Adilson Aderito da Silva

Dimensões da imitação entre empresas: um estudo na indústria de transformação brasileira

The objective of this paper was to identify the dimensions of the imitation construct between companies and to propose an operating procedure to measure it in business sectors. The imitation was conceptualized as a copy of capabilities. Putting them into operation was made possible by the ease of understanding them. The perceptions of 112 managers from 14 sectors of the Brazilian economy in the State of Sao Paulo were collected. The database of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo (Fiesp) was used. The dimensions underlying the construct were identified by exploratory factorial analysis. The results indicate that the less that research and development (R&D) activities are carried out, the less the importance of the level of schooling in productive processes, the lower the technological content of products and processes and the less significant the assembly of products, the greater the imitation tends to be in one sector.

Development cycle and carrying capacity

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the development cycle of Brazilian banking sector during the lengthy period between 1889 and 2009, also identifying an equilibrium number of financial institutions based on the carrying capacity of the environment. Design/methodology/approach – The number of institutions in equilibrium is calculated based on the population density dependence model adopted under the organizational ecology theory. Quantitative data of founding and failure and qualitative data (interviews with the directors, officers and chief executive officers (CEOs) of selected companies) were used. Findings – In all three bank segments (commercial, investment and multiple), the total number of banks in operation on December 31, 2009 was below the carrying capacity. However, in the multiple bank segment, the gap between the actual and potential figures is slightly smaller. As indicated by the respondents, there is almost no room for newcomers in the major bank segments. In counterpart, the...

PERCEPÇÃO DA INCERTEZA E O PERFIL EMPREENDEDOR NO SETOR DE SERVIÇOS DE ALIMENTAÇÃO

A presente pesquisa foi conduzida com o intuito mensurar a influencia da percepcao de incerteza sobre o perfil empreendedor de gestores no setor de servicos de alimentacao da cidade de Sao Paulo. A percepcao de incerteza e o perfil empreendedor foram respectivamente operacionalizados como construtos multidimensionais a partir de tres tipos de incerteza percebidos no ambiente organizacional (incerteza de estado, incerteza de efeito e incerteza de resposta) e quatro dimensoes do perfil empreendedor (inovacao, poder, realizacao e planejamento). A coleta de dados ocorreu no periodo de abril a junho de 2010 junto a 86 respondentes sendo a maioria deles socio-proprietarios e profissionais autonomos na cidade de Sao Paulo. Os dados processados com o software SmartPLS e analisados com a tecnica de Modelagem por Equacoes Estruturais, evidenciaram que a percepcao de incerteza esta inversamente relacionada com o perfil empreendedor, quanto menor a incerteza percebida no ambiente mais intensas serao as atitudes que fomentam o perfil empreendedor, em especial a disposicao para inovar e criar novos produtos e mercados.

Task environment and strategy: a classification proposal based on munificence, dynamism and complexity

The relationships between organizations and their respective task environments are an extremely relevant issue for the strategic management field. Given the diversity of both organizations and environments, moving toward a better understanding of such relationships has become a challenge not only to the management practice but also to scholars. In special, the identification of homogeneous environmental groups allows controlling the conditions that subordinate the actions of firms and widens the possibilities of design and generalization of researches in the strategy area. Besides, it permits identifying not apparent similarities among different industries. Along these lines, the research presented here identified industry groups sharing similar environmental conditions. The research begun with the replication of the work of Dess and Beard (1984), identifying the dimensions which characterize task environments – munificence, dynamism and complexity – for 466 manufacturing industries in USA from 1997 to 2002. Following to this, a cluster analysis was performed in order to group industries with similar task environments. Five different clusters were found. Subsequently, 1,870 American firms from Compustat data base were distributed by the groups created, which were statistically compared regarding the structure and performance features of their firms. This procedure indicated that the environmental groups can explain significant differences among the firms regarding mainly growth, profitability and size. Key words: task environment, environmental dimensions, manufacturing industries, strategic management.

