While self esteem is important for reputation, the main goal of reputation is not “the organization to be enjoyable for others” but to set it apart from competitors. Reputation precedes faith. Values are the basis of reputation, since they determine organizational decisions. Reputation may...

Marketing Intelligence Systems are tools that allow organizations to conduct a new business, a new integrative vision that includes the customers’ needs, requirements and desires. The activity of the organization should focus on achieving them. The marketing knowledge and information held by...

The aim of this paper is to extend the empirical literature on the determinants of a board composition, specifically why family members participate in board of directors. Although both socioemotional wealth approach and agency theory use family-oriented objectives as an important dimension to...

This article uses Bourdieu’s theory of practice (BTOP) to understand immigrants’ acculturation. It synthesizes research findings by discussing acculturation as: (1) equalization of immigrants’ and natives’ development (convergence); (2) language and social practices related to economic,...

Status and reputation have long been recognized as important influences in management research and recently much attention has been paid to defining the two concepts and understanding how they are utilized by organizations. However, few strategic management studies have identified the different...

In this paper, the authors propose extending the construct of non-profit leadership to accommodate collaborative and transformational themes. The suggestion is that the resultant broader definition accords with the modern context within which non-profits now operate and feeds into a more...

Uma parte importante da investigação existente sobre empresas multinacionais procura explicar porque e como a transferência de conhecimento, ou de tecnologia, ocorre dentro das multinacionais. A maioria desta investigação trata as transferências num contexto que pressupõe a cooperação...

This study analyzes the impact of intangible resources on firm performance in an emerging economy context. Intangible resources are considered essential to firms? competitive advantage; however, we argue that firms? intangible resources can be negatively related with performance in emerging...

This article focuses on the organizational decline and, more specifically, the evolution of a selected group of Brazilian companies that were included in the Largest and Best ranking of Exame magazine in the period between 1974 and 2006. Our descriptive analysis shows two main effects: firstly a...

The importance of teamwork on patient safety in healthcare has been well established. However, the theory and research of healthcare teams are seriously lacking in clinical application. While conventional team theory assumes that teams are stable and leadership is constant, a growing body of...