International management literature arguments that foreign firms operate under Liability of Foreignness (LOF). Several previous studies looked at LOF in banks, with contradictory results. Our study however is focused ...

The accelerated growth of pharmaceutical market in Brazil, in the past ten years, attracted and intensified investments from multinational pharmaceutical companies. National companies also invested heavily. The industry ...

O setor de mineração e metalurgia apresenta um papel de destaque na composição da economia brasileira sendo constituído por empresas de origem nacional e estrangeira. Nesse sentido, este trabalho aplicado que está fundamentado ...

Research Summary: We conduct a historical analysis of the multinational corporations’ strategy of creating connections with a host country’s elite as a way of legitimizing its operations in contexts characterized by long-term ...

O setor bancário brasileiro nos últimos vinte anos passou por um processo de mudanças profundas com uma onda de fusões, aquisições e a entrada de novas instituições estrangeiras. O Liability da Foreignness (LOF) postula ...

Two cases of swallowing of foreign material related to dental implants during dental practice are described. A conservative approach by clinical-radiographic follow-up was performed in both cases; however, one of the ...

A literatura de finanças international demonstra a existência de uma lacuna no que tange a identificação dos fatores que levam investidores internacionais ao Home Bias (“HB”) (Dalhquist, Pinkowitz, Stulz e Williamson, ...

We document a positive correlation between stock market capitalization and price levels (wages) within the group of countries with poorly developed stock markets and a negative correlation between these two variables within ...

We study the determinants of sudden stops in capital flows to emerging markets. Using gross international asset and liability flows (from the point of view of domestic residents), we identify three types of situations: ...