Published: 2017-11-14

Three years, 36 months

Salomão Alencar de Farias
e170151

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Editorial Advisory Board
Arch Woodside (Boston College, USA)
Bryan Husted (York University, Canada, and ITESM, Mexico)
Jay Barney (University of Utah, USA)
Jorge Carneiro (Business Administration School of São Paulo, Brazil)
Pervez Ghauri (King´s College London, UK)
Rogério H. Quintella (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)
S. Tamer Cavusgil (Georgia State University, USA)
Sergio Lazzarini (Insper Institute of Education and Research,...

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Analysts' consensus and target price accuracy: A study in Latin America

Rafael Moreira Antônio, Luciana Cardoso Siqueira Ambrozini, Rafael Confetti Gatsios, Vinícius Medeiros Magnani
e170036
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Market analysts, by means of issuance of their opinions (earnings per share, target prices, and recommendations), have been the object of several earlier studies. Previous literature identifies analysts as information intermediaries between companies and investors, and identifies their role in reducing the information asymmetry. This study investigates whether the estimated standard deviations of price-target shares issued by capital market analysts are informative, and ascertains whether...

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Mind the gap: Lessons from the UK to Brazil about the roles of TTOS throughout collaborative R&D projects

Elisa Thomas, Luciana Marques Vieira, Alsones Balestrin
e170048
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he literature about collaboration for innovation has reported fundamental activities performed by intermediaries. In this paper, universities' technology transfer offices (TTOs) are placed as intermediaries between academic research and the industry. Our study focuses on collaborative research and development (R&D) projects between universities and industry in order to understand the roles of TTOs throughout the whole duration of the project. The main aim of this paper is to identify...

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Does operational risk disclosure quality increase operating cash flows?

Haitham Nobanee, Nejla Ellili
e170025
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This study aims to measure the degree of operational risk disclosure and examine its impact on operating cash flow of banks listed on the UAE Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange (ADX) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM) during the period 2003-2016. The authors conducted content analysis of the annual reports to measure the degree of operational risk disclosure. In addition, they used dynamic panel data regressions to analyze the impact of operational risk disclosure on the operating cash flow generated...

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Productivity antecedents of Brazilian courts of justice: Evidence from Justiça em Números

Alamir Costa Louro, Washington Romão Santos, Helio Zanquetto Filho
e170032
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Public sector managers and researchers have emphasized the importance of performance measurement. Nevertheless, few theoretical and empirical studies are found in Brazilian Judiciary Courts’ literature. In order to empirically identify which variables (IT investments, own or outsourced human capital) are more relevant for improving productivity, the current research proposes a model using secondary data extracted from the Justiça em Números (Justice in Numbers)...

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Drawing the triangle: How coaches manage ambiguities inherited in executive coaching

Ana Pliopas
e170050
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Executive coaching is a common leadership development intervention whose complexity is underestimated. The triangular relationships between coachee, coach, and organization give rise to conflicting interests (Fatien-Diochon, 2012). This study examines how coaches perceive triangular relationships and reflect on conflicts of interest and ethical issues....

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