O governo e a sociedade brasileira têm debatido a matriz energética do país com a intenção de identificar alternativas que diminuam a sua dependência dos derivados de petróleo. O biodiesel tem sido o produto considerado mais promissor para substituir parte do diesel fóssil consumido no...

Food consumers are, in general, concerned with acquiring healthy food which does not pose risks to their health. These preferences are directly related to the way the economic agents organize themselves inside the food sector. In this context, the organic products’ share in the food...

Few researches in Brazil have undertaken the issue of quantification and qualification of public expenditure in S&T and Innovation devoted to agriculture and livestock. This paper presents an innovative evaluation and provides inedited information for public and private decision makers....

Detailed investigations about consumer food practices provide interesting information concerning the different manners consumers think about their own behaviors. Considering that consumers have objectives and different anxieties in terms of food that may result in distinct food models, this...

This present paper aims to present a historical evolution of the tourism industry, focusing on the reflexes of the industrial management paradigms as well as those of some technological innovations on it, show its features emphasizing its differences in relation to other industry forms and...

Tourism in rural space is a tourism modality which has lately been the focus of investitors and students. However there has been little spread of studies focusing such modality, featuring the characteristics of te industry to which it belongs, showing up-to-date discussions and world trends. So,...

Tourism in rural space is a tourism modality which has lately been the focus of investors and students. However there has been little spread of studies focusing such modality, featuring the characteristics of the industry to which it belongs, showing up-to-date discussions and world trends. So,...

Objetivou-se, nesta pesquisa, analisar a importância das convenções e do capital social no desenvolvimento da agricultura familiar, especificamente no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. Para tanto, selecionou-se uma amostra formada por sete assentamentos rurais, uma gleba agrária e uma colônia...

Ao longo dos anos a maior parte das empresas tem focado sua atenção em novas formas de desenvolver negócios com o objetivo de garantir maior competitividade, o que as leva a considerar cada vez mais seu ambiente de atuação e o ajuste necessário às ações de seus concorrentes. Neste...