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This paper aims to evaluate the sustainable performance within the concept of Green Port in the logistics operations. Through literature review about green port implementation in different ports worldwide, as well as the studies of various technologies and methods that aim to make the port environment more sustainable, this study will go through different levels, from the shipping loading and unloading, passing through all sectors and actors related to the movement of cargo inside the port, which may on the sustainable performance of the environment, to the inland transportation. The study focus on the reduction of emissions of pollutant gases such as sulfur oxides (Sox), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), atmospheric particulate matter (PM) and Carbon dioxide (CO2). The work addresses the possible innovations in the logistics operations inherent in the transportation, storage, and handling of goods, involving the analysis, types, and operations of the resources used in the port management of the largest port in Brazil, Port of Santos.

Code of Corporate governance around the globe encourage the appearance of women in corporate board. The objective of this research is to observe the association between board gender diversity and its effects on bank performance which is based on evidence of Pakistan. The sample of this research comprises of 10 listed banks of Pakistan. Secondary data has been collected of 12 years from 2005 to 2016. Bank financial performance is measured through ROA and ROE. Analysis is done through descriptive statistics and linear regression are applied on the data through different tests such as Heteroscedasticity, Stationary of the data, Multicollinearity is tested through Dickey fuller and Augmented Dickey fuller approaches. The study summarizes that there is an insignificant association between board gender diversity and banks performance in Pakistan, it concludes that this study does not support the developed hypothesis that woman on board has insignificant effect on bank financial performance. The finding of this study recommends to use a large sample of banks with difference methodologies such as surveys, case studies and qualitative research to find out the causes of the question that why the women on board decreasing the financial performance.

The implementation of processes and tools of Software Asset Management (SAM) has become an action agenda for Information Technology (IT) managers. Then this study aims to investigate the scenario for the implementation of SAM in large and midsize companies of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As methodology, a literature review was performed which founded the creation of an online questionnaire applied to 53 Chief Information Officers (CIOs). Based on the result of this research, it was possible to identify the knowledge of managers pertinent to the concept of SAM, and the fact that the majority of the investigated companies are in stages 1 and 2 of the development of the tiers of SAM proposed by the ISO / IEC 19770 standard. As contribution, it is expected to elucidate the recognition of SAM as a relevant factor to be used in the IT area, aiming at the search for solutions that increase productivity and optimize the costs and investments in companies.

The continual and increasingly accelerated changes in the market -boosted by structural processes such as globalization, the opening of markets and the growing customers’ demand- constantly raises the competitive requirements that companies must face. Likewise, the uncertainties, risks and threats that this context poses urge firms to seek new strategies in order to survive and succeed. In this search, innovation emerges as a key tool, capable of boosting and maintaining levels of competitiveness. The main hypothesis of this work is that the development of an appropriate business culture is a valid alternative to stimulate innovative performance within companies. One of the fundamental conclusions of this study is that those companies which have not yet found a way to develop innovation have a disadvantage compared to others in the world. That is why it is necessary to develop entrepreneurial cultures that favor the creation and commercial exploitation of novel ideas capable of generating sustainable competitive advantages. As a result, leaders must take the responsibility of setting new behaviors and managerial practices. The study is exploratory-descriptive, with a qualitative methodology. It was based on the bibliographical revision of specialists on the subject.

Um dos problemas das múltiplas variáveis e restrições encontradas nos sistemas produtivos das empresas e é responsável por influenciar a qualidade final do produto é a seleção adequada do material utilizado na fabricação. Assim, para que não haja divergências entre a especificação e o requisito de design no processo, são necessárias orientações efetivas para verificar sua conformidade após o recebimento. A verificação é realizada por meio de testes técnicos, por outro lado, para obter as características das propriedades mecânicas do mesmo. O objetivo geral deste trabalho é apresentar propostas sistemáticas para a elaboração de garantia de qualidade de testes mecânicos sobre a recepção de materiais metálicos aplicados ao desenvolvimento de máquinas agrícolas. Em termos metodológicos, foi aplicada uma Revisão de Literatura Sistemática (SLR) e vários casos foram estudados. Esta pesquisa é classificada como descritiva e comparativa, de natureza exploratória que utiliza um conjunto de ações de coleta, análise e tratamento de dados, a fim de auxiliar no desenvolvimento de atividades planejadas e organizadas que permitam implementar os testes necessários para o correto. qualificação do material recebido pelas empresas. Os resultados apresentam uma proposição sistemática que pode ser adotada na realização de testes mecânicos em materiais metálicos no controle de recepção em empresas que desenvolvem máquinas agrícolas e que podem ajudar outros segmentos de mercado. ações de análise e tratamento, a fim de auxiliar no desenvolvimento de atividades planejadas e organizadas que permitam implementar os testes necessários para a qualificação correta do material recebido pelas empresas. Os resultados apresentam uma proposição sistemática que pode ser adotada na realização de testes mecânicos em materiais metálicos no controle de recepção em empresas que desenvolvem máquinas agrícolas e que podem ajudar outros segmentos de mercado. ações de análise e tratamento, a fim de auxiliar no desenvolvimento de atividades planejadas e organizadas que permitam implementar os testes necessários para a qualificação correta do material recebido pelas empresas. Os resultados apresentam uma proposição sistemática que pode ser adotada na realização de testes mecânicos em materiais metálicos no controle de recepção em empresas que desenvolvem máquinas agrícolas e que podem ajudar outros segmentos de mercado.

