O impacto do argumento ecológico nas atitudes dos consumidores - um estudo experimental

An increasing interest in society towards environmental and ecological issues have beaconed consumer¿s behavior research, particularly the ones related to the identification of the impact of environmental agendas on consumer habits. The objective of the present study is to attitudes related to brands, advertising and purchase intention. The study was based on data gathered through a ¿between subjects¿ experimental research, with three levels of manipulation. One hundred and sixty eight students from the city of Rio de Janeiro were selected for the experiment. The hypothesis suggested that subjects who were exposed to ecological cues demonstrate a more favorable behavior towards advertising attitude (H1A), brand attitude (H1B) and purchase intentions (H1C) than the ones who were not. In addition, an intrinsic health cue called ¿Omega 3¿ was introduced to the experiment to enhance the results of the research. The results have shown that subjects are indifferent to ecological cues regarding their attitudes towards the advertising and purchase intention. However, the study determined a more favorable attitude towards the brand by subjects exposed to the ecological cue. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that although ecological cues exposed in advertisements do not result on an increase of a positive of the product label is enhanced positively due to the relation of the brand with environmentally sound practices.

O estrategista brasileiro da micro, pequena e média empresa privada nacional

The leadership of American literature in the field of business strategy and its consequent influence on the scientific and entrepreneurial world in Brazil is a real fact. It's also true that the major theories in strategy, especially from the classic school, the oldest and most influent in this field, were originated from empirical studies in large ¿ if not giant ¿ companies, many of them currently present in Brazil. The micro, small and medium Brazilian companies, of well known social and economical importance to the country, and its strategists are certainly not inert to this knowledge, but it doesn¿t necessarily means it can be applied with success in such different context. Previous studies indicate that this strategist makes use of intuition and is not very friendly with bureaucratic controls, but, in reality, the profile of this Brazilian executive is still unknown. Naturally, we do not expect this profile to be static in time, but reactive to changes on business environment, especially with the current globalization process. This research, aiming at knowing the profile of the Brazilian strategist of micro, small and medium companies and through an intensive revision on strategy literature, has built a mathematical model by the use of factor analysis, that can be applied in future studies. A new typology to understand the strategic thinking of these leaders is proposed. The conclusion shows that, for the executives in this research, intuition is not predominant on their decisions. Although more rational than intuitive, they refuse the idea of being purely rational. Besides, in the strategy formation process, they tend to have a collective spirit rather than deciding alone and to believe in the importance of being formal, planning and registering their intentions.

A Eletrobrás de hoje e a Eletrobrás do futuro: construindo cenários institucionais e identificando novos negócios

This dissertation has as objective builds institutional sceneries capable to describe possible future paths they be traveled it by the Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Guided for the field of the managerial strategies, the author adopted the PROSPEX method, by Eduardo Marques (2003), and the obtained results pointed three main sceneries: spotlight, light and lamp. To these sceneries, the theory of the strategic business area (SBA) was applied, what allowed to detect new businesses for Eletrobrás.

Marca país - estratégia brasileira para construir sua Marca

The objective of this work is to deeply study of the concept Value of a Country, developed for Simon Anholt who comes to be on-line with what we believe to be the best form to evaluate a Nation, that is, not leading in account only given of per capita product or level of industrial competitiveness, but also given relative to the culture, traditions and tourism and the perception of the people in relation to one determined country, as customers in one satisfaction research. We will work using concepts in the conception of ranking and that they are: Tourism, Exportations, Government, Investments and Immigration, Culture and Population. To the end we wait to have contributed for one better knowledge of the concept and the suggestion for new works. As well as an analyzing the Brazilian position, and what we are making to fortify our image.

