Spanish Abstract: En este artículo, evaluamos cómo la legitimidad condiciona el valor de mercado de las empresas listadas en la BM&F Bovespa. Específicamente, analizamos cómo la adhesión al nuevo mercado modera el efecto de la legitimidad en el valor de la empresa. Para ello, investigamos...

The concept of the organizational field has been greatly dealt with in the literature on institutional theory in recent years. As the concept of field involves a relational and symbolic dimension, we propose that the theory of structuration, based on the logic of recursiveness between agency and...

Based on the assumption that scientific knowledge is a social construction, (re)produced by a community of practicing researchers, in this article we seek to delineate two dimensions of this process. The first, which we have called the social dimension, has to do with the social interactions...

The objective of this study was to verify how executive's interpretive schemes have actuated as mediators of strategic positioning of the commercial banks in the face of implementation of Plano Real, in Brazil. The period of analysis: from 1992 to 1998. The gathered data allowed to point out the...

The objective of this study was to verify the influence of contextual and organizational values on organizational learning in companies of the food industry in the State of Parana, Brazil. As such this research integrates cognitive, cultural and institutional aspects to the investigation of the...

Environmental change affecting strategic positioning of organizations has been the object of several studies since decades. Nevertheless there are still a lot of questions to answer about the matter. This research intends to shed light in one aspect that remains nebulous: the interpretive...

The purpose of this study was to verify the relation between organizational learning and cultural reconstitution in a Brazilian editorial company, during the period from 1995 to 2000. To investigate the learning process a specially built archetype was used. The results revealed that the impact...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the type of ownership and control moderates the effect of the board social capital on the implied cost of capital. To do so, the authors analyzed the effect of the board social capital by the relational resources present in its direct and...

Portuguese Abstract: Neste artigo, revisitamos o conceito de legitimidade organizacional, a partir do resgate de seu caráter estrutural, assim como da elucidação de seu vínculo com os princípios mais enraizados na sociedade. Para tanto, primeiramente levantamos as origens do conceito,...