The research aimed to test whether what is known in the literature as Samuelson's Hypothesis applies to the Brazilian futures markets. The hypothesis postulates that the volatility of a futures prices returns increase as ...

This paper is about brands owned by or controlled by retail trade supermarkets. We analyze the market characteristics of the products composing these brands, the consumers perception of same and the modifications in the ...

This article review aimed at indicating the journals, Thesis and Dissertations of Social Anthropology of three universities (Unicamp, Universidade de Brasília and Museu Nacional) that analysed ethnographic method to approach ...

The sub-utilization of public estate in urban areas is a problem that hurts the development of the cities and decreases the welfare of their populations. In the first part, the paper analyzes this situation as inferior ...

This research analyses the partnership between the São Paulo State Health Secretary and not-for-profit organizations in the process of public services management. It is a purpose to study different terms from the law and ...

This qualitative research aims to assess how non-financial Brazilian companies use derivatives contracts. Non-financial companies are defined as those which main activity is not financial intermediation. This research is ...

The objective of this research is to identify the weaknesses and strengths that are important during the process of implementation of a Total Quality Management System. A set of criteria, associated from the information ...

The aim of this research is to show that the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics is a false problem for as far as certaim microeconomic decisions affect the macroeconomic realm on the other hand it is true that ...

While previous studies have shown that advertisements in the U.S. are generally most effective when they match the race of the model and consumer. This study found that Brazilian consumers did not respond preferentially ...

The work examines some models developed to integrate taxes and benefits (as proposed by James Meade and Richard Musgrave). Using the data published by PNAD-IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) we came to ...