Análise do Rumo Profissional do Trabalhador em relação a sua Área de Formação

This study has the objective to verify the behavior of Brazilian workers residents in the state of Rio de Janeiro, throughout theirs labor life, concerning their ability to remain - and specialize - in the same professional area originally chosen in its superior educational graduation. As the proposed theme stands beyond the available bibliography, the author needed to analyze the Governmental Labor Ministry Statistical Databases, which provides Brazilian Formal Employment and Unemployment Information. The study started with the selection of three groups of professional occupations from the year of 1994 until the end of 2002. All the professionals who were employed in 1994 had had its trajectory traced up to 2002, as well as were analyzed the ingression behavior at the formal labor market in the year of 1994. Thus, the study encompasses not only the existing employment but also the new job posts created in 1994. For the trajectory tracing, a group of graduated students was selected in some universities of the state of Rio de Janeiro in the year of 1994. The study has clearly shown the impact that the availability of jobs in the same area of the graduation has over the workers decision to remain or change the original career. Such information and conclusions can be a valuable instrument to help students and professionals to plan and decide theirs futures careers, for the planning of public politics of educational investments, as well as for the Brazilian educational institutions to adjust the offering of its courses according to the labor market capacity.

Comércio eletrônico: variáveis que influenciam a propensão à compra

Este estudo objetivou verificar a percepção do consumidor sobre a relação entre as variáveis independentes: uso de dados secundários não autorizados, percepção de invasão de privacidade, percepção de proteção de privacidade, percepção de confidencialidade, percepção de autenticação, percepção de erro, comportamento intencional de uso e a variável dependente propensão à compra on line. Realizou-se um levantamento com aplicação de questionários em uma amostra de 451 usuários de Internet, alunos de graduação e de pós-graduação das Instituições de Ensino Superior de São Luís, Maranhão. A análise estatística englobou Análise Descritiva e Regressão Múltipla. Concluiu-se que apenas uma variável, comportamento intencional de uso, está correlacionada à variável dependente. Algumas limitações, implicações e sugestões de pesquisa futura foram analisadas neste estudo.

Atitude socialmente responsável ou estratégia comercial: o caso do pacto global

The discussion about corporate obligations toward the various stakeholders began in the postindustrial era and developed to culminate in the creation of rules, regulations, programs and projects focusing on the dissemination and promotion of what we know today as corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this context, satisfying this new demand and adopting social policies emerge as a determining factor in defining organizational strategies. Nevertheless, some questions are raised when we examine the subject, such as: To what extent should organizations intervene in society? Is the decision for the organizations to adopt a socially responsible attitude really linked to promoting social well being, or is it only a commercial strategy? How does social marketing relate to CSR projects? The study herein, based on the concept and understanding of CSR theories, stakeholders and social marketing, has sought to find evidence of this relationship, in the light of the Global Compact (GC). It was decided to use the multi-case study methodology, considering the possibility of explaining the reasons why the decisions were taken, how they were implemented and what was the outcome. Interviews, supported by previously prepared scripts, were held with CSR managers, employees from other areas of the organizations, and specialists on the subject. Complementary research studies were made in various sources, such as the website of companies under analysis, their sustainability reports, and the GC websites in Brazil and the United Nations (UN). The results obtained show that the organizations have worked increasingly with CSR projects, but the efforts have not been focused. Special mention is given to the programs that create major impact on the company¿s image and reputation, such as projects competing for prizes and participating in the formation of rankings or socially responsible organizations. From the view of Carroll¿s Pyramid (1991) for CSR, it is found that the projects are predominantly focusing on ethical and philanthropic issues. The driving power of the GC, action based on learning, dialogue and partnership, is not to be found. This factor contributes to the statement that social marketing tools are used to build an ethical and socially responsible image, in detriment to effective action by the organizations to meet the social requirements of their stakeholders. The social marketing has as an objective to transform the way a specific public sees a social question and promotes behavior changes, but what has been seen is the use of marketing tools exclusively to promote the company's image.

Abordagem da análise conjunta no processo decisório de compra do serviço de academia de ginástica

The wellness, physical activity and health club market is in great expansion and grownth in the national and worldwide cenarium. In a growing competitive environment, the prediction of of consumer preferences over a product, for its innumerous attributes, is a critical aspect for any marketing administration. Determining customer perception of value in the form of utilities can provide the marketing administration of a company with a functional tool to evaluate the usefulness of a product or service. This thesis investigates the motivational attributes of decision making process when choosing a health club / gym center service. Data was collected through a web survey with 376 participants from Rio de Janeiro and Distrito Federal. The data was analysed through the conjoint analysis method. Resultados demonstraram que as importâncias relativas dos atributos ¿estrutura física¿ e ¿atendimento¿ obtiveram valores maiores do que os demais atributos testados. O atributo ¿preço¿ foi o terceiro em grau de importância, seguido de ¿proximidade¿ e ¿indicação¿. Results demonstrated that the relative values of the attribute regarding ¿gym facilities¿ and ¿attendance¿ obtained greater values than the other tested attributes. The ¿price¿ attribute was the third degree in the scale of value, followed by ¿proximity¿ and ¿indication¿.

