Fábio Dal-Soto

Análise de competências organizacionais na internacionalização de empresas da cadeia coureiro-calçadista

This study analyzes the internationalization process of medium sized companies of the leather-footwear supply chain, located in the Sinos Valley, in the southern region of Brazil. The two cases of footwear component companies were identifi ed by entrepreneurs from the leatherfootwear supply chain as the most outstanding from the Sinos Valley in internationalization practices. Thus, this study aims to identify which resources those companies mobilize to develop their internationalization process. The organizational competence concept provides the theoretical base for the data interpretation. The results show that the internationalization of those companies is related to a combination of resources associated to three competences: (a) process technology domain; (b) market understanding ability and (c) the ability of joining partners. The cases reinforce the understanding of the internationalization as a learning process that has integrated these companies to the international footwear supply chain dynamics since the eighties.

Do Institutions Matter? The Case of Wines Manufacturer from AN Emerging Economy

Abstract Purpose The case of Wines Manufacturer from an Emerging Economy (WMEE) aims to provide a starting point for reflections and discussions about the influence of home country formal institutions on the internationalization process of an industry in an emerging market context. Methodology/approach The plot revolves around the Wines Manufacturer from an Emerging Economy project, which was created to promote the Brazilian wine industry in the international market. A qualitative-descriptive approach was applied to the study, and data collection was conducted through primary and secondary sources. Findings The context involves the difficulty of positioning Brazilian wines in both the domestic and international markets, especially fine wines. The relationship networks built during internationalization processes (in most cases promoted by formal institutions such as WMEE) help to shape strategies for Brazilian wineries. Originality/value Doing business in international markets has made Brazilian wine known worldwide and internationalized wineries can attain new levels of learning, which can be transposed into their domestic operations. If, on the one hand, institutions are important for promoting the industry and its internationalization process, on the other hand, it is equally true that the fragmented institutional structure and their overlapped roles generate many conflicts.

A PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA SOBRE INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO DA EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR NA WEB OF SCIENCE: CARACTERÍSTICAS GERAIS E METODOLÓGICAS 1

The objective of this paper is to analyze the scientific production carried out on a decade of studies on internationalization of higher education. For this, the database ISI Web of Science/Knowledge was the source for research and selection of articles published about this subject from 2004 to 2013. In general, the analysis of selected articles has used a systematic review, focusing on methodological aspects used by the most cited articles in the academy. Results have shown an increasing number of studies in this area, the lack of consolidated research groups and the dispersion of publications in different journals. Moreover, the analysis of the most cited articles during that period indicates a relative balance between theoretical and theoretical-empirical studies, with the use of qualitative approach and the method of case study in theoretical-empirical articles being predominant.

A UTILIZAÇÃO DO PLANEJAMENTO ESTRATÉGICO COMO FERRAMENTA DE GESTÃO NA PEQUENA EMPRESA

Strategic planning is considered an effective method of business management for this reason the present study was conducted in a city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. This is a quantitative study. The population was composed of the companies that have entries at the Chamber of Retail Leaders of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul. The findings of the survey aimed at verify: how strategic planning is used in small businesses, the importance of using of guiding strategies for small businesses; benefits which in the view of managers are due to the use of strategic actions and what difficulties or inability to use strategic actions. Of the 93 questionnaires analyzed it can be seen that 38.645% corresponds to the factor related management features of small business, where companies do not make use of strategic planning for not knowing your technique, still claiming that the small business need for this training to qualify their employees. Even so, one can realize that companies perform some of the steps of strategic planning in an informal way.

Informational configuration in the management of a value chain and the use of Business Intelligence (BI)

O excesso de informacao e a dispersao dos dados no ambiente empresarial tem se constituido em importantes barreiras a serem vencidas pelos gestores na atualidade, com o objetivo de melhoria do processo decisorio. A analise eficaz de dados e informacoes internas e externas a empresa constitui-se num meio para a obtencao e/ou sustentacao de uma vantagem competitiva. Dessa forma, o objetivo deste artigo e apresentar, por meio de uma perspectiva teorica e direcionada a um caso pratico de uma Unidade de Ensino, alguns elementos, ou tipos de sistemas, que possam integrar uma configuracao informacional para apoiar a tomada de decisoes estrategicas na instituicao abordada. A analise, realizada sob a metodologia de estudo de caso, torna possivel a visualizacao do direcionamento da tomada de decisoes, utilizando-se da tecnologia de informacao denominada Business Intelligence ( BI ). Por fim, e analisada a gestao da cadeia de valor referenciada como base para a vantagem competitiva e o posicionamento da Tecnologia da Informacao (TI). A combinacao da configuracao informacional no fluxo de decisoes estrategicas evidencia um melhor entendimento da infra-estrutura tecnologica disponivel no mercado. Palavras-chave: configuracao informacional, decisoes estrategicas, cadeia de valor, business intelligence.