Authors:Talles Brugni Abstract: Dear readers, We are proud to announce the following Professors as our new Associate Editors, that will certainly add even more value to the current team. Prof. Dr. André Lino (University of Essex – UK) Prof. Dr. Andson Braga de Aguiar (University of Sao Paulo - BR) Prof. Dr. Eduardo da Silva Flores (University of Sao Paulo - BR) Prof. Dr. Poliano Bastos da Cruz (FUCAPE Business School - BR) Prof. Dr. Ricardo Rocha de Azevedo (Federal University of Uberlandia - BR) All professors have massive experience in their research field, and much to contribute to our journal. We are glad to have them in our editorial team. You are all very welcome!!! We also present to you the volume 19, nº 2 of 2022 of the Brazilian Business Review. An issue with several topics that discuss organizational behavior, internationalization of companies, career, tax exemption and economic growth and digital economy. We hope you enjoy it! Opening the issue, Crespi, Costa, Preusler and Cirani investigated how the absorptive capacity can be achieved in a public research company. To this end, they studied three Embrapa R&D projects which involved intra- and inter-organizational alliances that resulted in important innovations. Their findings allowed identifying and systematizing routines and organizational processes of acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploration of knowledge. https://bit.ly/3gJsifP Our second paper discusses the evolution of the network in the internationalization of the firm. In this regard, Rezende, Alves, Bicalho and Versiani used longitudinal quantitative data from a single case and show that the evolution of the network in the internationalization of the firm indicates a larger and sparser network over time and that the more connected actors create hubs, signaling more status, power, and resources. https://bit.ly/3szEoxI Next, Scherer and Grisci analyze ways of singularization of migrants and refugees from the creation of labor activities from the perspective of immaterial work. They used the cartography method to obtain data through interviews and participant observations in Porto Alegre (Brazil) and their findings suggest that the mobilization of migrants and refugees in a cooperation network highlights vernacular references and the migration/refuge situation, making them their own entrepreneurs. For these authors, the singularization referring to a labor market for migrants and refugees, linked to affection and politics, allow the (re)invention of themselves in the country of destination. https://bit.ly/3vfrVCp In our fourth paper, Pires and de Andrade deals with career choices, showing evidence of validity of the Work Volition Scale in Brazil. In order to adapt and raise initial evidence of validation of the Work Volition Scale in Brazil, these authors identified a positive association for work choices and satisfaction, while financial constraints are negatively related to job satisfaction and life. https://bit.ly/3Hm2Kk1 The next paper investigates the behavior of some dimensions of industrial activity, focusing on the effect of tax exemptions on industrialized products on the economic growth of Brazilian municipalities. To this end, Miranda, Ferreira, Abrantes and Macedo performed quantile regression with panel data during 2007 and 2017 and found evidence that even with the positive behavior of industrial activity, especially between 2009 and 2013, the exemptions did not contribute to the economic growth of Brazilian municipalities. https://bit.ly/3sck0nk Closing the issue, Sant'Anna, Nelson and Diniz investigate the process of reconverting the economic functions of the city of Lafayette (USA) in the ongoing transition to the digital economy. According to them, the spatial distribution of Lafayette reflects remarkable aspects associated with historical, cultural, ethical, and socioeconomic configurations, also reflecting the habit of different social groups, so that their economic, social, cultural, and symbolic capital is mobilized to the domain of the field in which they are inserted. https://bit.ly/3LWXWVw I hope you enjoy our selection of papers. Good reading to all! Talles Vianna Brugni – Editor-in-Chief – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-9440 PubDate: 2022-03-01 Issue No:Vol. 19, No. 2 (2022)
Authors:Fernanda Pires, Alexsandro Andrade Abstract: Volition is the individual perception of one’s ability to make decisions and career choices despite constraints by the external environment. It is a relevant concept in the Psychology Working Theory, which highlights the role played by contextual factors, social class, privilege, and freedom of choice in career building. This study’s objective was to adapt the Work Volition Scale to the Brazilian context and find initial validity evidence. The sample was composed of 584 Brazilian workers from different social strata. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis and analysis of correlations indicated that the three-dimensional internal structure is adequate; invariance was found for sex, subjective social class, and the strategies used to apply the instrument. Furthermore, the results suggest a positive association between volition and job satisfaction, while financial constraints are negatively related to job satisfaction and satisfaction with life. The results contribute to studies on career and provide an instrument to be used in vocational and career counseling and research to support public policy from a more inclusive perspective. PubDate: 2022-02-25 DOI: 10.15728/bbr.2021.19.2.3 Issue No:Vol. 19, No. 2 (2022)
