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The business activity for wealth generation is the goal of any business and point of analysis of its viability in the costing of a project, when the return on investment remains an essential focus. This work evaluated the feasibility for environmental investment by the acquisition of a ETE - Effluent Treatment Station, when by normative requirements it is not allowed to discard the water used in the operational process in the sewage network without treatment. The re-use of treated water that generates savings in the consumption of drinking water is the basis for calculating the return on investment. In another analysis the consumer's awareness about the price of the product is discussed, which includes a portion destined to socio-environmental projects made feasible and disclosed in the financial statements. In this analysis the environmental accounting demonstrates the transparency showing how much the company is committed to the sustainability, without losing the viability of the investment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to analyze whether companies with the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) seal listed in the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) have better risk management of their short and long-term liabilities compared to companies that do not obtain this classification on the BM&FBovespa. Carrying out this quantitative and qualitative research, the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement, for the periods 2017 to 2020, of 298 companies listed on the Stock Exchange (B3), among which are listed on the ISE, were analyzed, excluding the financial economic sector from the analysis. The indicators analyzed were liquidity ratios, operating cash flow return on equity and long-term liabilities, and Net Working Capital (CGL) requirements. The research is classified as descriptive and exploratory in terms of its objectives, and bibliographical and documental in terms of procedures. The results observed through the calculations of the data of the financial indicators reveal that the companies in the ISE and B3 have similar results and present good risk management when combining the three indicators, in addition it was identified that, despite some indicators, they favor companies that do not are on the ISE, they presented financial performance similar or better to group B3 and consequently revealed to have a lower or similar economic-financial risk. As a suggestion for future research, the study of the international market and the financial economic sector was suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the contemporary research environment, well-managed research data is recognized as an essential factor for high-quality research. This is because good management makes the datasets easier to reuse, which is translated into a higher coefficient of collaboration between scientists, maximizing the return on investment of research funding agencies, increasing transparency in methods and workflows, enabling, in this way, a greater coefficient of reproducibility of scientific experiments. However, data management is a multifaceted problem that demands technologies, organizational structures, human knowledge and skills to combine, in a complementary way, a wide spectrum of variables, thus characterizing them as a complex solution equation. Faced with this challenge, the present research starts from the following question: are the repositories enough to solve all the challenges presented by research data management? To answer this question, a theoretical and exploratory research was developed, based on literature analysis and observation of repositories and data management service platforms available on the web. As a result, the concept of disciplinary platform for research data management is presented as a possible alternative for solving several challenges encountered by researchers and academics, who aim to find, access, share and reuse data as inputs for new research. It is concluded that the offer of new data management services must be supported by the available computational and informational infrastructures, the analysis methodologies and workflows inherent to the disciplinary research processes and incorporate expertise that is capable of dealing with the environments and technologically sophisticated processes of current research. It is concluded that data management should be guided by the provision of a set of data services that can be classified as scientific, computational, informational and administrative. Those services must closely support disciplinary workflows, processing and analysis methodologies through specific computational and informational infrastructures and incorporate multidisciplinary expertise that can deal with the technologically sophisticated environments and processes of current research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between executive remuneration and the economic-financial and socio-environmental performance of publicly traded Brazilian companies. Methodology: The study sample comprises companies in the Brazil Index 50 (IBrX-50), portfolio from May to August 2020. After exclusions, the final survey sample is composed of 34 companies, with a total of 68 observations and the period of analysis was the years 2018 and 2019. Data were collected manually in the Reference Form, item 13 and on the website of each company. For data analysis, statistical techniques were used, such as descriptive, correlations and multiple linear regressions. Results: For model 1, the Return on Equity (ROE) and Business Sustainability Index (ISE) variables showed significant and negative relationships with the RTM, indicating that the higher the ROE of the companies, the lower the Average Total Compensation (RTM). Also, the variable ENVID showed a significant and positive relationship, where the higher the company's Total Debt (ENDIV), the higher the RTM. For model 2 of Fixed Compensation (RF), the ROE also presented a significant and negative relationship. The Earnings per Share (LPA) and ENDIV variables showed a significant and positive relationship, indicating that higher values in these variables will increase the RF given