The role of maritime transportation within international trade was drastically revamped during the inception of the globalization process, which enhanced the contribution of ports in world economy as main logistics gateways ...

Global sales of FT products have been growing consistently in the last years. According to the FLO, they jumped from less than €1 billion in 2004 to around €5,5 billion in 2013. Although the movement is still beginning in ...

Quantifying country risk – and in particular, political risk – poses great difficulties for business, institutions, and investors alike. As economic indicators are updated far less frequently than Facebook feeds, it can ...

In 2000, the city of Barcelona launched 22@ Barcelona, dubbed the innovation district. The city sees the project as a means to accelerate Barcelona’s transition toward the knowledge economy. Other cities around the world ...

This work presents a real case of a company in a distressed situation: PlywoodCo. The objective of this work is to understand why PlywoodCo. got in its current distressed situation and, based on that, propose a financial ...

Luxury has evolved over the centuries; new challenges have created questions of appropriate strategies for brands. Experience and authenticity became important aspects in the field: consumers are enjoying more material ...

Private equity, or the act of funds or investors to invest in companies unquoted on public exchange, has taken an increasing importance in the financial world in the past few years. Indeed, while the emergence of a private ...

Practices in Social media refers to the view or perception of a brand not only based on its offerings and services, but also on its values and culture as perceived primarily by consumers. Organizations may utilize brand ...

From 2000, China’s internationalization process intensified and highlighted cultural differences against Western perspectives. One of those is the divergence in management and leadership practices. Based on a literature ...

The Brazilian luxury goods market has been registering substantial growth with many international brands establishing presence in the country. When entering the market, the perfect location seems for most of them to be ...