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The entrepreneurial activity is often cited as a key factor for the economic development of a country. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reports and several researches show that the higher the economic development of a country, the lower the entrepreneurship rate and the population opportunities perception. Thus, this theoretical essay aims to investigate assumptions about how the relationship between macroeconomic indicators and population entrepreneurship variables may contribute to the risk propensity of a country. We carried out a bibliographic research about this topic in the Emerald Insight, Capes and ESBCOhost databases. We observed that there are no studies that relate all our seven proposed variables (GDP, HDI, unemployment rate, Total Early‐Stage Entrepreneurial Activity ‐ TEA, perception of opportunities, fear of failure and risk propensity), especially considering in multinational scale. Our study assumes theoretical assumptions among these variables, contributing to better targeting of public and private stakeholders on the business activity development.

From a literature search on the topic process maturity, maturity in supply chain and certifications in coffee, it has built a maturity model for certified processes in the coffee agribusiness system. Initially, a literature search on the maturity models in processes took place and then from an extensive literature search on maturity models in supply chains, was chosen the maturity model of McCormack et al. (2003). Later, from the code of conduct of UTZ Certified (2015a), the attributes to be valued in this maturity model were selected. Finally, there was the validation of this model for the analysis of experts in process and coffee. The contribution of this paper for agribusiness is centered created maturity model and method of the proposed maturity cycle, identifying the critical points of each firm individually, enabling suggest recommendations for improving processes, allowing the prioritization of efforts and resources by the firm. Moreover, there is the possibility to check common points of improvement in strategic groups to guide collective efforts for better performance results in operations, facilitating collective action and sector policies. In future work will be to validate the relationship of the impact of the certified processes maturity in the performance of firms in the coffee agribusiness segment in Brazil and in other Brazilian and global agribusiness systems.

This paper applies the Wright‐Pickton Competitive Intelligence (CI) framework to the reality of Brazilian telecommunication industry. The core objective of the paper was to describe the level of CI concepts and tools utilization according to the perception of CI managers within important firms. The data gathering was performed with the use of in‐depth interviews with executive managers that lead these areas in 8 very representative firms in this industry with activities in different areas in the value chain. The data was analyzed and classified using the categories as suggested by the Wright‐Pickton framework. As results, it could be seen that the data gathering and the use of outputs from CI are the ones much far from the ideal level, meaning these activities need to be improved in order to make the CI practice closer to the firms’ strategy. Finally, the paper brings suggestions for improving the Wright‐Pickton framework with inputs coming from the application in the Brazilian reality, as well as the theoretical contributions coming from reviews in the CI and related literature, which is also presented in the paper.

The general objective of this research was to assess the degree of development of organizational capabilities stemming from the role of human resources in the Brazilian Northeast hotel sector. A descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, was developed in hotels located in the two principal tourism destinations of four states in the Northeast Region of Brazil: Salvador, BA, Porto Seguro, BA, Fortaleza, CE, Canoa Quebrada, CE, Recife, PE, Porto de Galinhas, PE, Natal, RN and Pipa, RN. The instrument for data collection investigates the organizational capabilities based on the Ulrich's (1998, 2000) Multiple Roles Model. The results indicate a tendency, among the hotels, to be more able to develop organizational capabilities orientated toward the day‐to‐day and for the operational level and to encounter greater difficulties in developing organizational capabilities directed toward the future and for the strategic level. This tendency confirms the strategic gap still experienced by human resource management in contemporary organizations. Thus, it was possible to see that the strategic human resource management is still a challenge for the hotels, which need to invest in a shift in emphasis from administrative to strategic, from functional to based on the business model.

This article aims to analyze the essential elements of governance in Virtual Business Communities (VBC), which represent a specific type of interorganizational relationship, based on technological dimensions that enable virtualization of interactions, digitization of business processes and access to information. Technological dimensions are critical to the construction and development of governance mechanisms ‐ structuring norms and rules, monitoring forms and application of incentives and sanctions. Among the fundamental elements, the institutional elements, the factors of trust, legitimacy and leadership are included, and they can promote or inhibit governance in VBC. The interaction of these elements with the technological dimensions has effects on the development of appropriate governance mechanisms of a VBC and has been little explored in the literature. A case study involving the creation of a VBC for the flower sector in Rio Grande do Sul, based on the conceptual elements analyzed, allowed us to propose a framework for VBC governance studies. It also enabled the development of guiding questions for the development of VBC governance for a particular type of business, based on interpretations given by the participants to the institutional factors and to the dynamics of virtuality of the interactions as they influence the construction of governance mechanisms.