to executives. Contributions of the Study: This study contributes to the literature on compensation and performance by adding social and environmental variables to the theoretical and practical framework through the interconnection of executive compensation. Thus, it was possible to understand new relationships between traditional economic-financial and socio-environmental factors, while good communication and good governance practices with stakeholders present positive results for the organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Financial performance indicators are the most sought-after diagnostic methods by enterprise's stakeholders, such as profitability, payable capacity and capital management, however, a growing interest has been redirected to the social reflexes of business activities, beyond the economic result. One of the contemporary ways of evaluating social indicators is by analyzing quotients from the Value Added Statement (VAS). After selecting economic and social performance variables, the present paper aimed to investigate the possible correlation between such constructs in the non-cyclical market segment of the Brazilian stock market. Data collected by analyzing the individual financial statements of the entities selected revealed a strong canonical correlation between social performance and economic performance, with highlights to the correlated power between return on equity (ROE), indebtedness and the potential of the entity's net equity to generate added value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose: The research intends to verify the relationship between meeting the requirements for joining and staying at PROFUT and the economic and financial situation of Brazilian football clubs listed in the National Club Ranking (RNC). Methodology: The study was operationalized by the deductive method, taking an empirical approach, using the analysis of individuals, facts and consequences researched. As for the procedures adopted, the research is classified as a bibliographic and documentary review and a quantitative approach. The matter was addressed through the application of an investigation of the points of the legislation, through a checklist, and the presentation of economic and financial indicators: indebtedness, current liquidity, tangibility, size and return on equity. Results: Given the investigation carried out, it was noticed that, even with the current requirements of the legislation and criteria of enforceability for participation in PROFUT, adherence to the program does not guarantee a better economic and financial situation, mainly related to the factors inherent to the capital structure. Contributions of the Study: The work contributes in a theoretical way in the production of a contextualized analysis of the main existing researches and shows new explanations of the studied fact based on different perspectives. With regard to the practical contribution, based on the main findings found, and seeking to relate the level of commitment of the analyzed clubs, which adhered to PROFUT, with the management of their capital structure, it was noticed the absence of a direct relationship between adherence to this type of financing and the management of the sources of capital obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The present study sought to investigate whether tax management influences the cost of equity of Brazilian companies listed in Brazil, Methodology: The study included the analysis of the Proxie Book-Tax Differences (BTD) as a tool for identifying tax management, as suggested in the work of Moreira e Silva (2019), as well as the control variables, which are the return on equity (ROE), market value (QTOBIN), company size (LNAT) and company financial leverage (ALV). For data collection, the Bloomberg® database and the Reference Form available on the B3 website were used. For that, it was used the Multiple Linear Regression of the data type in balanced panel, resulting in a final sample formed by 630 observations. Results: Through the BTD proxie, referring to the difference between accounting profit and tax profit, and used to capture tax management in this research, it was not possible to identify any relationship with the cost of equity. Thus, for the purposes of this research, the theoretical adequacy and the statistical models used did not show that good tax management practices have a positive or negative effect on the cost of equity. Contributions of the Study: It is observed that Brazilian studies did not analyze the effect of tax management on the cost of equity in Brazilian companies using the Book-Tax Differences (BTD) indicator as a tool for identifying tax management and its influence on the cost of capital. So, this research followed the recommendation suggested by Moreira e Silva (2019), to analyze this cost with another indicator, in this case, Book-Tax Differences (BTD). According to the results, it was not possible to identify any relationship with the cost of equity, thus contributing to the consolidation of the findings by Goh et al. (2016) and Moreira e Silva (2019) who present CashETR as the best metric for tax management, given that the results presented using the variables ETR and BTD, demonstrated that the cost of capital required by investors was unrelated to the fiscal aggressiveness of companies. Bolsa e Balcão (B3) in the period from 2014 to 2018. