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Within the textile and fashion world chain denim fabric stands out as much as the size of production as the presence in all publications in fashion trends. Currently, jeans are widespread in society as a fashion product and the jeanswear market has highlighted Brazil in the production of denim, being the fourth largest producer of this type of fabric in the world. Due to the representativeness of the national market, investments in product development, innovations in the process are increasing, corroborating to increase quality and reduce costs, contributing to market revenue of the sector. This article analyzes the impacts of the results of quality control tests, from the technical data sheet of a textile industry. The analysis of the tests is related to the quality of the tissue and the possible results of the tests. Through the analysis carried out in the article, it is revealed the importance of indicating the technical standards used for quality inspection in denim fabric, as well as the impacts of non-standard results on denim fabric parts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mutual fund industry plays an important role in gaining and allocating resources in the Brazilian market. Its importance has substantially increased as a result of the economic opening up of the country, combined with the increase in the amount of resources under management. This article investigates the impact of size and variation of Brazilian mutual fund equities on their returns, and also the influence of age of the mutual fund. Panel data was used to analyze 139 actively and passively managed Brazilian mutual funds relating the period 2001-2009. Several regressions were estimated, including variables that capture the evolution of net assets and age of the fund, as well as dividing the sample into quarters, based on the size of the funds. The conclusions show that the largest Brazilian mutual funds present better performance, but also that their performance reduces with age. These findings differ considerably from those of international studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to investigate herding behavior in Brazilian stock mutual funds. Through a study of the 100 largest funds in the category, between September 2004 and July 2008, two herding indices are analyzed: (i) the H index, proposed by Lakonishok, Shleifer and Vishny (1992) and the H2 index, which is a new method, introduced by Frey, Herbst and Walter (2007). The results of the research suggest the existence of herding behavior in Brazilian stock mutual funds, with similar intensity to those of the North American, British and German markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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