Uma abordagem teórica de empresas familiares: desafios e oportunidades

This paper aims at boosting a theoretical discussion on family operated companies in the Brazilian milieu. The methodology applied was based on bibliographical and qualitative research. The basic question raised by this study can be summarized as follows: Which factors should be taken into consideration, on the family business management, under a theoretical perspective? The answer to this question led the research to a better understanding of (i) the family corporate governance; (ii) the personal characteristics of the family business manager and his/her management style; (iii) the company's teamwork; (iv) role overlaping; (v) strategic direction and management assessment; (vi) the company's administrative divisions; (vii) and above all the crucial importance of the corporate governance for family businesses. The main results confirm the relevance of corporate governance in the country's big family businesses, and also point to manager's profile, teamwork, role overlaping (relatives & employees) and its conflicts, management departments, family's control and its strategic direction as ingredients of utmost importance.

Comportamento dos processos intra-organizacionais de aprendizagem tecnológica frente a uma mudança de estrutura de propriedade: o caso da TermoMacaé - PETROBRÁS

This academic work describes the interfirm technological learning processes behavior at a thermo plant throughout the years 2001 till 2007. Its former ownership structure was composed by two foreigners companies. This structure was changed by the acquisition of the company control by a Brazilian state owned company on April 2006. The company is a Natural Gas Fired Power Plant placed at Macaé City, at Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil generating electric power right to National Integrated System (SIN). The goal of this research is verify how the technological knowledge had been acquired by the firm and how it had been spread out throughout the organization before and after the change of the ownership structure. The taxonomy applied to determining of ownership structure take in account three parameters: type, specific characteristic and the ownership structure itself. Technological Learning Interfirm Processes have been examined from a model of systemic approach that establishes four key characteristics: ¿variety, intensity, functioning and interaction¿. During 2001 until 2006, till the change of owner structure, the firm developed its own learning processes in its own operational routines. The main learning processes have been identified from empirical evidences. It has been adopted the cut line at year of 2006 for the comparison among the technological learning processes behavior, when the change of ownership structure took place. The data capture occurred within April and August 2007 covering since 2001. Verified the behavior of these learning processes before and after the ownership structure changed from private property to state owned property. The conclusion of this case study suggests that interfirm processes of technological learning identified by the research had their dynamical behavior promptly affected by a change from private to ownerstate ownership structure, exposing the company to a poor performance in its industry, due to the lack of 51% of the technological intrafirm learning processes and reduction of the acquisition of new technical knowledge and its conversion throughout the organization.

Gestão da segurança da informação: certificação digital

More over, the information has become the main asset of the institutions. Being thus, the Information Security (IS) is getting attention as one of the activities of extreme importance in the corporations. Guarantee the confidentiality, integrity, availability, no deny and legality becomes something very important for the day-by-day of the businesses. An analysis of the risk, passing through the assessment of the threats and vulnerabilities, is mandatory to let grow the activities of the institutions. Digital Certification came into IS to guarantee the Not Deny (ND) because it makes the unquestioned identification of the person that makes the action. Therefore, Information Security can be defined as a knowledge field focused in the protection of the information assets against: unauthorized access, improper modifications, not availability, deny of authorship and illegality.

O efeito das extensões de marca sobre a imagem da marca

The objective of this study is to analyze the effect that a brand extension strategy has on the brand image. The present study is analyzed on the Brazilian context, with a sample of 192 consumers and with two different product categories. It is an extension on the article of Martinez e Chernatony (2004). Through a linear regression analysis, it is identified a brand image¿s dilution effect after the extension. The characteristics of the perceived quality, the attitude and the familiarity had a positive effect over the brand after the extension; the similarity had a positive effect only at the brand¿s image. In a complementary way to the original paper, the effects of the interest for the original category are also analyzed and result in a dilution effect after the extension.