With the growth in the machinery and agricultural implements sector the importance of the area of Product Development Process (PDP) has expanded significantly in the last decades. The surge is due to increased competition among manufacturers, thus requiring high quality products with greater efficiency in their production processes. In addition, the management of the phases that comprise the PDP is considered complex by specialized literature and manufacturing companies. Thus, the objective of the study is to present the main reference models that contextualize the PDP in order to systematically analyze its methodological classifications. In addition, the research seeks to explore the work methodologies currently applied in the PDP of the agricultural machinery and implements manufacturers located in the northwestern region of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil. The research adopted the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and the case study as investigation methods, classified as descriptive and comparative, of an exploratory nature. As a result, it was possible to identify a set of reference models that are usually adopted to operationalize the PDP. Research has shown that project support tools are not used by companies, while design and industrial management tools are applied. Finally, it was verified that companies have little knowledge about reference models.

The Brazilian citriculture is one of the activities that generate the most income within the agrobusiness, being responsible for providing opportunities for thousands of direct and indirect workers, besides being a sector that moves a great amount of financial resources. The orange crop has been going through great price swings in the recent years, and with this, many farmers are failing to invest in potential, as a result of the risks involved in the activity. A large part of these risks is related to the buyer market, which is controlled by the large juice industries and by the high capital required for the implementation of the new orchards. The objective of this work is to identify the risk factors for attractiveness and to analyze the economic viability of the orange crop in a farm in the municipality of Bauru, in the state of São Paulo. For this, the Monte Carlo method be used to simulate the probabilities of success in the scenarios analyzed and the NPV, IRR and Payback to determine the feasibility of the project. The research is characterized as a case study. The results obtained showed that the investment is feasible, only in the real and optimistic scenario and will provide a return between the 6th and the 7th year of the project, providing a balance of approximately R$ 4,190,252.94 after 10 years of investment which represents an attractive compared to the initial investment value of R$ 937,500.00.

Beans are traditional elements on the table of the Brazilian population. In spite of this, the production of beans has been falling in Brazil in the last years. This article tries to identify the causes for the lack of motivation for growing beans in Brazil. It also aims to point out which factors are the most relevant for obtaining an expressive plantation and bean harvest. Given this, we were able to develop a system based on fuzzy logic that can be useful for measuring the expected loss until the bean harvest. With the output from such system the farmer can be provided incentives to start planting once that loss is considered acceptable.  In order to generate the rules of the system the multicriteria TOPSIS method is used. The prototype fuzzy system explained and proposed in this article can be further expanded by agricultural experts thus leading to a large scale planting of beans.

The objective of the study was to examine the marketing strategies of Ethiopian medium and large textile companies. The textile sector became the focus of this study because the sector has performed far below than expected, despite the government‘s continued support to and the country‘s comparative advantage in the sector. To attain the stated objective, qualitative research approach with case study design was employed. The case companies were selected based on two criteria; production of finished textile products and operation in both local and global markets. Accordingly, nine companies qualified these criteria and all of them were used as cases. The RBT was the theory employed to explain the differences in performances among firms’ in similar environment. Furthermore, within and cross case analyses were employed to get in-depth understanding about the marketing strategies of the case companies. 

Globalization and the advent of Information and communication technologies have influenced substantial changes in forms of management. The intense global competitive scenario have generated new forms of competition for the various players. Faced with the unstable and complex environment, organizations need to focus their efforts on shared strategies. Agribusiness presents a set of specificities that lead to greater complexity to manage the activities. Regarding the agro industrial fruit pulp chain, this dynamic becomes even more complex, considering the peculiarities of the sector. Therefore, this paper aims to describe the fruit pulp chain from the perspective of the business processes of Supply Chain Management (SCM). To do so, eight business processes were considered for the qualitative analysis supported by the bibliographical research on a well-known scientific basis such as Web of Science, Scopus and Ebsco. Considering the study of a current phenomenon and according to the profile of the research agents, it is a multiple case study applied in four fruit pulp processing agroindustries. The results describe the business processes and the activities that compose it in the fruit pulp sector, allowing understanding the synchronous and dependent relationship between the processes, as well as the importance of information sharing in the dynamics among all activities.