Incerteza, racionalidade limitada e comportamento oportunista: um estudo na indústria brasileira

The purpose of this study was to understand the opportunistic behavior of the concepts from uncertainty, bounded rationality and asset specificity. A theoretical model was proposed and tested where the specificity was operationalized according to the dedicated, physical and human assets following Anderson and Schmittlein (1984), Carson, Madhok and Wu (2006) and Skarmeas, Katsikeas and Schlegelmilch (2002), anchored in the Transaction Cost Theory (TCT). The opportunistic behavior was operationalized as the indicators proposed by Carson, Madhok and Wu (2006). The bounded rationality has been studied from the perspective of Simon (1957, 1980) and the operationalization of the construct uncertainty in line with Knight (2002), Duncan (1972), Gordon and Narayanan (1984), Milliken (1987) and Milliken (1990). The data was collected from 111 managers in the manufacturing industry in Brazil selected on the basis of Industrial Federation of the Sao Paulo and submitted to Structural Equation Modeling. The results showed that bounded rationality and asset specificity positively influence the opportunistic behavior of economic agents, confirming the arguments of the theory of transaction costs, meaning that as greater the specificity of the assets less are the investment possibilities of reuse, making continuity valuable relationship and potential target of opportunistic. The results confirmed the multidimensionality of the construct uncertainty, too, reinforcing the theoretical arguments from the perspective of Uncertainty Information. This finding, with Simon (1957, 1980) definitions, enabled the operationalization of the construct bounded rationality from the uncertainty effect and response uncertainty, and the realization of the importance of this premise to explain the existence of transaction costs. In this sense the results allows a range of possibilities and contributes significantly to the advance of empirical studies in the field of TCT.

La incertidumbre, la racionalidad limitada y el comportamiento oportunista: un estudio en la industria brasileña

The purpose of this study was to understand the opportunistic behavior of the concepts from uncertainty, bounded rationality and asset specificity. A theoretical model was proposed and tested where the specificity was operationalized according to the dedicated, physical and human assets following Anderson and Schmittlein (1984), Carson, Madhok and Wu (2006) and Skarmeas, Katsikeas and Schlegelmilch (2002), anchored in the Transaction Cost Theory (TCT). The opportunistic behavior was operationalized as the indicators proposed by Carson, Madhok and Wu (2006). The bounded rationality has been studied from the perspective of Simon (1957, 1980) and the operationalization of the construct uncertainty in line with Knight (2002), Duncan (1972), Gordon and Narayanan (1984), Milliken (1987) and Milliken (1990). The data was collected from 111 managers in the manufacturing industry in Brazil selected on the basis of Industrial Federation of the Sao Paulo and submitted to Structural Equation Modeling. The results showed that bounded rationality and asset specificity positively influence the opportunistic behavior of economic agents, confirming the arguments of the theory of transaction costs, meaning that as greater the specificity of the assets less are the investment possibilities of reuse, making continuity valuable relationship and potential target of opportunistic. The results confirmed the multidimensionality of the construct uncertainty, too, reinforcing the theoretical arguments from the perspective of Uncertainty Information. This finding, with Simon (1957, 1980) definitions, enabled the operationalization of the construct bounded rationality from the uncertainty effect and response uncertainty, and the realization of the importance of this premise to explain the existence of transaction costs. In this sense the results allows a range of possibilities and contributes significantly to the advance of empirical studies in the field of TCT.

Uncertainty, bounded rationality and opportunistic behavior: a study in brazilian industry

The purpose of this study was to understand the opportunistic behavior of the concepts from uncertainty, bounded rationality and asset specificity. A theoretical model was proposed and tested where the specificity was operationalized according to the dedicated, physical and human assets following Anderson and Schmittlein (1984), Carson, Madhok and Wu (2006) and Skarmeas, Katsikeas and Schlegelmilch (2002), anchored in the Transaction Cost Theory (TCT). The opportunistic behavior was operationalized as the indicators proposed by Carson, Madhok and Wu (2006). The bounded rationality has been studied from the perspective of Simon (1957, 1980) and the operationalization of the construct uncertainty in line with Knight (2002), Duncan (1972), Gordon and Narayanan (1984), Milliken (1987) and Milliken (1990). The data was collected from 111 managers in the manufacturing industry in Brazil selected on the basis of Industrial Federation of the Sao Paulo and submitted to Structural Equation Modeling. The results showed that bounded rationality and asset specificity positively influence the opportunistic behavior of economic agents, confirming the arguments of the theory of transaction costs, meaning that as greater the specificity of the assets less are the investment possibilities of reuse, making continuity valuable relationship and potential target of opportunistic. The results confirmed the multidimensionality of the construct uncertainty, too, reinforcing the theoretical arguments from the perspective of Uncertainty Information. This finding, with Simon (1957, 1980) definitions, enabled the operationalization of the construct bounded rationality from the uncertainty effect and response uncertainty, and the realization of the importance of this premise to explain the existence of transaction costs. In this sense the results allows a range of possibilities and contributes significantly to the advance of empirical studies in the field of TCT.