This study investigates the effect of family firm on corporate performance and financial policy (capital structure, cash holding, and cash dividends). Using a sample of Brazilian firms, the study uses a treatment effect model to address self-selection and endogeneity problems. The results show...

Based on the work of Chadwick and Cappelli (2002), this paper attempts to ascertain the impacts of the functional and numerical flexibilization of work systems on corporate financial performances. A Multiple Regression and Variance Analysis was carried out to validate four Hypotheses. Hypothesis...

Drawing on previous research in the Resource-Based View of the Firm, this study aimed at illustrating the interrelationships between the properties of productive resources and the profitability of firms, in the Brazilian autoparts industry. The inspiration for this study was a research conducted...

This article refers to a survey based on the study conducted by French author Rodolphe Durand, undertaken in 1999, which, adopting the concepts of RBV (Resource-Based View), sought to explain the differences in the profitability, margin and market performance of companies. According to the...

This research aimed to study the relationship between innovation and variables that represent firm performance. Using a comprehensive database that cross references innovation information gathered by PINTEC (Technological Innovation Research) of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and...

Aiming for superior performance, companies need to have and skillfully use rare, valuable, irreplaceable and inimitable resources, with special emphasis on intangibles, constructed in lengthy and risky processes or strategically accumulated via mergers and acquisitions (M&A). To analyze how the...