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In February 2021, the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal (FCT) announced its decision to adopt Plan S. Plan S aims to ensure that from 2021 onwards, all scholarly publications on the results from research funded by public or private grants must be published in Open Access journals or platforms, and/or made immediately available through open access repositories without embargo and with copyright retention. Compliance with Plan S can be achieved via three different routes: publication in an Open Access journal or platform, publication in a closed venue with the manuscript deposit made immediately openly available in a repository, or publication under the umbrella of a transformative agreement. Plan S also follows ten fundamental principles, which imply multiple challenges to the funders, but also to authors and their institutions. These challenges equate to, in some cases, to complete changes in paradigm. With adequate and well-articulated measures, the authors believe that the adoption of Plan S by FCT will result in a better projection of the funded research work. Ultimately, this will lead, in the long run, to a better return on investment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research seeks to analyze the influence of the capital structure on the performance of public companies in the Brazilian capital market in different economic cycles. To achieve the objective, the sample comprises 232 companies that traded shares in B3 in the period from 2011 to 2019, when considering annual periods. For data analysis, we opted for panel data regression. With regard to descriptive statistics, it is pointed out that, on average, corporate debt corresponds to 54.9%. With regard to multivariate analysis, the results suggest that in a macroeconomic environment of expansion, indebtedness does not imply the return on equity. However, in a macroeconomic environment of retraction, the increase in indebtedness implies a decrease in the return on equity. Thus, the findings present theoretical contributions, as they advance in the literature because they consider the macroeconomic environment, not addressed in previous studies. In addition, as practical contributions, the results can assist investors, creditors and managers by demonstrating that the economic cycle in which the company operates can influence its indebtedness and, consequently, its performance. Therefore, these users of accounting information need to be aware of this aspect when proceeding with their decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper aimed at proposing a simple criterion for estimates on volume sizing for detention reservoir considering different return periods and occupational scenarios, based on Fortaleza city's IDF relationship (intensity-duration-frequency) of critical rainfall events, presenting mathematical regression formulations linking those variables. A theoretical background was made to support problems related to urbanization in the natural hydrologic cycle, and relating all needed variables for the expeditious sizing. Thus, the detention reservoir was detailed, with its characteristics and places where it can be applied and its pre-sizing method being explained. On the methodology, the envelope curve method was adopted to estimate the exceeding volume which was used for sizing the detention reservoir. Software MATLAB® was used to solve the resulting equation, yielding 60 durations and 60 water line heights, from a combination of 10 occupational rates and 6 return periods. For example, for a contribution area of 40 hectares, impervious area of 70% and return period of 25 years, the detention reservoir needs the capacity of about 18.000 m2 to meet the assumed pre-sizing flow rate. This paper's result showed up to be potentially useful for the urban drainage design planning phase in several areas in Fortaleza city, in which the occupational rate and the return period can be varied according to the designer's will. In addition to that, this method can be adapted to other areas once their IDF curve is available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: verify which determinants influence the recognition of the Impairment Test (IT) loss recognition in Brazilian companies listed in B3. Methodology: The research was performed with 169 non-financial companies listed in B3, which may or may not have presented information of IT loss, in the analysis period from 2009 up to 2017. To test the hypotheses of this research, the logit model was applied. In order to avoid the outliers problem, which may affect the estimated coefficients, all variables were winsorized in 1% in each side of their distribution. The results, however, with and without winsorization were mantained in order to attest to the consistency of the findings. The standard errors were clusterized, so as to avoid autocorrelation problems in the model's residual data. Results: It was noticed that the Return on Equity, the Book-to-Market index, Management Change, Big Bath and Property Control were considered influential determinants on IT loss recognition in the companies listed in B3. Contributions of the Study: The study brings forth practical justifications for IT appliability, offering importante accounting information for managers, investors, accounting professional, policy and rule makers. From a theoretical point of view it contibutes to the literature on determinant factors for IT loss of actives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The objective of this work was to determine the nitrogen rate for fertigation associated with the maximum productivity of green corn (Zea mays) with a lower production cost, in two harvest seasons in the Brazilian semiarid region. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with four replicates, and the treatments consisted of four N rates (0, 80, 160, and 240 kg ha-1) in form of urea, applied via drip irrigation. The used cultivar was the Bt Feroz hybrid. The evaluated characteristics were: number and mass of marketable ears, gross income, net income, and rate of return. The greatest amounts of marketable ears were reached with 152.52 kg ha-1 N in summer (41,183.84 ears per hectare) and 190.31 kg ha-1 N in winter (53,291.25 ears per hectare). In the two harvests, there was a variation in production costs between R$ 2,422.12 ha-1 and R$ 3,320.95 ha-1 without N and with 240 kg ha-1 N, respectively. The winter harvest showed higher productivity and profitability of green ears with fertigation with 160 kg ha-1 N. In the Brazilian semiarid, the maximum productivity of green corn with the lowest production cost is reached with fertigation with 90 kg ha-1 N, in both harvests.

