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This paper aimed to identify which are the new urban mobility services, arising from technological evolution, and how these are influencing the daily lives of consumers. It was also sought to know how the use of new urban mobility services can influence the purchase of private vehicles, since such a means of transport causes damage to the environment and causes problems during the daily journeys of citizens, such as traffic and stress. . Methodologically, it was an exploratory and descriptive research, with a quantitative approach, with application of a questionnaire, through virtual social networks, answered by 201 people from 35 cities in the state of São Paulo. The collected data were treated using descriptive statistics. The main results show that the private vehicle is the means of locomotion that receives the greatest demand from the researched population, with public/collective transport as its biggest competitor, even though it lacks infrastructure, and that the new mobility services are not yet widely used, although cities have infrastructure to support them, not being restricted to large cities. It is concluded that the new urban mobility services have the potential to become the main means of locomotion for people, by overcoming the obstacles of the lack of exploration of the subject and the desire for their own car, so such a change must occur in the long term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The University-Business-Government cooperation, also known as triple-helix, has been identified as the most effective way to integrate the corporate and academic world, encouraging innovation projects that support regional technological development. Faced with the recent dismantling of the public funding system for academic research in Brazil, many Universities have advanced in their strategy of partnerships with companies, in the search for guaranteeing resources for the maintenance of their research activities. This paper seeks to discuss how these relationships have occurred in this scenario, through a theoretical and practical discussion, bringing the example of a case study carried out at the Technological Park of the University of Sorocaba, in the interior of the state of São Paulo. It was possible to show that the approach to the private sector is, above all, a survival strategy in the market for institutions that work with research. Amidst a political scenario that points to the retraction of the State's role as a provider of public resources for research, this apparently irreversible movement draws a new scenario for science and technology in the country, with the increasing presence of the private sector, which is leaving the role of client or demander of technologies and innovations generated in the predominantly public research infrastructure of the country, to occupy the leading role in technological development. A scenario that will continue to privilege only a few areas involved with issues of private interest, which are rapidly becoming issues of national interest, reducing the space for other areas of science, which will need to find their own way of survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To relate the recovery of the main rivers in São Paulo city with the impacts on its urban mobility through ports and river transport routes. Method: A documental research of the main data (trace, width, depth and location) and a bibliographical survey of the main researches on the theme in articles, theses and reports issued, mainly, by public organs such as CET (Traffic Engineering Company), Government of the State of São Paulo and IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) were carried out. Originality/Relevance: The paper in question becomes relevant due to the fact that it analyzes an alternative to solve the problem of urban mobility from a different perspective: integrating the well-known rivers that cut the urban environment of São Paulo in order to take advantage of their hydric potential. Results: From the information gathered, it was possible to elaborate a strategic plan identifying possibilities for the installation of intermodal cargo terminals, besides verifying which vessels could be used. Social/Management Contributions: São Paulo's management constantly seeks to find solutions to the negative impacts of disorderly urbanization on the city's infrastructure and urban mobility, in addition to the problems of polluting its rivers. Evaluating the restoration of rivers in the region from the perspective of using them as an alternative to already saturated roads can bring benefits in various government spheres, in addition to improving the quality of life of the population of São Paulo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The programming of cultural events (literary festivals) in the cities of Vale do Paraíba (São Paulo, Brazil) often includes the participation of local literary authors. Thus, this paper intents to analyse how the participant fiction authors and poets articulate their creative process to these events. The main objective is to understand if and how the participation in these events impacts the fictional and poetic creation, the entry into the publishing circuit and the possibility of reaching and dialoguing with more readers. To understand this cultural phenomenon, the research is guided by the theoretical conceptions of Candido (2000) and Even-Zohar (2013), about literary systems, and Schollhammer (2009), about contemporary literature. The results reveal that these events represent for the authors the possibility to divulge their works and have contact with the readers, although they express that the creative process is not always impacted by the contact with the public. