Estudo da concessão do benefício de auxílio-saúde e a teoria dos jogos

Por ano são gastos mais de R$ 15 bilhões de reais entre os benefícios de auxílio-saúde emitidos pelo INSS e os custos para viabilizar o processo. São realizadas, em torno de 7 milhões de pericias, das quais mais de 2 milhões tem resultado contrário por parte do médico perito. O objetivo deste trabalho é realizar uma leitura do processo de concessão de benefícios de auxílio-saúde pelo INSS sob a ótica da Teoria dos Jogos, com a análise da estrutura das interações entre segurado e perito com o INSS e os incentivos indesejados resultantes desta estrutura. Sendo que o segurado é incentivado a buscar o benefício mesmo sem ter, de fato, a necessidade. Resultando num aumento na quantidade de perícias realizadas por ano, diminuindo sua qualidade e eventualmente concedendo benefícios desnecessários. O perito, por sua vez, se defronta com uma atividade de alta complexidade e não dispõe do tempo necessário para uma análise cautelosa. Além disso, tem o incentivo a, em momentos de incerteza, conceder o benefício mesmo que o segurado não se enquadre corretamente nos requisitos necessários. Isto pode ocorrer, dentre outros fatores, devido ao tempo disponibilizado ao perito para analisar o caso com a atenção necessária não ser suficiente. Uma vez traçado o paralelo com a Teoria dos Jogos e os problemas de Common Pool Resources (CPR), é feita uma pesquisa nessa literatura em busca de maneiras de mitigar problemas similares ao pesquisado. Este paralelo também traz a possibilidade de pesquisar a literatura de Market Design acerca do redesenho da estrutura de mercados, com intuito de corrigir e desenvolver estes mercados. Estudos recentes apresentaram resultados positivos, sendo indicado, portanto, para trabalhos futuros, a implementação desta metodologia para o processo de concessão de benefícios de auxílio-saúde.

Design industrial como fonte de vantagem estratégica: estudo de caso na indústria moveleira

This research was based on the lack of academic investigations which recognize industrial design as an strategic advantages source. It was chosen to adopt a wide approach, not common in administration researches, through which aspects frequently ignored by most of the strategy and marketing literature could be recognized. The investigation took place at a big brazilian company, from the furniture industry, more specifically from the office furniture segment. Two product development cases were selected: one of them classified by the company as an example of success and the other as a failure case. It is an exploratory study. Some important topics were identified, and they may be developed in future researches: the existence of intra-organizational conflicts between marketing and engineering; the big companies' power over market configuration, and the State influence over local markets dinamics.

Europe’s financial crisis: the Euro’s flawed design and the consequences of lack of a government banker

This paper argues the euro zone requires a government banker that manages the bond market and helps finance country budget deficits. The euro solved Europe’s problem of exchange rate speculation by creating a unified currency managed by a single central bank, but in doing so it replaced the exchange rate speculation problem with bond market speculation. Remedying this requires a central bank that acts as government banker and maintains bond interest rates at sustainable levels. Because the euro is a monetary union, this must be done in a way that both avoids favoring individual countries and avoids creating incentives for irresponsible country fiscal policy that leads to “bail-outs”. The paper argues this can be accomplished via a European Public Finance Authority (EPFA) that issues public debt which the European Central Bank (ECB) is allowed to trade. The debate over the euro’s financial architecture has significant political implications. The current neoliberal inspired architecture, which imposes a complete separation between the central bank and public finances, puts governments under continuous financial pressures. That will make it difficult to maintain the European social democratic welfare state. This gives a political reason for reforming the euro and creating an EPFA that supplements the economic case for reform.

Structuring a startup's operations in an emerging market

The present work analyzes the establishment of a startup’s operations and the structuring all of the processes required to start up the business, launch the platform and keep it working. The thesis’ main focus can therefore be described as designing and structuring a startup’s operations in an emerging market before and during its global launch. Such business project aims to provide a successful case regarding the creation of a business and its launch into an emerging market, by illustrating a practical example on how to structure the business’ operations within a limited time frame. Moreover, this work will also perform a complete economic analysis of Brazil, thorough analyses of the industries the company is related to, as well as a competitive analysis of the market the venture operates in. Furthermore, an assessment of the venture’s business model and of its first six-month performance will also be included. The thesis’ ultimate goal lies in evaluating the company’s potential of success in the next few years, by highlighting its strengths and criticalities. On top of providing the company’s management with brilliant findings and forecasts about its own business, the present work will represent a reference and a practical roadmap for any entrepreneur willing to establish his operations in Brazil.