The purpose of the paper was to study if the dynamics of the Brazilian cattle stocks can be better explained by systemic endogenous factors or either by exogenous changes on beef demand. The conclusion, as proposed by the theory of the cattle cycle, was that systemic factors related to the...

Due to uncertainties and economic turbulence on the domestic and international markets there is a constant need to adapt to new business conditions. As a business branch, logistics has accepted and implemented new types of knowledge(intellectual capital) in the logistics process, thus allowing...