The objective of this research was to identify and analyze what were the internationalization strategies adopted by the agricultural cooperatives of coffee in the Região do Cerrado Mineiro. The paradigm adopted for this research was functionalist, with a qualitative approach and, to access the data, was used case studies, consisting of five agricultural cooperatives that sell coffee, affiliated to the Federação...
The distribution of the company\'s profits is an important topic to be considered by investors in the allocation of its financial resources. This source of funds is also important for the company, since the profits of retention can finance new projects for their growth. There is no consensus on the payment of dividends, especially by regulatory peculiarities involving this issue in Brazil. The financial sector ...
The increased integration of world economies reflected in a growing role towards the internationalization of enterprises, particularly in developing countries. Some studies show that as the degree of internationalization increases, companies gain experience making them more efficient and thus improving its performance. However, other studies show that the higher the degree of internationalization, more resource...
Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais; The perception of innovation and innovative brands may be differential for the development and survival of many businesses. This dissertation aims to analyze how innovation impacts the brand perception of Brazilian consumers of food products and processed beverages, in addition to identifying brands considered innovative in this industry as well as its fe...
To grow in competitive environments, the organizations have to improve processes and people abilities thru information technology and make strategic decisions about information quality demand, in their in-house supply chains, to delivery quality service. However, guarantee customers demand and satisfy employees needs, request appropriate information management, what can be expensive and difficult. For that reas...
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; The purpose of this research is to identify the differences in enterprising attitude of persons who had joined Algar s PGP - process management program (Programa de Gestão de Processos) and persons who had not. Thus, a survey was conducted in the top two companies in innovation s production: ACS and CTBC; the data has been collected through a cross-se...
The study of a firm´s capital structure is extremely controversial in finance. Theoretical debates and empirical evidences in the last forty years, based on the traditional models, the Modigliani and Miller (MM) models, Pecking Order Theory (POT) and Static Tradeoff Theory (STT), have generated few orientations about how to choose between debt and equity, since in many situations these theories have reached con...
The third sector since its growth and full development has pointed to the need of new researches that may contribute for the understanding of this phenomenon. The characteristics of the organizations that compose this sector are presented in the academic studies as different from those pertaining to the first sector (government) and from the second sector (market). Considered divergent for their objectives, the...
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; The third sector is going through a period of changes due to growing social problems, reduction of public investments in the social area, growth of the organizations in this sector, and companies investment in social actions. Hence, there is an increase in uncertainty and insecurity of the organizations in this sector, which need to adapt, restructure...
Mestre em Administração; Esta dissertação de mestrado procurou compreender o conceito de Responsabilidade Social Corporativa, denominada neste estudo por CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility - com o objetivo de esclarecer as dimensões que esta categoria organizacional assume nos dias atuais, a partir de uma abordagem ética fundamentada na teoria da Business Ethics. Também foi estudado o conceito mercadológico ...