A Adoção das Estratégicas de CRM e a Fidelização do Cliente

As relações comerciais observadas no início do século passado se baseavam no atendimento personalizado, em que cada cliente era recebido pessoalmente pelo dono da loja, que por sua vez conhecia a clientela e suas principais necessidades. Com a massificação da produção e o surgimento dos grandes magazines e shopping centers, o foco das empresas se voltou para produtos e serviços, futor que promoveu o distanciamento das relações com os clientes, tornando-os ilustres desconhecidos para as empresas. Quase um século depois, o advento da Internet prOpICIOU um processo de reaproximação entre empresas e clientes, eis que as fronteiras geográficas começaram a desaparecer, as empresas locais começaram a atuar e concorrer mundialmente através da web, o mercado apresentou-se mais competitivo e os clientes conquistaram maior poder de escolha e se tornaram mais voláteis. Neste contexto de grandes massas, surge o CRM contemplando um conjunto de estratégias que permeiam toda a organização, como por exemplo, a revisão dos processos de negócios, a mudança da cultura com o foco no cliente, a automação dos serviços de marketing, vendas e atendimento, a disponibilização de multi-canais de contato com o cliente e a integração das bases de dados com os canais de interação. As estratégias de CRM, com base na revisão dos processos de negócios, na mudança da cultura organizacional e na infra-estrutura tecnológica, objetivam estabelecer relações individualizadas com uma imensa massa de clientes. Neste sentido, esse trabalho de pesquisa intenciona aprofundar os conhecimentos sobre influência do CRM na fidelização do cliente.

Abordagem da análise conjunta no processo decisório de aquisição do serviço de academia de ginástica

The wellness, physical activity and health club market is in great expansion and grownth in the national and worldwide cenarium. In a growing competitive environment, the prediction of of consumer preferences over a product, for its innumerous attributes, is a critical aspect for any marketing administration. Determining customer perception of value in the form of utilities can provide the marketing administration of a company with a functional tool to evaluate the usefulness of a product or service. This thesis investigates the motivational attributes of decision making process when choosing a health club / gym center service. Data was collected through a web survey with 376 participants from Rio de Janeiro and Distrito Federal. The data was analysed through the conjoint analysis method. Results demonstrated that the relative values of the attribute regarding ¿gym facilities¿ and ¿attendance¿ obtained greater values than the other tested attributes. The ¿price¿ attribute was the third degree in the scale of value, followed by ¿proximity¿ and ¿indication¿.

Governança corporativa: a formação de mecanismos por investidores institucionais, o caso PREVI

O objetivo geral deste trabalho de dissertação de mestrado é identificar e analisar os principais fatores históricos e institucionais que contribuíram para a formação dos atuais mecanismos de govemança corporativa adotados pela Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil (PREVI) em relação às empresas em que detém participação acionária relevante. Tendo como foco da investigação o centenário e maior fundo de pensão da América Latina, com investimentos totais da ordem de US$ 20 bilhões, o estudo visa a resgatar e registrar a evolução de processo extremamente importante no campo da govemança corporativa no Brasil e no próprio desenvolvimento do mercado de capitais no País. A identificação dos primeiros elementos característicos de atuação da Entidade, ou de sua manifesta influência no estabelecimento de políticas e estratégias de companhias em que participa, marca o começo da investigação, no início da década de 90 do século passado. Adotou-se como limite temporal do estudo o ano de 2003, na medida em que ali ocorre a efetiva implantação do Modelo Previ de Govemança Corporativa, concebido e desenvolvido ao longo dos três anos anteriores. A formação de mecanismos de govemança corporativa pela PREVI deu-se de maneira gradual, estimulada pelo aumento do volume de participações e pelo crescimento do número de assentos em conselhos de administração e fiscal que atingiria 367, entre titulares e suplentes, distribuídos em 95 empresas, em fins de 2003. o trabalho, enquadrado com base na taxonomia de Yin (2002) como um Estudo de Caso Único, adotou, como fonte de evidências, documentos, registros em arquivos e entrevistas, buscando conduzir pesquisa longitudinal com cortes transversais, captando a evolução do assunto ao longo do tempo por meio de recuperação de dados em momentos de significância destacada. O trabalho procura ainda alcançar aspectos motivacionais para a atuação da Instituição, buscando referência em estudos já desenvolvidos sobre o tema.