The objective of this article is to understand the process of construction and operation of sectorial brands (a type of shared brand) for the Brazilian winemaking sector, considering the perspective of different stakeholders: government agencies, associations, and managers of the wineries. The...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the conceptual framework related to the Lean and Green practices, paradigms, future prospects and problems, indicating points of convergence and divergence between them. Design/methodology/approach: Based on this premise, through...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the predictive capacity of market risk estimation models in times of financial crises. Design/methodology/approach: For this, value-at-risk (VaR) valuation models applied to the daily returns of portfolios composed of stock indexes of developed...

To achieve sustainable development, supply chains must become greener. In this context, the importance of green supply chain management (GSCM) increases because it can contribute to improving firms’ environmental performance (EP). However, little is known about these subjects in the context of...

Purpose: Agribusiness has stood out in the economy sector as a form of countryside-city interaction due to its productive chain characterized by modernization coming from cities, especially in the industrial area. Thus, the present study analyzed corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the...

Purpose – The objective of this study is to verify whether some of the largest companies in Brazil adopt management practices aligned with the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Design/methodology/approach – Overview information obtained from the web sites of six Brazilian multinational...

The main objective of this study is to understand the relationship between green management and environmental training in Brazilian companies, underscoring how this relationship takes place and its most important factors. For such, 9 case studies were conducted at large ISO 14001 certified...