Revista Estudos e Pesquisas em Administração

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Authors: Loanna Rodrigues Silva; Nathália Prochnow Naga; Lays Dantas Pereira.

Amid the frequent changes in the business market, the various organizational departments undergo changes that have to be studied and applied to the needs of each organization. Based onthe study of theory and other previous studies regarding some specific subject, practitioners can have a fundamental basis of guidance for decision making. This study aimed to identify the social networks of cooperation between authors, institutions, by publishing articles on People Managementissues. A sociometric studywasconducted in 441 articles published in EnGPR from 2007 to 2013. Thus, it was possible to comprehend which topics have been discussed in people management, and the level of relationship between authors and higher education institutions.

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Authors: Rodrigo Milano de Lucena; Bruno Henrique Sibin; Cláudio Eurico Seibert Fernandes da Silva.

The food and beverage industry is one of the most dynamic in the Brazilian economy, both in domestic trade and in its international relations. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze the evolution of the economic and financial performance of companies in the food and beverage sectors listed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA) inthe period between 2011 and 2014. Thework sought to evaluate therelationship between the market value of companies and the performance of indicators related to the composition of indebtedness, liquidity and profitability. Considering thatthe nature of the data presented time series of the selected variables, panel econometrics was used to determine this relation. The results show that the main indicators of profitability and indebtedness were statistically reliable to explain the variability of the variable "market value" in the period from 2011 to 2014.

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Authors: Higor José dos Santos.

The city of Rondonópolis presentstheduality oftheurban and rural environments, beingthe most industrialized city and one of the agricultural centers inthe state of Mato Grosso, factors that influenced the installation of a railroad station the city, to distributetheagricultural production. The productive context instigates questions about the use of rail transport beyondthe flow of the agricultural production, being used by manufacturing companies. Thus, the work aimed to analyze the perspectivesof manufacturing companies in the industrial districts of the city regarding the use of the railways. The research followed a theoretical, empirical and descriptive format, with a qualitative approach and a categorization guidance in data analysis evidenced by documentary collection, records, interviews and direct field observation of managers’ perceptions. The results show that the use of railways for strategic projects of movementisalready intrinsic in Brazil’sadministrative culture, which entails, among other problems, the loss of competitive advantage for the companies involved.

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Authors: Idineia Bressan; Ivana Aparecida Ferrer Silva; Simone Hirata; Willian Luan Rodrigues Pires; Elba de Oliveira Pantaleão.

Developingin a sustainable way has become a challenge for micro and small enterprises (MPE), since the requirements are numerous when it comes to environmental impacts;thus, the main objective of this research is to describe the practices of sustainable innovations that a micro laundry businessperforms and identify the tools used as a strategy for these innovations. The research is theoretical, in which bibliographic and documentary techniques were used, the data were drawn from secondary sources. For the analysis and interpretation of the data a case study of the researched company was conducted, whose results showed that the company is innovative in terms of sustainable development, besides being a reference in its area of operation. We conclude that the tools that enable sustainable innovation in the company studied are: eco-efficiency, cleaner production and the solid waste management policy.