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Uma década de audiências públicas no Supremo Tribunal Federal (2007-2017)
(Universidade Federal do Parana, 2018)
The present article offers an assessment of the last 10 years of public hearings in the Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal. It is argued that, during this period, the institute has been employed in an incoherent and ...
A criação do curso superior em administração na UFRGS em 1963: uma análise histórica
(Fundação Getulio Vargas, 2018)
This paper aims to analyze how the 'Americanization' of management education took place in practice in Brazil. In doing so, we focus on one of the most important management courses in Brazil that has not yet been analyzed ...
Organizational slack as an enabler of internationalization: The case of large Brazilian firms
(Elsevier Ltd, 2018)
In this paper, we address an empirical puzzle. We note that a deliberate and serious drive to internationalize has occurred rather late in the evolution of large Brazilian firms. Meanwhile, and despite their late ...
Modeling the effect of multidimensional trust on individual monetary donations to charitable organizations
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2018)
This study develops and validates a model that evaluates the effect of trust on individual monetary donations to charitable organizations (COs). Data were collected in Saudi Arabia using a two-stage approach and were ...
The impact of goal (non)attainment on consumer preference through changes in regulatory focus
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2018)
Purpose: Previous research has investigated how performance outcome impacts effort and subsequent goal pursuit. However, little is known about the incidental impact of goal (non)attainment on consumer preference via changes ...
A hybrid spline-based parametric model for the yield curve
(Elsevier B.V., 2018)
Empirical evidence indicates that both nominal and real yield curves in important markets have segmentation between their short end and their longer-maturity segments. This segmentation might affect term structure estimation, ...
Ministrocracia: o Supremo Tribunal individual e o processo democrático Brasileiro
(Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento, 2018)
In this paper, we map how the behavior of a Supreme Court judge can influence the political process. We offer an expanded framework of judicial powers to shape the behavior of political actors, and demonstrate how the ...
Brazil in the global anticorruption regime
(INSTBRASILEIRORELACOESINT, 2018)
Brazilian anticorruption law and institutions were significantly transformed in recent decades. This article traces those transformations and explains how the international anticorruption and money laundering regimes ...
Estimating the number of unvaccinated Chinese workers against yellow fever in Angola
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2018)
Background: A yellow fever epidemic occurred in Angola in 2016 with 884 laboratory confirmed cases and 373 deaths. Eleven unvaccinated Chinese nationals working in Angola were also infected and imported the disease to ...
Research and local action: on compasses and other travel instruments
(Instituto de Psicologia, 2018)
From an experience in a region away from downtown São Paulo, Brazil, we discuss the research method used, based on the action research proposal. In 2016, along with two State schools and an organization devoted to education ...







