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ABSTRACT Purpose: This paper aims to understand the configuration of strategic entrepreneurship practices of exploration, exploitation, and ambidexterity in craft breweries from Uberlândia, MG. Originality/value: Strategic entrepreneurship enables the comprehension of entrepreneurial phenomena from an organizational perspective. Furthermore, this research is conducted in an emergent industry in Brazil, with few studies in the field of management that consider the idiosyncrasies of craft breweries. Design/methodology/approach: We conducted a qualitative multicase study with three craft breweries from Uberlândia, MG. Twelve interviews were performed, and the set of empirical data collected were analyzed through narrative analysis technique. Findings: We identified several strategic entrepreneurship practices in the craft breweing sector. First, exploration practices were found in some radical innovations, such as the pioneering nature in the production of craft beers in Uberlândia, the creation of new products, and in the setting of new business models. Second, exploitation practices were also identified in incremental innovations that enabled business development. Hence, ambidexterity relied on the balance of exploration and exploitation practices, as innovative endeavors enabled the creation and development of new products and access to new markets. Thus, strategic entrepreneurship practices reflect the initiatives of entrepreneurial agents that seek to promote organizational innovations in terms of quality improvements, new production and marketing strategies, and the adoption of new technologies. Therefore, strategic entrepreneurship reflects and contributes to innovation possibilities, strategic renewals, and the competitiveness of craft breweries, revealing the analytical power of this theoretical approach for the study of entrepreneurial phenomena.

ABSTRACT Purpose: This article investigates and classifies firm resources for the internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from emerging countries. Originality/value: SMEs from emerging countries in global markets evidence their more restricted access to resources for internationalization. The mainstream international business literature classifies firm’s resources identified in large companies from developed economies. This research classifies firms’ internationalization resources located in different emerging countries based on a systematic literature review (SLR) and interviews. This paper contributes to the theoretical development about the internationalization of SMEs from emerging countries, indicating the importance of organizational resources in this process. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents an exploratory research developed in two stages: a SLR on emerging countries and interviews with experts, institutions, and SMEs about the Brazilian context. Bibliographic research and an interview with semi-structured script were adopted as data collection techniques. Interviews were analyzed with NVivo software using content analysis technique and providing categorization of resources. Findings: Up to 2016, 15 works mentioned resources for the internationalization of SMEs from emerging countries and seven were done in Asia. We identified 72 resources in ten emerging countries. Organizational resources predominate. The use of financial resources in Brazil contradicts the trend in other emerging countries. More tangible resources seem less strategic for SMEs’ internationali­zation from emerging countries when compared to more intangible resources, as organizational ones.

ABSTRACT Purpose: This study sought to explore the relationship between well-being at work and organizational values in rural properties’ successors in a cooperative system. Originality/value: Empirically, the study presents elements for the strategic management of rural properties, especially for the challenge of preparing successors. For cooperatives, it contributes towards presenting elements for members’ management policies and practices. The study also extends the field of studies on well-being at work and the relationship between well-being and values in the organizational environment. Design/methodology/approach: The method design adopted followed a quantitative approach, with a relational scope, survey type, and cross-sectional. Successors representing 119 rural properties in western Santa Catarina participated in the study. Questionnaires assess organizational values and well-being at work as constructs. The descriptive, correlational statistics and structural equations modeling with partial least squares estimation confirm the hypothesis. Findings: The study’s main conclusion suggests that the values of environment dominance and autonomy are associated with commitment, satisfaction, and involvement with work for successors of rural properties in a cooperative system.

ABSTRACT Purpose: This study evaluates the role of social networks of support, information, and trust in well-being at work, regarding the positive and negative affects and professional fulfillment of workers immersed in processes of organizational change. Originality/value: Organizational change is characterized as a dynamic process, constituted through relationships, immersed in a context of uncertainties. The mapping of relationships can help in understanding the information flows and the assessment of resource availability. Design/methodology/approach: 151 professionals from a holding participated. This company undergoes changes in the scope of services offered and the organizational design. Links of support, information, and trust established according to the change processes were mapped. Associated with the network, the Well-Being at Work Scale was used. For data analysis, multiple regressions were used to construct explanatory models for well-being factors: fulfillment, positive and negative affects. Findings: Variables in support and information social network analysis (SNA) composed the predictive model of well-being in the three models. Among the researched ties, the support and information ties were part of the predictive model of well-being. The metrics that reveal how many times the employee is indicated and indicates others, proximity to highly cited neighbors, degree of participation in cohesive subgroups, the degree to which they assume a central position in the subgroups are indicators of actors’ positions capable of predicting well-being. The influence of the pattern of interaction between managers and employees should be considered in promoting well-being in organizations in the process of change.

