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A partir do processo de emissão de debêntures da Ecovias dos Imigrantes, ocorrido em 2013, o caso e permite o aprendizado das diversas etapas que compõem a emissão destes títulos.DOI: 10.12660/gvcasosv4n2c14http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/gvcasosv4n2c14

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The flex-fuel car is a commercial success in Brazil. This innovation illustrates two different strategies of supplier involvement in technology development: black-box and gray-box or co-design. This paper presents two cases studies of how two mature Brazilian automakers subsidiaries (Volkswagen and General Motors) undertook the development of flex-fuel technology. We also present the development's context, which led to the technology wide spread adoption. Then we discuss the possible impact of both involvement strategies on dependence relations between automakers and their module suppliers, suggesting they will not change large trends toward more, even if limited, dependence on complex high technology modules or "systemist" suppliers.

This exploratory and descriptive study tested one application of the IMP Interaction Model developed by the International Marketing and Purchasing Group (IMP Group) researchers. The sample with 83 dairy farmers and 28 respondents from milk processing companies revealed, with a statistical significance level of 0.05, that geographical concentration and information exchange (technical and administrative) constructs contribute for buyers and sellers collaborative relationship. This result leads to conclude that logistics systems and the adoption of both process and information technologies are essential for Brazilian milk production chain competitiveness. In addition, IMP Interaction Model has been proved to be efficient in showing the main constructs contribution for development and maintenance of collaborative relationships between buyers and sellers.

The emergence of supply chain as a growing area of research has generated a renewed interest in theory and theory-making within the field of operations management. This interest is the result of the parallel advances in other areas like economics, sociology, and general management that have developed theoretical perspectives and tools relevant for the operations domain. Work in these areas has demonstrated the relevance of strategic action and organizational structure that are traditionally ignored in an operations framework. In this paper we propose a new theory through which existing research paradigms in the field of operations management may be reinterpreted and redirected. We call this theory the Theory of Entrepreneurial Policy Alignment (TEPA). The point of departure for the theory is the concept of the policy as the locus of institutional activity. The TEPA defines the policy as the fundamental unit of economic analysis and the strategic lever of entrepreneurial action. Analysis of policy – as opposed to the individual choice or the transaction cost – permits the examination of economic activity, which draws attention to the Schumpeterian dynamics of competing supply chains operating in environments far from equilibrium. This theoretical innovation marks the theory as distinct from others on order and can be seen as a movement through transaction cost economics. The TEPA recognizes the consequential nature of operations and incorporates policy considerations to arrive at a newer institutional economics. In this paper, we motivate the argument for developing such a theory, present its basic features and provide an example of how TEPA may be applied to a decision to offshore a manufacturing production facility.

The key to a library’s success is its ability to effectively and economically deliver services and information that users value. Additionally, the objective of supply chain management is to coordinate the focal firm’s processes and activities with those of its suppliers and customers, such that the firm’s delivered products and services meet or exceed customer requirements. It thus seemed appropriate to analyze a library from a supply chain perspective to assess and improve its ability to serve its users. Consequently, the authors employed an action research methodology to work with library personnel from two departments, User Services and Technical Services, as they merged into one division, to map the information resources supply chain of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lied Library. Once the supply chain model was completed, key processes were analyzed and performance measures designed, with the goal of improving division products and services. This paper reviews the relevant literature, presents the Lied Library information resources supply chain model, and provides the performance measures along with several improvement examples.

Originally a response to environmental pressures, the paradigm of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a socioenvironmental strategy. The study was centered around the question: according to the two-dimensional model of Quazi and O’Brien, what is the socioenvironmental perspective of the midsize retail supermarket industry in Fortaleza? The study design was exploratory and quantitative. Information was gathered from the managers of 14 midsize supermarkets in Fortaleza using a closed structured questionnaire containing 25 items based on the model of Quazi and O’Brien. Using exploratory factorial analysis, the sampled companies were found to be clustered in the “modern view” quadrant of the model.

