry into the dimensioning of human resources in hospitals. An extensive study was made of trends (ratios and indexes) and of guidelines (yardsticks and parameters) reported in the technical ...

Electronic commerce use is spreading out and is related to the fast growing use of the Internet and the Web. Although it is mainly directed to the private sector, electronic commerce needs government support to keep a ...

This paper discusses the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) rage. ERP represents immense investments for companies around the globe and has been promoted as a management panacea. Not surprisingly, many implementations fail ...

This essay will compare three alternative models in economics. The first is that of a positive science, following the (neo)classical macroeconomic model. The second is that of a political or moral science, as exemplified ...