Este artigo buscou avaliar o relacionamento entre o tempo de mandato do Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – normalmente adaptado para a língua portuguesa como Presidente – e o desempenho de sua organização. Para tanto se construiu dois grupos de hipóteses testadas por meio de um estudo empírico em uma amostra de 118 organizações de grande porte que possuíam ações negociadas no mercado de bolsa da Bolsa de Valores d...
Transaction cost theory (TCT) is widely used in several management disciplines. Its value for explaining organizational phenomena and managers’ decisions is well accepted and has been recognized with two Nobel laureates (Ronald Coase and Oliver Williamson). In this paper we examine the impact of the TCT on extant research in top tier management journals. We conduct a bibliometric study supported in the analysis...
As condições que promovem a competitividade nacional têm sido objecto de política governamental e debatidas no meio académico e empresarial. Neste artigo discutimos as condições de competitividade nacional em termos de sistemas de inovação, investimento do e no estrangeiro, capacidades tecnológicas e instituições. Os países inovadores beneficiam de efeitos de aprendizagem localizada que podem ser utilizados int...
As incubadoras de empresas têm sido apontadas como atores importantes para o desenvolvimento de empresas e até de regiões. As incubadoras são criadas para facilitar o empreendedorismo, provendo condições mais favoráveis às empresas nascentes, até que possam graduar-se. Um dos benefícios apontados às incubadoras é a provisão de uma maior e qualificada interação social, de onde podem emergir possíveis colaboraçõe...
This paper advances on the importance of the adaptation of the firm to the International Business Environment (IBE). The IBE is a distinguishing factor in international business studies and the firm’s adaptation to the environment has been presented as a basic survival strategy. We argue that adaptation is indeed a dynamic and largely internally driven process that leads the firm to co-evolve with the external ...
We have witnessed a fast growth in academic interest on entrepreneurship over the past two to three decades, although at disparate paces in different countries. A wealth of papers presented and published, books, dedicated journals, websites, professional and research groups have emerged accompanying this increased interest. It is thus important to understand what are these scholars studying. In this paper we ex...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are important modes through which firms undertake their domestic and international strategies. This bibliometric review examines the extant research on M&As in the top five strategic management journals during a ten years period – from 2000 to 2009. The 90 articles identified in these top journals denote an eclectic theoretical focus with the prevalence of four theories – resourc...
The network approach to internationalization of the firms has warranted the research focus of many international business scholars. Firms are increasingly involved in international business endeavors and arguably need to learn to adapt to idiosyncratic milieus they encounter in the foreign markets. This paper proposes a conceptual model suggesting that integration in networks strengthens corporate competitivene...
A teoria económica tem tentado compreender e explicar o comportamento das empresas nos mercados. Contudo, persistem grandes divergências acerca do papel das diferentes forças que influenciam o crescimento e os objectivos das empresas. Sintetizar os principais contributos dos autores mais relevantes das diferentes teorias económicas parece útil. Assim, neste artigo fazemos uma breve revisão das teorias da empres...
Comunicação apresentada na 36th EIBA Annual Conference, Porto, 2010. ; This paper advances on the importance of the adaptation of the firm to the International Business Environment (IBE). The IBE is a distinguishing factor in international business studies and the firm’s adaptation to the environment has been presented as a basic survival strategy. We argue that adaptation is indeed a dynamic and largely inter...
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