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper addresses occurrences of the Do It Yourself ethos (related to punk rock) in Santa Gertrudes city in early 1980's. It is argued that traces of a "feeling" (Raymond Williams) of the period can be identified by relating practices of punk rockers in world metropolises with those conducted by residents of that small city (located at the Brazilian State of São Paulo), establishing what is considered in the paper as a shared fury. Such fury would contribute to overcoming difficulties in accessing content starting from the production and distribution of "material culture" (Daniel Miller), and with the establishment of a local musical band: these two aspects seem to enable the inclusion of Santa Gertrudans in the "imagined community" (Benedict Anderson) of punk rock. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the approval of the Law 13.415/2017 that changed the Brazilian secondary school and allowed greater flexibilization on its subjects and curricular content to be available on the educational offer, the state education networks underwent building curricular proposals oriented by the Base Nacional Comum Curricular. This paper aims to analyze the initial implementation paths of the curricular proposal under discussion in the state of Paraíba, compared to the already completed elaboration of the state of São Paulo. Built with Apple and Gramsci theoretical basis, the paper seeks, in the first place, to apprehend the meaning of the race of hegemony in the field of the educational reformation, based on the power relations in the elaboration of the curriculum, as well as the influence of the neoliberal mindset on these reformations. Secondly, this paper undertakes a comparative analysis of the proposals between the two state education networks, focusing on the area of Humanities and Social Sciences, for methodological purposes. Within this comparison, it shows divergence amongst the two curriculum formulations, although they have the national reformation policy, due to its different approaches -- São Paulo taking more of an operational driven guideline, whereas the state of Paraíba proceeded with a more pluralist vision of schoolar curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to present the Territorial Zoning for Sugarcane in the State of São Paulo (ZTC), which is a counter-proposal to the Agro-environmental Zoning of the Sugar-Alcohol Sector (ZAA). The paper is based on the hypothesis that, since the existence of rural settlements and family agriculture were not considered in ZAA's formulation, the official zonings only serves as an instrument to legitimize the territorial expansion of sugarcane cultivation and agrobusiness to the detriment of family agriculture. At the elaboration of ZTC, in addition to data on edaphoclimatic characteristics and environmental restriction, which are also used by ZAA, we have added data referring to rural settlements and family agriculture territories, that is, to elaborate the ZTC, we considered the existence of multiple territories and the existence of the Agrarian Issue. Lastly, using ZAA and ZTC, we analyzed the expansion of the sugarcane cultivated area in the State of São Paulo from 2003 to 2013. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the paper is to analyze the spatial distribution of linear erosive features and the characteristics of the terrains in which they develop in a catchment. This is characterized by a relief and land use pattern typical of the country of the state of São Paulo. The analysis of the data showed: a) rill erosion, ravines and gullies occur predominantly in sandy lithology sectors; b) sectors that have higher land slope values can add energy to the runoff and enhance erosive activity; c) the geomorphological and slope map are important for the analysis of erosive processes, and allow to evaluate the spatial interaction between landforms and materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the growth of the organic food market in Brazil, these foods remain restricted to a minor part of the population. In this scenario, the short circuits are presented as an alternative to the predominant food distribution model, which is characterized by impersonality and long distances. This paper aims to analyze the motivation of the organic products consumers and this market in Sorocaba (in the state of São Paulo). For this purpose, two methodological procedures were used: an online survey (quantitative approach) and semi-structured interviews (qualitative approach). As results, the consumers habits revealed two different positions: an appreciation of practicality and a search for diversity, both in products and in ways of purchasing them. Because of these choices the consumers alternate between short and long circuits possibilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Police and military officers have been migrating to institutional party politics since the democratization period in Brazil. Analyzes former officer's discourses at São Paulo's state parliament in different contexts. Drawing from document analysis, the so-called "bullet caucus" of the 18th legislature (2015-2019) was compared to the "security caucus" elected for the first time in the 11th legislature (1987-1991). Although these groups have shown similarities concerning public security, new negotiation strategies, and a dispute over human rights policy have been observed. The paper argues that the "bullet caucus" reorganizes conservatism in the political field by opening spaces of connection with diverse groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper sought to analyze, from a psychosocial perspective, what young brazilian college students think about the current situation. Participated in this research 45 undergraduate students between 18 and 26 years old from the Administration, Accounting, and Psychology courses at a public university located in the state of São Paulo. The idea of a conservative wave, identified in narratives of previous studies (2015-2018), was confirmed with the strengthening of rightwing and far-right social movements, by the daily realization of antidemocratic acts and by the result of the 