We examine whether firms use social media to strategically disseminate financial information. Analyzing S&P 1500 firms' use of Twitter to disseminate quarterly earnings announcements, we find that firms are less likely to disseminate when the news is bad and when the magnitude of the bad news is...

The paper is aimed at analysis in the areas of strategic management, competitive position and decision-making in small and medium-sized construction enterprises according to their managers. It presents the results of the survey conducted in Czech Republic and Austria. The results are mutually...

Venture capital is an important source of finance for small businesses although it is least understood. The Venture Capital financing market in Afghanistan is inactive and mainly targets large companies instead of small to medium enterprises. The study sought to evaluate the role of venture...

Portuguese Abstract: O uso de aplicativos móveis no turismo tem crescido significativamente nos últimos anos, sendo consequência do avanço tecnológico. Os turistas estão bastante exigentes e utilizam cada vez mais a internet como forma de externar as suas frustrações por serviços que...

The central idea of this text is to guide researchers through the application of regression modeling when the data under analysis are observed over time. In general, there are no doubts regarding the application of this modeling in cross sections. However, when there is dependence on the data...

The aim of this article is to compare the characteristics of the partnering model between the human resource management (HRM) area and line managers (LM) in national and multinational companies, highlighting significant differences, in particular those relating to professional competence. A...

Motivated by globalization, the internationalization of Brazilian franchise chains to emerging countries has grown in recent decades. This internationalization provided opportunities for expansion for companies in this segment through business in foreign markets. The objective of this article is...

This paper aimed to evaluate the product innovation as a resource in the internationalization process of an emerging multinational (EMN), the Brazilian company Taurus in the North American market. Through the lenses of the Resource Based View (RBV), we discuss the role of product innovation, the...

Portuguese Abstract: Este artigo tem como objetivo compreender as competências de inovação em micro e pequenas empresas. Para tanto foi realizado um estudo de caso múltiplo em seis micro e pequenas empresas paulistanas. As fontes de evidências utilizadas foram análises de documentos e...

Portuguese Abstract: O presente estudo objetivou identificar os estilos gerenciais dos dirigentes de pequenas empresas conforme o ciclo de vida dessas organizações. A pesquisa é considerada de natureza aplicada, descritiva, quantitativa e utilizou o procedimento de survey. A amostra abrangeu...