Segurança hemisférica: uma discussão sobre a validade e atualidade de seus mecanismos institucionais

As profundas mudanças que ocorreram no sistema internacional com o término da Guerra Fria provocaram revisão de seus padrões, em especial, dos parâmetros de segurança coletiva hemisférica baseados em mecanismos que visavam garantir a segurança dos Estados-membro mediante a legítima defesa individual ou coletiva. Os Estados-membros indicaram a necessidade de repensar estes arranjos de maneira que os mecanismos estivessem apropriados para enfrentar as novas e difusas ameaças à segurança hemisférica.

Condicionantes institucionais e políticos e poder de barganha nas negociações internacionais sobre agricultura: o caso da União Européia

Neste artigo se analisa a influência das instituições políticas e da Política Agrícola Comum sobre o comportamento da UE nas negociações internacionais no âmbito da agricultura. Procura-se demonstrar que aqueles fatores colaboram para tornar o ambiente ratificador da UE limitado, aumentando o seu poder de barganha e reduzindo a margem de manobra dos adversários. A pesquisa enfoca, dessa maneira, o modo como os interesses dos Estados-membro são canalizados pelas instituições, bem como o desempenho da UE em relação ao comportamento dos EUA e do Brasil nas Rodadas Uruguai e Doha.

União Européia, reformas institucionais e déficit democrático: uma análise a partir do mecanismo de co-decisão

O artigo discute o processo decisório europeu a partir de um mapeamento do sistema de co-decisão adotado pelo triângulo institucional da União Européia (UE). Na primeira parte, há uma explicação acerca do funcionamento do sistema decisório europeu, privilegiando as instituições que definem as regras do jogo e a forma como a tomada de decisão é praticada; na segunda parte, são expostos os dados coletados sobre a aplicabilidade da co-decisão durante os anos de 1999 a 2006, cruzando os principais temas e a sua freqüência por fase de decisão.

Divulgação de informação sobre Activos Intangíveis, Concentrações de Actividades Empresariais e Goodwill: evidência empírica nas empresas cotadas na Bolsa de Valores Portuguesa.

This paper analyzes the level of disclosure of Intangible Assets, Business Combinations and Goodwill in the consolidated financial statements and its explanatory factors. We have analyzed the annual reports of companies listed on Euronext Lisbon for the year 2010 and have created a Disclosure Index which allows to measure the level of disclosure for each company in this area, based on the existing accounting standards. In order to identify the association between the level of disclosure and its determinants, we have tested several hypotheses which explain the degree of disclosure. The results evidences, company’s size, industry, leverage and audit firms belonging to Big 4as explanatory factors. Only the size presentsa positive association with disclosure index, confirming the hypothesis which establishes that the level of disclosure about Intangible Assets, Business Combinations and Goodwill is greater in larger companies. The remaining explanatory variables presenta negative association with disclosure level.

Os fundos éticos nos mercados nas Bolsas de Valores

É possível encontrar nos mercados de valores mobiliários e/ou outros instrumentos financeiros e/ou nas chamadas bolsas de valores - éticas concretas, reais e definidas? Pensamos que sim. Os fundos éticos são apenas uma das espécies de fundos. Abstract: You can find in the securities markets and / or other financial instruments and / or in so-called exchanges - concrete ethical, real and defined? We think so. Ethical funds are only one species of funds.

Lições de Direito dos Valores Mobiliários, Mestrado em Auditoria, Escola Superior de Gestão do Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Ano Lectivo de 2014/2015

Lições de Direito dos Valores Mobiliários, Mestrado em Auditoria, Escola Superior de Gestão do Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Ano Lectivo de 2014/2015 § Lessons Securities Law, Master in Audit, School of Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Academic Year 2014/2015

A relevância do relatório de auditoria para os investidores institucionais, analistas financeiros e analistas de crédito

In the 70s, a new line of research focused on the study of the influence of the audit report on the decision process of investors, financial analysts and credit analysts. Notwithstanding the numerous studies that have been carried out, results have not been consistent. Given the above, and considering the lack, in Portugal, of a research of this nature, it seems urgent to carry out a study that allows the analysis of the use of the audit report, as well as its influence on the decision making process of Portuguese stakeholders. For that purpose, in the light of the positivist research paradigm, a questionnaire was designed, which was administered by mail and on the Survey Monkey platform to a sample of institutional investors, financial analysts and credit analysts. The statistical analysis of the data obtained was undertaken with resource to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and SmartPLS 2.0. Corroborating the literature review and the assumptions of the Agency Theory and the Stakeholder Theory, used in the theoretical framework of analysis, empirical evidence has shown that the audit report influences the decision of institutional investors, financial analysts and credit analysts, and that the opinion expressed in that document is the most determinant factor of this influence. In addition to this factor, it was found that the degree of utilization of the audit report, as well as the value ascribed to this document, determine its influence in the decision process of research groups studied. Only in the case of institutional investors, the results did not reveal a correlation between the utility ascribed to the audit report and the influence of this document in their decision making process. In turn, the statistical inference of the model explaining the degree of use of the audit report revealed that it is conditioned by the perceived quality of the information enclosed in the audit report, the utility assigned to the audit report on the decision process, as well as the relevance of the other sources of information used by stakeholders. Therefore, this study allowed proving the importance of the audit report to its users. As a result, we believe to have filled a gap in national literature and to have contributed to the enhancement of international literature. The importance that this document has for the development of any country is, therefore, shown, and it is urgent to maintain rigor in the selection of its staff, in the development of its standards, and especially in the development of audits. Moreover, we also consider that this research may contribute to the improvement of the audit report, insofar as it will help professional bodies to understand the information needs and perceptions of stakeholders.