2018 presidential elections. At the time of the present study (2019), the conservative wave was already a reality and this was observed among the participants as a fact not impossible to be overcome, although consolidated. The conservative wave was identified among the participants as being responsible for the precarization of public services, mischaracterization of social rights, criminalization of social movements, use of Fake News, and for fostering a social polarization based on the construction of the image of the political opponent as an enemy. Thus, conservatism is translated in the narratives as a phenomenon that generates fear and hopelessness. From Lula to Bolsonaro, would fear have taken the place of hope? This is the question that we seek to answer - not definitively - at the endo f this text. We conclude that the perspectives and horizons of transformation are shy among the participants, as well as the engagement in political parties, entities, and movements. However, the scenario is uncertainty and new configurations emerge in the logics of political participation and representation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, Chomsky & Herman's "propaganda model" was applied on the examination of the news coverage practiced by Brazilian mass media regarding the exclusion of candidates due to legal processes in the 2018 Brazilian and Venezuelan presidential elections. To this end, this research employs the chomskyan methodology of conducting a comparative study of the news content concerning the excluded candidates from each election produced by Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo between January 1st and May 31st of 2018. The analysis focused on: how the paper framed the matter in each case through representation techniques, the plurality of opinions presented, and how authors of opinion pieces positioned themselves. The results show that the newspaper's coverage corroborates claims of attacks on the freedom of candidacy in the Venezuelan election, whilst rejecting such claims in the Brazilian election. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information is essential for organizations' competitiveness, in which software processes a large amount of data. Programmers develop technologies based on the creation and sharing of knowledge. Tacit knowledge is strategic, resulting from work experience requiring socialization and a favorable context to be developed. A cooperative environment results from a positive organizational climate and satisfaction of the employees' needs. Organizational climate reflects the culture, which determines corporate values and practices. However, academic literature shows that there is considerable stress among software professionals, resulting from workload. This paper objective is to verify, in a software company, the relationship between organizational culture, climate and knowledge sharing. A case study was carried out in a company in Marília City, São Paulo State, Brazil, which has a Local Productive Arrangement of Information Technology. Knowledge Management, Psychology, Administration, organizational behavior and software development theoretical contributions were used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The complexity of the autism spectrum disorder has mobilized the teaching profession in the school context. So, it is necessary to reflect on teacher training to deal with the teaching of students with that diagnosis. This paper, which is the result of a master's research carried out in a special education school located in a country town in the state of São Paulo, aims to discuss how the teacher, who becomes a researcher of his own practice, articulates the relationships between the cultural-historical theoretical framework and the pedagogical practice. The participants were the teacher, graduated in Pedagogy with a Masters Degree in Education, and his student with autism spectrum disorder. During the school year, the teacher recorded his classes on video, which was later transcribed. When basing his practice on the aforementioned theory, he started to consider activities that favored the student's immersion in the symbolic sphere, having as a primordial element, the role of sign language. The microgenetic analyzes show evidence that: 1. the change in teaching practice was a (in) tense process; 2. the comings and goings of the transformation process reveal the tensions between the appropriation of a theoretical framework and the way of carrying out the pedagogical practice; 3. the production of pedagogical knowledge comes from the movement between theory and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses questions related to the continuing education of school principals in Brazil, based on available information about these professionals in the Questionnaire of the Director of the Brazil Examination (2013, 2015 and 2017) available by the National Institute of Studies and Educational Research Anisio Teixeira (INEP). The information refers to a sample of 186,104 respondents considering that the participants of the three editions of "Prova Brasil" were added. These indicators are discussed basing in theoretical reference that deals with the subject, as well as other information that contribute to analyze the continuing education of school principals in Brazil. The data show that the number of school managers with specialization (about 70% of the sample) is quite significant, while a very small number of professionals with a master's degree (4%) and a doctoral degree (0.5%) at the national level. With regard to the State of São Paulo, continuing education also at the level of specialization is lower than the national average, around 60%. These characteristics of the continuing education of school principals in Brazil show the need for more in-depth studies of a hybrid nature (quantitative-qualitative) in order to provide elements for the design of public policies more articulated with the demands of these professionals and the public basic education network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to present the water quality index (WQI) made in the pond of the UNIVAP's treatment plant. Water quality index (IQA) is a classification parameter that can be obtained from the São Paulo State Sanitation Company (CETESB), which presents the optimal, good, regular and very poor classifications for each water course, lake, pond or river analyzed. The physical, chemical and biological parameters were compared to those stipulated by CONAMA Resolution 357/2005. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the radio program named Dick Danello Parlando d’Amore which stayed on the air of stations in the state of São Paulo from 1981 to 2016. The program can be understood as a document that integrates the radio memory of Brazil and reveals an understudied genre: programs for immigrants and their descendants. The article aims to analyze this language as letters from listeners, music selection, the language used by the performer Dick Danello. The theoretical basis of this study is formed by theories of the radio, of listening and affections pointing to the relevance of the sense of hearing and the bonds involving performers and listeners for the radio experience as well as studies on love and romantic songs. Interviews and consultations to archive documents are also part of its methodological route. This article is expected to demonstrate the importance of love bonds for the construction of memory that programs targeting the community of Italian immigrants have produced throughout the history of the radio in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we propose the display and analysis of the different periods of modernization that have reached Campinas, municipality of São Paulo. From the socio-spatial formation category, we seek to understand how the genesis of the city happened and how its urban structuring process, at different stages, was linked to the succession of the business cycles. The continuity of archaic production forms within the historical periods is the condition of the national socio-economic formation. In this formation process, the materialization of the structure and of the productive forces that are mediated by the state led to periods of relative stability, however, the accumulation of contradictions will be the condition for the occurrence of ruptures that inaugurate new periods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper aims to analyze the interregional trade of the Brazilian regions, by observing the inherent relations of the region and the relations with other regions. It is intended to also check how trade flows are related to GDP and GDP per capita. The methodology consists in estimating the non-spatial panel data models that relate to the variables. Interregional trade flows were obtained from Vasconcelos (2001), Vasconcelos and Oliveira (2006) and Guilhoto et al. (2010). The results show the high degree of commercial dependence on other regions in relation to the South-East region (in particular the State of São Paulo). There is a great concentration of trade flows in the central-south part of the country and, in general, interstate flows are of greater relative importance for the less developed states of the country. There is a positive relationship between interregional trade and GDP. However, at the aggregate level, a negative relation with GDP per capita is observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Retailers face a complex task in formulating prices strategies. While the goal of pricing is to lay down a general course of action, pricing methods are procedures which enable organizations to make their pricing decisions. The scope of this paper is to explore retail pricing goals along with the methods that are employed for pricing, and to investigate whether the methods employed succeed in achieving the objectives. It was found that the companies used in the sample are basically pursuing quantitative rather than qualitative objectives and that they lay emphasis on achieving sales and making profits by following market developments. Another significant factor was that, the firms in the sample seemed to attach less importance to customer-oriented methods and employ the traditional methods of costing, probably due to their simplicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work is the result of a survey into the relationship between rural settlements infrastructure and economic development in São Paulo (Brazil) and it makes comparisons between Araraquara and Pontal do Paranapanema areas. This paper proposes a study of group dynamics with the social relations model seeking to understand the socio-political contexts in which the settlements are integrated. We discussed the particular circumstances that have caused social tensions, emphasizing the settled families, social movements, technicians and public managers, the presence of agro-industrial complexes, and other regional economic agents. An examination of different types of partnerships with the agro-industrial complexes - for production of commodities - was performed and, as indicative of new perspectives, other forms of improvement and the integration of settlements in urban areas through public policies for food security. Accordingly, we seek to give the study an interdisciplinary character, integrating dimensions of social, environmental and economic analysis on these processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is part of an activity being carried out in Rua da Palha community, located in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. This community is basically remnants of Quilombolas (group of people) engaged in fishing activities as a form of subsistence way of living over some generations. By snow ball technic, focusing on the local reality as the main object, 25 families were selected for interview considering: the socioeconomic relationships involved in fishing, the governmental