Learning styles show the individual's behavior and their ability to perceive and process information. The use of business simulation games as a teaching strategy and learning environment, promotes the active participation of students in teaching and learning process and thus there is a challenge to identify how they learn and answer what are stimulated. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between learning styles and perceptions of students in the application of business simulation games as a teaching strategy and learning environment. Students’ perceptions on teaching strategy and learning environment were collected through the instrument of the skills acquisition and the quality of the virtual environment. The analysis was performed using descriptive statistics techniques, factor analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The main results, learning styles differ significantly as a teaching strategy in the processing and input dimensions. In the processing dimension, significant differences were presented in the factor related to problem solving, while the input dimension were the factor on managerial behavior. Regarding the quality of the virtual environment, learning styles were not significant for the perception dimensions and showed significant differences in the processing dimension for the perceived usefulness, the input dimension to the quality of information and the organization dimension for ease of use.

The need for organizations to innovate has always been a major factor for business competitiveness. From the beginning of the 2000‘s this need has turned even more important, especially with the advent and widespread of innovations, intensifying competition and shortening the life cycle of products. It is perceived, however, that companies operating in more traditional sectors of the economy have higher barriers to innovative procedures, barriers increased and enhanced when it comes to the universe of micro and small enterprises (MSEs). These difficulties, by itself, support the need for policies and public interventions in order to minimize the barriers. In this context, this paper addresses a research which studied two innovation supporting programs in Brazil: the business incubation, with particular focus in the Business Incubator of the city of Araraquara; and the Brazilian Service for Technical Answers (SBRT) in this particular case represented by one of his agents, the Integrated Service of Technical Answers (SIRT) of the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP/Araraquara). This study reports the virtues, the limitations and difficulties of these two instruments of public policy as potential or actual inducers to innovations in non‐technological micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The research analyzed the types, sources and mechanisms used to promote innovations in the MSEs. The methodology comprised a qualitative research, exploratory, designed as a simple case study, with data collected through interviews and participant observation. It was found that the MSEs, even those who participate in public programs and policies, have many difficulties to operationalize innovation. It was noted also that the joining of the two instruments leveraged innovative activities.

The hospitality market has as a main goal to show a place that is perfect and beautiful. In order to serve the needs of guests, hotels depend on professionals that have much, few, or almost no contact with the guests. For these professionals, things such as good appearance, good diction, perfect hair and nails are required in order to meet the hotel market standards. Based on this, this work sought to figure out how these organizations react to the insertion of disabled professional in the working place, through the analysis of the Human Resource practices of three hotels Belém, Pará, northern Brazil. This research follows a qualitative approach. Data collection was made through interviews and non-participant observations. Data analysis was made through Content Analysis. The results identified the Human Resource practices set on the insertion of people with disabilities, compared them, and found that only one hotel works with all HR practices studied. In all studied hotels, it was noticed that during the selection the main focus was on the type and severity of the disability, excluding the most severe ones. The absolute criteria is the search for a lighter disability and not the search for the specific skills needed to fulfill a position. This led to the belief that the mere insertion of people living with disabilities in a company does not necessarily means that they are really being included, this information should serve as a reflection for companies and future studies on the topic.

This article aimed as its main objective to investigate, by means of an observational study, the concept of dynamic capabilities in an environment of constant change. Therefore, it was proposed to analyze the commercial film/artistic ‘New in Town’ (2009), directed by Jonas Elmer. The criteria for choosing for the use of this film were determined by theoretical propositions, involving the constructs dynamic capabilities and competitive advantage in changing environments. In addition to the constructs his own film analysis in the teaching‐learning and research process administration can generate their contribution to academy and the scientific community, since the perception of aspects generated by the organizations evidenced by the theories presented and highlighted the throughout the film, points to the need to observe the meaning of the following affirmations: dynamic capabilities developed by the subsidiary of an organization can return to learning for the matrix and contribute to future actions; the quest of the resources people need to be faced with their own people and for the people; there needs to be alignment of skills and organizational strategies; adaptive responses and its dependence on the capability to identify and predict future scenarios can be found; it is possible make use of the win‐win strategy for, from the identification of an individual competence to conduct whole organizational team to contribute to the collective use of that competence and generate competitive advantage for an entire organization.

The national environment and the definition of government policies that point to the development and consolidation of relations between the different institutions are elements that form a National Innovation System (NSI). The recognition of the importance of these aspects has made, both developed and developing countries start to implement policies that strengthen the links between the scientific and technological production. Such policies are also reflected in regional sections, giving rise to the Regional Innovation System (RIS). This article aims to analyze the influence of the elements of national and regional innovation systems in university‐industry (U‐I) interactions in Santa Catarina, taking as an object of study four universities analyzed in the following categories: science, technology and innovation (S,T&I) structure and higher education system. For data collection, it was possible to perform 38 interviews in depth. The data was performing and analyzing using the qualitative data analysis software Atlas/ti, version 7.1.3. The results showed an increasingly consolidated performance, especially in terms of volume of investment from the federal and state governments in S,T&I policies reinforced by the regulatory framework in the field of innovation. About the higher education system it was found in relation to its operation that the university structure creates barriers for the development of the productive sector, although there is clarity from logic researchers within which the university should operate, which is not the same market logic.