ABSTRACT Purpose: This study describes the reasons for professionals to stay or leave information technology (IT) organizations in Santa Catarina. Originality/value: Technology organizations have experienced challenges in retaining professionals. Therefore, this study contributes to the literature on the subject by presenting the professionals’ perceptions about their reasons for voluntarily staying or leaving these organizations. Design/methodology/approach: Four hundred and forty workers from private technology companies freely answered two open questions in an online questionnaire (survey): “What are the reasons that maintain you working at this company?” and “For what reasons would you leave this company in the future?”. The responses, collected in the second half of 2016, were inductively coded and subsequently aggregated into categories. Findings: The results indicate that the professionals remain in the researched organizations primarily due to occupational (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, proper working conditions and perception of professional growth), organizational (adequate management practices) and environmental reasons (perception that there are no better work alternatives). The professionals surveyed would leave the organizations they currently work, primarily for occupational reasons (lack of job satisfaction and opportunities for professional growth, lack of an outlook on valorization and better working conditions), as well as for organizational (inadequate management practices), environmental (better job alternatives) and individual reasons (career planning). Based on the analysis of these results, an agenda for future research on the investigated topic is presented.

ABSTRACT Purpose: This research investigates whether the characteristics of corporate governance (executive compensation, board composition, ownership structure, and control) influence the sensitivity of remuneration to firms’ performance, the so-called pay-performance sensitivity. Originality/value: This study brings to the literature a new perspective on the interaction of corporate governance mechanisms aligned with the concept of pay-performance sensitivity. The study shows that governance instruments are not isolated but rather interrelated and interdependent. Design/methodology/approach: The study sample was composed of Brazil 100 Index (IBRX 100) companies listed on B3 from 2014 to 2018. Data were extracted from the Economatica® database, and the reference forms were accessed on the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil’s (CVM) website. We use panel data regression models with fixed and random-effects models. Findings: The board composition (represented by the CEO/Chairman duality) increases the pay-performance sensitivity, while the ownership concentration reduces it. In addition, a greater presence of independent members on the board reduces the variation in executive compensation.

Abstract Purpose: To present a rigorous technique for merchandise companies that are internationalizing and pursuit the best options of export markets to direct their products. Originality/value: The literature suggests that companies, especially small and medium enterprises (SME), due to their lack of experience when participating in international business, tend to employ uncertainty processes that affect in decision making when exporting. For this reason, an innovative multivariable technique for international markets selection (IMS) is presented, in which factors such as trade barriers, economics, cost, logistics and culture are considered. Design/methodology/approach: Consulting different databases obtained from the internet, it was possible to analyze the factors indicated above, which, in turn, are integrated by different variables. Thus, this work used a multivariable methodology and/or technique that is complemented with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to assign the weights of each factor and their respective variables; all this, including a survey among experts and members of the foreign trade department of the company under study, in this case, dedicated to the production of confectionery. Findings: According to the statistical data processed with the multivariable technique and weighted with the AHP process, the results suggest that by their score the best export markets are Ireland, Netherlands and Denmark. In this sense, the empirical evidence indicates that the pointed countries are the most attractive markets for the factors considered, as well as for their general features.

Abstract: Among 20?30% of patients with suspected autism referred for evaluation by multidisciplinary teams, have the diagnosed discarded and 15 to 20% have genetic and / or environmental comorbidities. From September 2011 to December 2014, through 15 task forces, physicians and neuropsychologists evaluated 151 children enrolled in municipal schools in the city of Barueri, São Paulo. Evaluation: perinatal history, growth and developmental milestones, health history, perinatal anoxia, prematurity, infection and birth defects, genetic syndromes, intellectual disability and epilepsy were recorded. Screening scales used were Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC) and the Autism Screening Questionnaire (ASQ). The main results were the exclusion of ASD diagnosis in 44 children (30%). Among ASD students 22 (21%) had several comorbidities of genetic and environmental causes. Conclusions: 1. the diagnosis of autism should be validated; 2. interdisciplinary academic teams with expertise in evaluation can make partnerships with educational systems and develop appropriate methods for this purpose; 3. Basic and clinical protocols available in Brazil are effective both to validate the diagnosis and to better know the general health and cognitive?behavioral of the students with autism.Keywords: autism; comorbidity; evaluation; diagnosis; student.

Abstract: In line with the Paradigm of Inclusive Education, the National Policy on the Rights of Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) guarantees the enrollment of children with ASD in regular schools. As a result, the presence of these students in regular classes has grown significantly in the last three years. This phenomenon is described in theses and dissertations that precisely analyze teacher practices and conceptions concerning school inclusion of this population. The aim of this study is to synthesize, through a secondary analysis methodology, studies of this nature. Participants were 38 teachers described in six studies published between 2013 and 2015. The results suggest that teacher knowledge of autism is limited and that these professionals feel unprepa red to educate this population. This study calls attention to the importance of continuing education in order to better prepare teachers to work in inclusive classes.Keywords: school inclusion; autism spectrum disorder; teacher perception; pedagogical practices; literature review.

