Papers by ALEXANDRA CABRAL
Based on research problem, the researcher formulates the research questions as below: A-RQ1: What... more Based on research problem, the researcher formulates the research questions as below: A-RQ1: What are the faculty members' opinions toward diagnosis strategy? B-RQ 2: What are the faculty members' opinions toward design strategy? C-RQ3: What are the faculty members' opinions toward deployment strategy? D-RQ4: What are the faculty members' opinions toward evaluation strategy? E-RQ 5: What are the faculty members' opinions toward enhancement strategy? 4-Research limitation 1-This research applied between in the academic year 2017-2018. 2-This research focus of Saudi Private Universities. 3-This research conducting on faculty members. 4-This research conducting on colleges of business and colleges of law. 5-Research Objectives By reviewing studies, reports, periodicals and books related to the topic of study, the researcher identify the main objectives of this research at the following objectives: A-Definition of Organizational Development (OD). B-History of organizational development. C-Characteristics of Organizational Development. D-Classical and New OD practices.
Revista de Contabilidade da UFBA
This paper analyzes the connection between sustainability and financial performances of the six b... more This paper analyzes the connection between sustainability and financial performances of the six biggest banks in Brazil. Brazilian banks were analyzed regarding their socio-environmental and economic disclosure. We collected Socio-environmental data from annual reports, available on banks websites and financial data at Economática® database. Although disclosure data are not audited, which represents a limitation, these banks conduct their business in accordance with sustainable development policies and regulations, and publish information about initiatives. Spearman's non-parametric correlation provided a relationship assessment between variables for each bank. Results in this paper mostly showed a positive correlation between socio-environmental responsibility (SER) and financial performances, even considering the impacts of Brazilian crisis. The objective of this voluntary disclosure lays on companies’ legitimacy as a dialogue mechanism with society.
Revista Economia Politica Do Desenvolvimento, Dec 28, 2011
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2014
The container cargo proportion of total maritime transport increased from 3% in 1980 to 16% in 20... more The container cargo proportion of total maritime transport increased from 3% in 1980 to 16% in 2011. The largest Brazilian port, the port of Santos, is the 42nd largest container port in the world. However, Santos' performance indicators are much lower than those of the world's largest ports, so comparisons with them are difficult. This article focuses on the Brazilian container terminals that handled containers in 2009 and compares port competitiveness. This study classified seventeen Brazilian container terminals into three distinct groups based on the following competitiveness criteria: number of containers handled, berth length, number of berths, terminal tariffs (in US$), berth depth, rate of medium consignment (in containers/ship), medium board (containers/hour), average waiting time for mooring (in hours/ship), and average waiting time for load or unload cargo (in hours/ship). This classification used a hierarchical cluster analysis. The classification shows that the terminal of Tecon in the port of Santos has the best performance of all, while small terminals (<150,000 container units) are the worst performing terminals in Brazil.
The Central European Review of Economics and Management
Aim: This study aims to evaluate the technical efficiency of 44 Brazilian port terminals that han... more Aim: This study aims to evaluate the technical efficiency of 44 Brazilian port terminals that handled containers in 2016. The evaluation will first proceed by identifying the main benchmarks. It will then provide an analysis of variables that may have an effect on technical efficiency as well as the nature of their relationship with the latter--namely: container movement and specialized terminals. Design / Research methods: In this work we apply the techniques of Data Envelopment Analysis and Free Disposal Hull. Output-oriented models were constructed, using three inputs - berth depth, berth length and number of berths, and three outputs - number of containers handled, medium board measured in container handled per hour of mooring, and medium consignment rate measured in container throughput per ship. Conclusions / findings: The main results show that half of the terminals have an inefficient infrastructure, with capacity larger than necessary to meet current demand for transportati...
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