Authors:Anderson Sant’Anna, Reed Nelson, Daniela Diniz Abstract: The transition to the digital society attracts the attention of a growing group of scholars who seek to investigate the constraints of this new stage of the productive forces on urban interventions. From this context comes the motivation for this paper, which proposes to analyze findings of an empirical survey of data conducted in the North American city of Lafayette, with the objective of investigating a process of reconversion of its economic functions in the ongoing transition to the digital economy, with significant implications on the composition of the labor market, particularly in the commercial and services sectors. As a result, Lafayette’s spatial distribution reflects striking aspects associated with historical, cultural, ethical and socioeconomic configurations. According to Bourdieu’s theoretical framework, it also reflects in this way the habitus of the different social groups, as well as the way in which different capitals - economic, social, cultural and symbolic - are mobilized, aiming at the domain of the field. PubDate: 2022-02-23 DOI: 10.15728/bbr.2021.19.2.6 Issue No:Vol. 19, No. 2 (2022)
Authors:Tatiane Crespi, Priscila Costa, Taísa Preusler, Claudia Cirani Abstract: Absorptive capacity is a dynamic capability that may generate knowledge and innovations. In Brazil, the development of new products and processes have led to technological advances in farming, especially in the last decades. In this context, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) has played an important role in the absorption and generation of agricultural knowledge and innovations from research and project development (R&D). Therefore, absorptive capacity (AC) is a construct involving knowledge absorption with procedural propositions that need empirical verification. In this study, we investigated how the maturity of absorptive capacity can be achieved in a public research company. We studied three R&D Embrapa projects that involved intraorganizational and interorganizational alliances that resulted in important innovations. We identified and systematized routines and organizational processes of acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploration of knowledge. This study contributed to the development of a propositional maturity model of absorptive capacity in a public research company that promotes scalability of routines and knowledge absorption processes at intraorganizational and interorganizational levels. PubDate: 2022-02-08 DOI: 10.15728/bbr.2021.19.2.2 Issue No:Vol. 19, No. 2 (2022)
Authors:Sérgio Rezende, Alysson Alves, Dirley Bicalho, Ângela Versiani Abstract: This paper analyses the network evolution of the internationalizing firm, focusing on a generative mechanism called preferential attachment. Preferential attachment means that more connected actors are likely to form more relationships. This paper uses longitudinal quantitative data of a single case of the internationalization of an American multinational firm’s operational division in the Brazilian market. The data analysis is based on Clauset et al.’s (2009) computational algorithm and PAFit, a new statistical method. The aim is to identify the extent to which the network evolution follows a power-law distribution and the degree to which preferential attachment affects the network evolution. It finds that the network evolution of the internationalizing firm follows a power-law distribution. It is affected by a sub-linear form of preferential attachment. Few actors accumulate a disproportionally high number of relationships. The preferential attachment does not homogeneously manifest itself in the network evolution. It has a strong effect on the network onset. This paper contributes by advancing a relational, process-based approach to the internationalization of the firm. It shows that the network evolution of the internationalizing firm grows over time and becomes sparser. More connected actors form hubs, meaning increased status, more power and resources. PubDate: 2022-02-08 DOI: 10.15728/bbr.2021.19.2.1 Issue No:Vol. 19, No. 2 (2022)
Authors:Laura Scherer, Carmem Grisci Pages: 1 - 19 Abstract: This article adopts the Autonomy of Migration approach to analyze the singularization of migrants and refugees from creating work activities based on the perspective of immaterial labor. The cartographic method was used to collect data from interviews and participant observation in Porto Alegre (Brazil), exploring events-activities, key informants, and economic migrants and refugees from the global south who work with music, dance, food, fashion, language, and political-cultural representation. The findings show that the mobilization of migrants and refugees in a cooperation network stresses the vernacular references and the migration/refuge situation, making them entrepreneurs of themselves. A mode of singularization is perceived regarding a labor market for migrants and refugees linked to affection and politics, which allows, through immaterial labor, the (re)invention of the self in the destination country. PubDate: 2022-02-25 DOI: 10.15728/bbr.2021.19.2.5 Issue No:Vol. 19, No. 2 (2022)
Authors:Marconi Miranda, Marco Ferreira, Luiz Abrantes, Suélem Macedo Pages: 1 - 18 Abstract: Faced with economic crisis and stagnation, the Brazilian government, in the fiscal realm, has been characterized by the adoption of exemption tax policies. In this scenario, the present study aimed to investigate the behavior of some dimensions of industrial activity, having as its central focus the effect that the Tax on Industrialized Products exemptions has on the economic growth of Brazilian municipalities. The empirical strategy employed used statistical models in panel data and quantile regression, taking the period between 2007 and 2017. The main results indicated that, even with the positive behavior of industrial activity, especially between 2009 and 2013, the exemptions did not contribute to the economic growth of Brazilian municipalities. PubDate: 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.15728/bbr.2021.19.2.4 Issue No:Vol. 19, No. 2 (2022)
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