This research aimed to understand the coping strategies of caregivers of patients in palliative care. Qualitative, descriptive-exploratory study with nine caregivers of patients in palliative care of a home hospitalization program in the southern region of Brazil. A semistructured interview collected data and submitted to content analysis. The results showed strategies about personal resources before care and social support. Family, faith, and support from the home team were significant coping resources. The patient’s clinical situation and caregiver-patient affection made it difficult for the caregiver’s exposure to personal problems, devaluing health complaints. It is concluded that caring for a family member is a challenging task, which influences the health caregiver, can lead to the illness of the caregiver, and the relay of care can reduce their overload. It is necessary to integrate the caregiver into the care of the team and implement educational actions to their health.Keywords: coping behavior; caregivers; palliative care; psycho-oncology; home assistance.

RESUMO Na safra de 1989/90 foram conduzidos ensaios, em Cruz Alta, RS, objetivando avaliar a eficiência de Baculovirus anticarsia formulado, de diferentes origens, no controle da lagarta da soja , Anticarsia gemmatalis. Os ensaios foram delineados em blocos ao acaso, com oito tratamentos e quatro repetições, sendo o tamanho das parcelas de 6m x 10m. Entre as parcelas deixou-se 10m de bordadura e entre blocos 5m, visando evitar a contaminação pelo vírus. Usou-se nas aplicações um pulverizador costal de precisão (CO2), equipado com bicos cônicos JD 10-1, que gastou 115 litros de calda por hectare a uma pressão de 60 lb/pol². Naquele momento, as plantas de soja, cv. CEP 16-Timbó, encontravam-se no estádio V9 e com 0,7 m de altura. O numero de lagartas vivas foi obtido pelo pano de batida (3 batidas/parcela) aos 0, 4, 7, 10 e 12 dias após a aplicação (DAA). Determinou-se, ainda, o número de lagartas mortas pelo vírus aos 7, 10, 12 e 15 DAA, a desfolha aos 15 e 30 DAA e o rendimento de grãos (9m²/parcela). A análise dos resultados obtidos mostrou que os vírus formulados em pó molháveis da EMBRAPA, OCEPAR e GERB 00889-GERATEC, todos a 10 g/ha, foram eficientes no controle de A. gemmatalis, apresentando equivalência estatística quanto a produtividade em relação aos padrões (vírus de lagartas a 50 LE/ha e o inseticida químico profenofós a 100g i.a./ha). Por outro lado, o vírus formulado em pó molhável da BIO SUR-ARGENTINA a 1,4 e 2,8g/ha e em líquido da AGROGGEN (Multigen) a 14,4 e 28,8ml/ha não foram eficientes no controle da praga, resultando em produtividades de soja similares à testemunha sem controle.

RESUMO Foi estudado o comportamento meiótico de uma cultivar de trigo (RS1) e dois triticales (TSA1 X S - 8017 e TSA1 X Jacuí), irradiados com 60Co para detectar variabilidade quanto a fertilidade para fins de melhoramento. As dosagens de radiação utilizadas foram 35 e 37,5kr de 60Co para a cultivar de trigo e 30kr para os triticales. Foram avaliados o pareamento e a segregação dos cromossomos, bem como o índice meiótico, em células-mães dos grãos de pólen, nas gerações M1 e M3 utilizando-se o método do smear. Todos os genótipos avaliados apresentaram mais de 90% de suas células com pareamento normal. A segregação cromossômica mostrou variação entre os genótipos. O índice meiótico indicou que o trigo irradiado com menor dosagem de radiação apresentou a mais alta porcentagem de tétrades normais. A geração M3 do cruzamento TSA X Jacuí apresentou índices meióticos acima de 90%. Esses genótipos serão avaliados para características agronômicas uma vez que, do ponto de vista citogenético não apresentam problemas para o melhorista.

RESUMO Utilizando os valores das temperaturas mínimas diárias do ar registradas na Estação Climatológica Principal de Santa Maria, RS, determinou-se as probabilidades de ocorrência do número de dias, por decêndio ou mês, das seqüências de varias durações e da duração da maior seqüência de dias consecutivos, em cada mês, com temperaturas mínimas do ar prejudiciais à fecundação das flores da cultura do arroz (Oriza sativa L.). Os resultados evidenciam que na época de floração existe risco de ocorrência de temperaturas mínimas do ar prejudiciais à fecundação das flores do arroz e que este risco é menor no mês de fevereiro.