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This work has as main objective to analyze the factors associated with the Geomarketing process in the decision making of the enterprises surveyed in the state of Mato Grosso. In order to identify the profile of the enterprises surveyed, quantify the main factors that influence the market management of fuel stations, measure aspects related to the Geomarketing used by the enterprises, qualify the Geomarketing and its use for decision making. Table were generated with the results obtained through questionnaires applied to the owners of the fuel stations and it was possible to reach the presumed objectives, being able to point and map important aspects for the insertion and solidification of the companies in the state of Mato Grosso. It was identified the situation and the economic evolution of the locality in question, so it was possible to verify the importance of the location for strategic decisions of the organizations. Before the elaborated maps and through the analyzes developed with several variables confronting and crossing various information, it was possible to keep in mind a location plan according to the activity segment. In this way, Geomarketing allows to mark the actions and projects of expansion and contributing to obtain return on the investment made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The investigation of the effects of the implantation of university units on the local development is still incipient in Brazil. Even at the international level, few studies use robust methods to estimate the impacts of these structures, let alone seek to differentiate them over time. This paper evaluates the initial impacts of the federal universities' expansion policy in the 2000s on municipal economies, based on production and income indicators. Based on a broad data set for Brazilian municipalities, we apply the propensity score matching technique and then estimate Treatment Effect on Treated by the policy. The results indicate that the implementation of the new campuses was able to raise the per capita income of the benefited municipalities by 3.5% to 5.8%, on average, but that there was no additional gain from the time of implementation of the campuses. The absence of campus maturation effect points to a difficulty in generating the productivity jumps normally expected with the implementation of these structures. In this case, it would be possible to seek a greater return from these investments by reevaluating the criteria for creating new campuses and by better focusing on the actions of existing ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The objective of the study is to verify the influence of political connections and socioenvironmental disclosure on the cost of capital of companies. The survey sample consisted of 275 companies listed in B3. The findings reveal that: a) the level of social and environmental disclosure positively influences the cost of capital of companies, especially the cost of third-party capital; b) political connections, in isolation, negatively influence the cost of capital and positively the cost of capital of third parties; c) and moderate negatively, the relationship between socioenvironmental disclosure and cost of equity. Therefore, political connections reduce shareholder returns, create constraints on credit institutions that require a higher cost of capital and become harmful to companies by curbing the effect of socio-environmental practices on the return of equity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A common practice in business valuation and the determination of fair rates of return by regulatory agencies is to use the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) with the ad hoc addition of a country risk premium. The present paper documents this practice in the valuation reports required in public acquisition offers available on the CVM (Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission) website. Multiple linear regression is used with monthly returns for stock shares of 204 firms listed on the BM&FBovespa (Brazilian Stock Exchange). The period covered is from January 2009 to December 2013, and the results indicate that there is a premium for Brazilian risk that is not completely reflected in Ibovespa returns for only 17 securities. Hence, if one uses the local market index when estimating a firm's cost of equity, it would be both redundant and incorrect to add a country risk premium. The paper concludes with a real company example in which the adoption of the conventional approach -- with a country risk premium added -- would lead to a 17% pricing error. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The objective of this article is to present the deficiencies of the methods of investment analysis Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Net Present Value (NPV), in the classification of investment projects that have different characteristics of investment, exposing thereby the risks inherent in decision making when using only one tool in investment analysis mentioned, seeking also propose alternatives to solve these deficiencies, reducing the discrepancies between the tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this work was to evaluate the financial profit in a company in the area of Civil Construction which decided to offer direct financing to its clients, instead of investing its resources in the financial market, in lower risk product. The bibliographic research, as a case study, was applied to a company situated in São José dos Campos, in São Paulo State -- Brazil. In companies, it is necessary to make options, and the investment opportunities presented to the manager in charge are always excluding ones. This being so, it is necessary to analyze all possible opportunities for the application of resources allowing for the expected return of its investments. The study allows for the analysis and detection of the best option for the company to optimize its result, using the option which generates the highest financial-economic return, besides allowing for the measurement of the real gain, through the concept of opportunity cost. The result obtained showed that the direct financing generates an extremely high profit, when compared to that obtained though financial applications. The decision for financing was considered a low risk one, since the mortgage of real states represents a real warranty and in case there is default, the company recovers the property, besides not having to return the amount already received. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]