The present study contributes to identifying obstacles to the development of a local biodiesel agro-industrial system (AGS) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The research questions are: “How do local social characteristics influence the organizational effectiveness of agents involved in...

The objective of this paper was to construct a competitive per-formance index (CPI) for the fruit’s pulp ï¬rms of State of Pará. A factor analysis and multiple regression models were used to estimate the CPI. Out the 27 ï¬rms analyzed, the results showed that only one ï¬rm presen-ted a...

Purpose – The strategic aim of this paper is to investigate whether time‐based competition (TBC) strategies are related to cultural aspects. In addition, the influences of company decision‐making and the success of competitive strategies in diverse globalised markets will be examined....

The majority of published studies about the relation between institutional and entrepreneurial factors lack of an adequate empirical study. Due to the importance that the institutional environment has acquired in the last few years, we consider necessary a rigorous analysis using quantitative...

The furniture industry of the Metropolitan Region of Belém provides many jobs opportunities and help to reduce the environmental impacts of sawmill, given that the shavings and wood residues of these firms are used as raw material. Factorial analysis was used to estimate the index of...

Atliekamas trumpalaikis ketvirtinių Lietuvos visuminio vartojimo ir investicijų augimo tempų prognozavimas. Modeliai, kuriems naudojami mėnesiniai duomenys, palyginami su modeliais, dažniausiai taikomais ketvirtinių duomenų prognozavimui. Trumpalaikis prognozavimas faktoriniais modeliais...

This study aims to determine if the quality of national institutions and banking development condition the maturity of debt depending on the horizon of short or long term. Design/methodology/approach Analysis is performed on a sample of 116 nonfinancial companies from Peru and Brazil. The...

In Romania, the COVID-19 pandemic has interfered with education, besides other areas, since March 2020. Schools and universities shifted from classroom to online teaching, and the education system needed to adapt to the new form of organization. The paper provides a study on how teachers from...

Factor analysis is a method used to reduce several variables into fewer dimensions called factors. This study conducts factor analysis on the financial ratios of the construction companies in Colombia in the period 2000-2014. According to that, the purpose of the study is to use the factorial...