The main aim of this study was to conduct a meticulous analysis of which words or terms are used in the variables that best represent the concepts of SCM practices. The research conducted can be classified as being of a descriptive, exploratory and qualitative character. The search of the articles was made in the Scopus and Web of Science. The final sample was composed of 51 articles, drawn from 18 periodicals. For analysis, the definition of a construct was taken as the base, its relation with manifested variables and words or terms most used and coherent with the definition of the concepts and the contexts in which these terms were applied. A total of 639 variables that defined constructs, were transcribed. Similarity is noted in the employment of their variables and common use of words in the definition of the concepts. However, the constructs possess different nomenclatures. Therefore, confusion is present in the studies analyzed. The study sought to contribute to greater discernment of the concepts, making a critical reflective understanding of the practices in the area. It was raised in the subsections of the discussions that the authors used the same terms in different contexts. It was pointed out the future prospects for formation of the concepts, showing how such constructs are being modified and perfected by means of the introduction of theories, such as the theory of Transaction Cost Economics, the Resource-Based View, Agency Theory, and Knowledge-Based Theory

O artigo visa apresentar resultados de pesquisa a qual teve como objetivo estudar a maneira como a jurisprudência, emitida por alguns tribunais brasileiros, vem considerando a possibilidade de aplicação da guarda compartilhada de crianças e de adolescentes. Na investigação foram analisados acórdãos prolatados por três estados da Federação no período entre 12 de agosto de 2008 - quando entrou em vigor a Lei Federal n° 11698/08, que regulamenta a aplicação da guarda compartilhada - e abril de 2010. As argumentações que envolviam considerações sobre o bem-estar psíquico de crianças e de adolescentes foram separadas em categorias e examinadas à luz dos conhecimentos das ciências humanas. Observou-se que a natureza dos argumentos utilizados em decisões que negam a aplicação da guarda compartilhada diverge do entendimento de estudos recentes daquela área de conhecimentos.

The research objective is verifying the strategic alignment of supply practices between automakers and suppliers in the Brazilian automotive supply chains. It makes an exploratory-descriptive study of objectives, using quantitative/qualitative procedures and inductive reasoning. The concept used for analyzing the alignment of practices was based on Vachon et al. (2009). The main conclusion of this study is that suppliers and automakers seem to align their supply strategy, giving support to a desirable situation of single chain project. The subsidiary conclusion is the lack of relationship between intensity of the link and misalignment in these companies. The main contributions are the analysis of the relationship established in tiers that are the furthest removed from the focal companies; identification of practices that support the expansion of a new model of arrangements implemented by automakers in Brazil; and understanding of the processes that companies have adopted in order to manage their supply chains and the implications of these activities for the competitiveness of both the company and the supply chain as a whole.

Este artigo parte do diálogo existente entre Direito e Economia para analisar os contratos de arrendamento e parceria no Brasil. Admite-se que a legislação pátria coloca entraves ao estabelecimento desses contratos, especialmente naqueles que envolvem produtores mais pobres. Vale-se de um resgate histórico do processo de criação do Estatuto da Terra para compreender o contexto que embala o surgimento do aparato legal específico aos contratos agrários. Ademais, apresenta as principais características dos contratos, por exemplo, prazos, forma de pagamento, direito de preferência, indenização por benfeitorias. Verifica-se que a regulamentação dos contratos de arrendamento e parceria nasce em meio a interesses pontuais e contraditórios. As cláusulas contratuais nem sempre assistem a parte economicamente mais frágil. Conclui-se que o uso mais intenso dos contratos agrários no país depende de mudanças na legislação, de modo que atenda as condições socioeconomicas dos arrendatários e parceiros, sobretudo, dos pequenos produtores.

The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of interaction between external communication, internal information processing and internal logistics in the financial control of Brazilian Micro and Small Enterprises. It was characterized as a survey with a quantitative approach, and the applied statistics consist of confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation models, based on a sample of 183 companies. Considering a significance smaller that 0.05, the main results have presented that internal information processing and internal logistics showed a positive and significant relationship with financial control. Internal logistics and external communication also proved to be positively and significantly correlated.

Partindo de um alerta do filósofo estoico Séneca a seu discípulo Lucílio, o presente artigo pretende refletir sobre o fenômeno da desumanização das ordens jurídicas, descrevendo as suas causas e as conseqüências que podem advir do aprofundamento desse processo. em primeiro lugar, analisa-se a chamada tecnicização do direito, diferenciando-a do formalismo jurídico propugnado pelo juspositivismo. Dentre os vários fatores de desumanização dos ordenamentos jurídicos, sublinha-se a unidimens lonalização das sociedades pós-industriais. Por fim, descreve-se o direito enquanto distopia, apontando algumas possíveis alternativas para a reconstrução de um discurso jusfilosófico contemporâneo sobre a justiça, de maneira a superar as formas de convívio social hoje impostas que apresentam características particularmente autoritárias e perversas.