supports to their necessities, their link to the environment and to how the same have survived over the last decades. Result demonstrated that the community is still living in a state of privation and poverty that makes many members to move out by the preference to live in the state capital or other cities. However, in order to minimize the negative influence, life improvement was observed in their living conditions, especially after the State and Federal Government supports against death occurrence of crabs and shellfish in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: in the last two decades teacher's voice has been the target of many researches due to the high incidence of voice disturbances in this professional class; therefore, the need for these professionals to take part in actions that ensure the vocal health has been reinforced. Few papers in the literature describe vocal health programs and their results. Procedures: describe a Vocal Health Program of Educators from public schools (kinder garden and elementary schools) from the countryside of São Paulo inland, developed from 2002 to 2005, that was made up by basic voice group to offer essential theoretical and practical knowledge about vocal care, including the participants' vocal screening; advanced voice group to reorganize the phonation process and the voice use in classroom. Results: the average of 56% of total enrolment participated in the actions; 62.9% of voice disturbance is the result of vocal screening, most of it with discreet vocal deviation; 100% of participants referred 3 or more voice symptoms at the beginning of advanced voice group, and after the group had finished, 45% still had 4 to 13 symptoms; data about vocal self-perception show low scores in vocal impact in professional activities. Conclusion: the description showed the need for constant regulation of the program in order to reach its goals. The low participation in actions might be related to the discreet impact of voice in professional activities, although this fact requires further investigation. The highest measured benefit of the participation in the advanced vocal groups was the reduction in the volume e of vocal symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current paper intends to consider the role of schools in prison. Its aim is not only to understand how students and teachers see it, but also try to find ways of improving the quality of life for those deprived of freedom. The nature of the study is qualitative. The subjects of the study are teachers and students in a penitentiary school in the State of São Paulo/Brazil. Methodological procedures used for data collection were observation, informal conversations, and interviews. Data analysis of the study conducted was based on authors working on this theme in Latin America. This study demonstrates that the school is an effective space for socialization, identity construction and learning, therefore fulfilling its most important role of knowledge, culture, and reality intermediation, offering possibilities of preserving the human rights of young people and adults deprived of their liberty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes data from the Value Added Tax and Employee Links of São Paulo industry in the period 1995-2008. Proposes the observation results of a comparison of means model known in the literature as "difference-in-differences". These results indicated that all the Administrative Regions of São Paulo increased VAF compared with the capital region, which did not happen at the same intensity with the Employee. It was possible to identify regions that increased industrial production, as in the administrative regions of Campinas Santos, Sao Jose do Rio Preto and Ribeirão Preto. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The population access to the secondary health care services is being pointed, by managers and researchers, as one of the challenges to the implementation of integrality in the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). This paper aims to evaluate the mechanisms used by SUS manager's, in the city of São Paulo, to guarantee medical assistance, from 2005 to 2008. The strategy of case study was chosen, using as data sources such as managers interviews, focus groups with SUS users, and participative observation. Thematic analysis was performed on health services organization, with theoretical references of the integrality concept. We tried to describe the path covered by the users to have access to the services, based on the view of users and managers. Secondary health care services were identified by managers as the "neck of a bottle" and one of the main obstacle to the SUS integrality. To overcome this situation, the municipal manager invested in the computerization of services, as an isolated step, and still, without considering user's needs. However, this technological incorporation had low impact on the improvement of the population access to the secondary health care services, which was confirmed by user's source. It is argued that to face such complex problem it will be necessary to articulate actions, not only in health politics but also in health services organization and also in the (re)organization of the working process in any other level of the health system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the major challenges for the mining industry is to supply the processing plant with ore that meets its specifications for maximizes production. This can only be achieved if proper knowledge of the geological domains of the orebody is acquired. However, this condition is not sufficient: once the geological domains of the orebody are properly known, it is also necessary to model the geological grades using estimation techniques such as kriging. The challenge for mining companies is to establish sampling processes and techniques that allow the appropriate estimation of the geological grades of the mined out ore. This paper presents a comparative