Drawing on previous research in the Resource-Based View of the Firm, this study aimed at illustrating the interrelationships between the properties of productive resources and the profitability of firms, in the Brazilian autoparts industry. The inspiration for this study was a research conducted...

Aiming for superior performance, companies need to have and skillfully use rare, valuable, irreplaceable and inimitable resources, with special emphasis on intangibles, constructed in lengthy and risky processes or strategically accumulated via mergers and acquisitions (M&A). To analyze how the...

This research aimed to study the relationship between innovation and variables that represent firm performance. Using a comprehensive database that cross references innovation information gathered by PINTEC (Technological Innovation Research) of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and...

Based on the work of Chadwick and Cappelli (2002), this paper attempts to ascertain the impacts of the functional and numerical flexibilization of work systems on corporate financial performances. A Multiple Regression and Variance Analysis was carried out to validate four Hypotheses. Hypothesis...