The Contribution of Corporate Governance for the Performance of Brazilian Publicly Traded Companies

The heterogeneity of business performance has been the subject of great concern for entrepreneurs and researchers of Social Sciences. There are numerous approaches and methodologies for the investigation of this subject, producing results on which there is no consensus among the most relevant authors. Regarding the approaches, some of the differences can be attributed to the researchers' preference for one of the competing explanatory theories of this phenomenon – the Industrial Organization, the Resource-based View (RBV), the Dynamic Skills Theory and the Theory of Market Processes. The authors of the Theory of Dynamic Skills consider leverage and regeneration of resources and capabilities as essential factors for the formation of competitive advantage, and highlight the crucial role of strategic management in this field. These new ideas stimulated the analysis of the influence of firm factors performance, among which the contribution of managerial aspects, the line of research chosen for this article, which aims to investigate the contribution of Corporate Governance in the performance of Brazilian publicly traded companies registered at BM&FBOVESPA. The methodology used is the MANOVA, and the results confirm that the Corporate Governance constitutes a relevant explanatory factor in business performance.A heterogeneidade do desempenho empresarial tem sido objeto de grande preocupação por parte de empresários e de pesquisadores das Ciências Sociais. As abordagens e as metodologias para a investigação desse tema são múltiplas e produzem resultados sobre os quais não há consenso entre os autores mais relevantes. No tocante às abordagens, parte das divergências pode ser atribuída à preferência dos pesquisadores por uma das teorias concorrentes explicativas desse fenômeno – a Organização Industrial, a Visão Baseada em Recursos (RBV), a Teoria das Competências Dinâmicas e a Teoria dos Processos de Mercado. Os autores da Teoria das Competências Dinâmicas consideram a alavancagem e a regeneração de recursos e capacidades fatores essenciais para a formação da vantagem competitiva, e destacam o papel crucial da gestão estratégica nesse campo. Essas novas ideias estimularam a análise da influência dos fatores da firma no desempenho, dentre os quais a contribuição dos aspectos gerenciais, linha de pesquisa na qual se insere este artigo, que objetiva investigar a contribuição da Governança Corporativa no desempenho das empresas brasileiras de capital aberto registradas na BM&FBOVESPA. A metodologia utilizada é a MANOVA, e os resultados confirmam que a Governança Corporativa constitui-se em fator explicativo relevante do desempenho empresarial

The Contribution of Corporate Governance for the Performance of Brazilian Publicly Traded Companies

The heterogeneity of business performance has been the subject of great concern for entrepreneurs and researchers of Social Sciences. There are numerous approaches and methodologies for the investigation of this subject, producing results on which there is no consensus among the most relevant authors. Regarding the approaches, some of the differences can be attributed to the researchers' preference for one of the competing explanatory theories of this phenomenon – the Industrial Organization, the Resource-based View (RBV), the Dynamic Skills Theory and the Theory of Market Processes. The authors of the Theory of Dynamic Skills consider leverage and regeneration of resources and capabilities as essential factors for the formation of competitive advantage, and highlight the crucial role of strategic management in this field. These new ideas stimulated the analysis of the influence of firm factors performance, among which the contribution of managerial aspects, the line of research chosen for this article, which aims to investigate the contribution of Corporate Governance in the performance of Brazilian publicly traded companies registered at BM&FBOVESPA. The methodology used is the MANOVA, and the results confirm that the Corporate Governance constitutes a relevant explanatory factor in business performance.A heterogeneidade do desempenho empresarial tem sido objeto de grande preocupação por parte de empresários e de pesquisadores das Ciências Sociais. As abordagens e as metodologias para a investigação desse tema são múltiplas e produzem resultados sobre os quais não há consenso entre os autores mais relevantes. No tocante às abordagens, parte das divergências pode ser atribuída à preferência dos pesquisadores por uma das teorias concorrentes explicativas desse fenômeno – a Organização Industrial, a Visão Baseada em Recursos (RBV), a Teoria das Competências Dinâmicas e a Teoria dos Processos de Mercado. Os autores da Teoria das Competências Dinâmicas consideram a alavancagem e a regeneração de recursos e capacidades fatores essenciais para a formação da vantagem competitiva, e destacam o papel crucial da gestão estratégica nesse campo. Essas novas ideias estimularam a análise da influência dos fatores da firma no desempenho, dentre os quais a contribuição dos aspectos gerenciais, linha de pesquisa na qual se insere este artigo, que objetiva investigar a contribuição da Governança Corporativa no desempenho das empresas brasileiras de capital aberto registradas na BM&FBOVESPA. A metodologia utilizada é a MANOVA, e os resultados confirmam que a Governança Corporativa constitui-se em fator explicativo relevante do desempenho empresarial

A Contribuição da Governança Corporativa para o Desempenho das Empresas Brasileiras de Capital Aberto

The heterogeneity of business performance has been the subject of great concern for entrepreneurs and researchers of Social Sciences. There are numerous approaches and methodologies for the investigation of this subject, producing results on which there is no consensus among the most relevant authors. Regarding the approaches, some of the differences can be attributed to the researchers' preference for one of the competing explanatory theories of this phenomenon – the Industrial Organization, the Resource-based View (RBV), the Dynamic Skills Theory and the Theory of Market Processes. The authors of the Theory of Dynamic Skills consider leverage and regeneration of resources and capabilities as essential factors for the formation of competitive advantage, and highlight the crucial role of strategic management in this field. These new ideas stimulated the analysis of the influence of firm factors performance, among which the contribution of managerial aspects, the line of research chosen for this article, which aims to investigate the contribution of Corporate Governance in the performance of Brazilian publicly traded companies registered at BM&amp;FBOVESPA. The methodology used is the MANOVA, and the results confirm that the Corporate Governance constitutes a relevant explanatory factor in business performance.</span

NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics

Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data