analysis between three sampling methods and their impact on the estimation of the geological grade at the mine face in a case study carried out at the Cajati mine of Bunge Fertilizantes S/A, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper features a tool to carry out environmental performance evaluation in highway rehabilitation works, as a component of environmental supervision activities. The procedure involves (i) evidence gathering by conducting technical inspections and reviewing environmental compliance reports, (ii) ranking nonconformities according to a proposed weighting framework, and (iii) calculation of an environmental conformity index. For the sake of testing and calibration, the procedure was applied to five road segments that were submitted to rehabilitation works in São Paulo State and the results were treated qualitatively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a cost-benefit analysis of a hypothetical project for converting urban diesel buses into compressed natural gas (CNG) in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (MRSP). Environmental valuation techniques were used to estimate the benefits of the air quality improvement due to fuel switch, due to the reduction of particulate matter (PM10) concentration. The costs of the project were calculated by the costs of converting diesel buses into CNG. The results show that the social benefits from the project largely exceed the conversion costs, thus indicating that it would contribute significantly to the welfare of the affected population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides an overview of the research master's, which seeks to understand the religious education in Colégio Progresso da cidade de Campinas of Campinas (SP) in the period 1900 to 1937. The religious education was a feature of this school since, when in its founding in 1900, was to offer a secular establishment for females. The College Progress was founded by the initiative of five influential Campineira in the city and have a proposal different from other women's schools, all outside the city of character and faith. The school's religious character of Catholic imprint, gained strength under the direction of Mrs. Emilia de Paiva Meira, the second director of the school, he held the post from 1902 to 1937, when he died. Besides investigating the religious spirit of the principal, which sought to inspire teachers and students with her example, this research seeks to understand the religious education as part of the culture of this school (JULIA, 2001), both as a disciplinary body, and as a set of practices and beliefs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several studies, in different countries, have been investigating the relationship between diversification of businesses and corporate performance. Basically, three models have been tested to describe that relationship: the linear model, the curvilinear model ('inverted U'), and the intermediate model. This paper focuses on theme, using the Brazilian industrial companies as the empirical evidence. The study scrutinizes the performance of enterprises that were listed in the São Paulo Stock Exchange in the period 1997-2001, via a panel analysis through the methods of Fixed Effects and Random Effects. The data didn't show enough adherence to accept that a positive relationship exists between diversification strategies and performance, neither lineally nor exponentially. The model that showed a better adjustment degree was the curvilinear model (through the quadratic and cubic functional forms) that can be interpreted as an evidence about the existence of points in which the marginal costs of diversification overcomes the marginal benefits and vice-versa. However, the relationship was shown indefinite; it was unable to conclude if the real shape is similar to an 'U' of an 'inverted U'. The main results obtained in the research support some empirical evidences found in other emerging countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper approaches the economic, administrative and social importance of productive restructuring as a whole, such as Local Productive Arrangement (LPA), Local Productive System (LPS), Cluster and Complex, as means of production system agglomeration. Conceptual issues in those types of production concentration are approached, as well as the presence of such agglomerations in a Brazilian geographic context, more specifically in the State of São Paulo -- due to its importance to the Brazilian economy and the relevant contribution provided by LPAs, clusters and technological complexes to local communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with analysis of labour productivity -- both individual and agregate -- in companies that integrate the shoemaking industry cluster in Franca, State of São Paulo, Brazil. It was an exploratory research limited to a non-statistical sample composed of 16 companies, two of them were large companies, seven were medium sized companies, and seven were small companies. Descriptive statistics and statistical inference techniques were applied (bivariate correlation test). The results showed that there is no evidence of homogeneity in labour performance productivity among companies that integrate the cluster, once they are unequal, non simetrical, showing that the shoemaking industry in Franca is closer to an assembly of similar companies than a cluster. This shows that there is a need for investment in management training in order to allow for the development of a cluster, which would in turn result in colective and dynamic competitive advantages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A proposal to organize the archives of professional photographer firms is presented, based in a case study of a firm specialized in photographing social events in the Estância Turística de Tupó, in the state of Sóo Paulo, Brazil, a city with a long tradition in the industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]