RESUMO O experimento foi conduzido em solo classificado como Planossolo, Unidade de Mapeamento Vacacaí, ano agrícola de 1986/87, no Campus da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria-RS. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar o comportamento do índice de área foliar em três cultivares de arroz irrigado (EEA 406, BLUEBELLE e BR-IRGA 409), as quais apresentam características morfológicas distintas. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso com cinco repetições, sendo que os tratamentos foram constituídos pelas três cultivares. A cultivar EEA 406 apresentou os maiores valores de área foliar e índice de área foliar (IAF), em todos os estádios de desenvolvimento, sendo seguida das cultivares BLUEBELLE e BR-IRGA 409. Para as três cultivares o tamanho do limbo foliar foi o componente que mais influenciou na determinação da área foliar e do IAF.

RESUMO Semeaduras de pepino, cv. Meio Comprido Fortuna, foram realizadas nas datas de 06/10, 01/12 e 04/01, no ano de 1987/ 88 e de 17/10, 14/11 e 12/12, no ano de 1988/89, no Campo Experimental do Departamento de Fitotecnia da UFSM, com o objetivo de determinar o rendimento, germinação e vigor das sementes produzidas. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi de blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições e 20 plantas na área útil das parcelas (5m²). Determinou-se a data de ocorrência e a duração dos subperíodos fenológicos da semeadura ate o inicio da floração feminina das plantas e desta ate o inicio da maturação dos frutos. Após a colheita realizou-se a contagem do número de frutos produzidos e a determinação do rendimento, germinação e vigor das sementes. Os resultados mostraram que os maiores rendimentos foram obtidos com as semeaduras realizadas no mês de outubro e que os valores mais elevados de germinação e vigor provem de sementes extraídas apôs a maturação completa dos frutos, independentemente da época de semeadura.

RESUMO Com o objetivo de determinar as exigências bioclimáticas para o crescimento e desenvolvimento da planta, o rendimento, germinação e vigor das sementes produzidas, foram realizadas semeaduras de rabanete, cv. Saxa, nas datas de 12/ 06, 10/07, 20/08 e 29/09, em 1986, e de 02/06, 15/07, 21/08 e 20/09, em 1987, em Santa Maria, RS. Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental de blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições e população de 129 e 26 plantas na área útil, respectivamente em 1986 e 1987. Determinou se as datas de ocorrência da emergência, pendoamento, floração e maturação e o rendimento, germinação e vigor das sementes. Os resultados indicaram que a temperatura do ar e o elemento que mais influencia o crescimento e o desenvolvimento da planta. O rendimento, germinação e vigor das sementes foram baixos em todas as épocas, influenciados principalmente pelas condições ambientais ocorrentes no período de maturação das sementes.

RESUMO Iohexol, um novo meio de contraste hidrossolúvel não iônico, foi utilizado na realização de mielografias em seis cães, cinco dos quais normais. O sexto animal, atropelado por uma motocicleta, apresentava paralisia espástica dos membros torácicos e paralisia flácida dos membros pélvicos. Na mielografia desse cão, o meio de contraste não progrediu além de T11 e o exame macroscópico confirmou a fratura do corpo vertebral de T11. A qualidade das mielografias foi excelente pois o iohexol proporcionou uma opacificação adequada e homogênea do espaço subaracnóideo. O iohexol deslocou-se de maneira satisfatória e mielografias das regiões torácica e lombar puderam ser obtidas pela punção cisternal. Não foi registrado nenhum caso de convulsão, confirmando a menor neurotoxicidade desse novo meio de contraste.

RESUMO Em oito cães sadios, considerados livres de displasia procurou-se adaptar a técnica de artroplastia capsular de Colonna, utilizada em humanos para o tratamento da luxação coxofemoral congênita. Os animais foram submetidos às avaliações clínica e radiológica pré e pós-operatório e após período de observação variável, sacrificados para estudo anátomo-histopatológico. A técnica cirúrgica consistiu em abordagem crâneo-dorsal da articulação coxofemoral, aprofundamento do acetábulo, cobrimento da cabeça femoral com pericárdio homogêneo, reconstituição da cápsula articular e estruturas abordadas. O período de recuperação funcional variou de 20 a 45 dias. Os resultados obtidos mostraram melhora na congruência entre a cabeça femoral e fossa acetabular.

RESUMO Vinte e um cães sem raça definida com idade entre 6 meses e 7 anos, peso médio de 10kg foram submetidos à fratura iatrogênica da mandíbula com perda de segmento de aproximadamente 1cm. A reconstituição foi feita mediante transplante autógeno heterotópico e imobilização com pino intramedular ou diferentes tipos de circlagem. A principal causa relacionada às falhas foi a necrose térmica conseqüente à secção da mandíbula com serra vibratória.