{"title":"Genderless Fashion: A (Still) Binary Market","authors":"Camilla Pinto Luna, D. Barros","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2019.1641412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2019.1641412","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Gender is commonly associated with two distinct and opposing sexes. Over time, such binarity has engendered stereotypes commonly observed in the fashion market. However, something called genderless fashion has recently gained prominence in the media. This research first posits that discourse in specialized media can influence the issues of power; we then seek to understand how the business and factual media discourse in Brazil describe the genderless fashion market through a critical discourse analysis. The results revealed essentially that the genderless fashion market still reproduces the stereotypes and gender patterns of the binary perspective.","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2019.1641412","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45619366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Albuquerque, Cayan Atreio Portela Barcena Saavedra, Rafael Lima de Morais, Yaohao Peng
{"title":"The Robot from Ipanema goes Working: Estimating the Probability of Jobs Automation in Brazil","authors":"P. Albuquerque, Cayan Atreio Portela Barcena Saavedra, Rafael Lima de Morais, Yaohao Peng","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2019.1633238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2019.1633238","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper, we replicated the method applied by Frey and Osborne to investigate the automation probability of jobs in Brazil, using data from Brazilian labor market administrative records between 1986 and 2017. We categorized each job listed on Brazil’s Occupational Classification System into Job Zones based on its technical qualifications requirements and estimated the future demand for workers of each Job Zone from 2018 to 2046. To estimate the probability of automation for each occupation, we first collected the expert opinion of 69 specialists on artificial intelligence and then applied a Gaussian process using as input the text description of each occupation. The results showed that in 2017 55% of all formally employed workers in Brazil are in jobs with high or very high risk of automation, a value consistent with similar works found in the literature for other countries. The findings of this paper can aid policy makers to anticipate potential increased unemployment for occupations with high risk of automation, anticipate future transformations of the Brazilian labor market, and consequently support the planning of economic and social interventions.","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2019.1633238","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48882115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ronan Torres Quintão, Simone Marília Lisboa, G. M. D. Freitas, Lucas Gabriel Fernandes de Oliveira
{"title":"Limits on the Use of Public Space and Consumer Tactics: A Study on Urban Cycling","authors":"Ronan Torres Quintão, Simone Marília Lisboa, G. M. D. Freitas, Lucas Gabriel Fernandes de Oliveira","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2019.1639189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2019.1639189","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Although public space is supposed to be democratic and accessible to all, in reality, such access is inegalitarian and exclusionary. The research aims, therefore, to understand how public space that reflects the imposition of interests of dominant ideologies affects the consumption practices of nondominant ideologies. The qualitative research data were collected in the context of urban cycling through in-depth interviews and observation and are analyzed using a hermeneutical approach. The research explains that, in order to deal with the limits of public space use, these consumers use tactics involving (1) disputes for space, (2) disorganized occupation, and (3) transgressive practices; moreover, there is an overlapping relationship between the agency of consumers and public space.","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2019.1639189","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48898505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Naielly Lopes Marques, Luiz Eduardo Teixeira Brandão, L. Gomes
{"title":"The Rio De Janeiro international airport privatization: a problem of overbidding?","authors":"Naielly Lopes Marques, Luiz Eduardo Teixeira Brandão, L. Gomes","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2019.1624562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2019.1624562","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We analyze the case of the Rio de Janeiro International Airport concession, which suffered severe financial difficulties after it posted the highest auction bid premium of the 2011–2013 Brazilian government airport privatization program. Given that this airport had significant potential for future expansion, we investigate whether this could have justified the high bid, or whether the value of this flexibility was overestimated. The concession is analyzed using the real options approach because these expansion opportunities have option-like characteristics. The results suggest that these options may have been overpriced, because they are insufficient to justify the bid premium offered.","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2019.1624562","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48516081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Simbaña-Taipe, Pablo Andrés Franco Chasi, Paola Alexandra Pacheco Pillajo, María Jesús Rodríguez‐Gulías, David Rodeiro‐Pazos
{"title":"The Validity of Gibrat’s Law: Evidence from Ecuadorian Service SMEs","authors":"L. Simbaña-Taipe, Pablo Andrés Franco Chasi, Paola Alexandra Pacheco Pillajo, María Jesús Rodríguez‐Gulías, David Rodeiro‐Pazos","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2019.1610662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2019.1610662","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this research is to analyze the relationship between size and growth through the validation of Gibrat's law. A sample of 17,082 Ecuadorian companies in the service sector is used for the period 2010–2015. The estimation method used is that of quantile regression for panel data; the results suggest that small companies grow faster than their larger counterparts. The results show that the growth, measured through sales and employment, of SMEs in the service sector in Ecuador is not independent of firm size and therefore does not correspond to a random process.","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2019.1610662","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48370871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. A. D. de Oliveira, Leandro Chevitarese, E. A. T. Ayrosa
{"title":"The Tragic Consumer: A Nietzschean Reading of Irremediably Unsatisfactory Consumption","authors":"R. A. D. de Oliveira, Leandro Chevitarese, E. A. T. Ayrosa","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2019.1610663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2019.1610663","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This essay criticizes the romantic ethic of consumption (Campbell, 1987) from the tragic perspective (Nietzsche, 2006). By tragic, we refer to the constant tension between Apollo and Dionysius (Nietzsche, 2006, p. 47). It is suggested that the romantic ethic of consumption, which orders our existence, is associated with Apollonian ideals, thus, creating a protective and individuating illusion against the chaotic, the amorphous, and the contradictory—characteristics associated with the Dionysian. What has been considered as the romantic-Apollonian ethic of consumption promises to satiate our desires (Campbell, 2006), even though this is not possible since incompleteness is inherent to the individual (Freud, 1996, 1997). This ethic may prove frustrating for some consumers since the satiation of wills has a transient effect and the individual therefore remains in a state of desire. In cases like these, an alternative to the romantic meaning would be the adoption of a tragic conception of consumption, a conception consubstantiated in the knowledge of its uselessness as a strategy to recover a lost completeness. Thus, this article describes the figure of the tragic consumer, the one who knows the chaotic side of the act of consuming, but who reaffirms his or her will, either consuming—since he perceives that there is no escape from the logic imposed by consumption—or by choosing to abandon specific categories of goods that do not respond to the reiteration of his will. As a practical instance for the development of this critique, we have reflected on the phenomenon of category abandonment (Suarez & Chauvel, 2012).","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2019.1610663","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46534595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strengthening the Leadership of Rites and Ceremonies for Reconciliation and Truth: The Case of Socorro Mosquera, Manager and Human Rights Defender in Colombia","authors":"F. Calderón-Valencia, M. Escobar-Sierra","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2019.1624561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2019.1624561","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article proposes a tool to strengthen the leadership of rites and ceremonies for reconciliation and truth, using a multidisciplinary approach and bringing together political topics (reconciliation and truth), anthropological concepts (rites and ceremonies), and management sciences issues (leadership) in a special urban context that requires reconciliation and truth after a long, irregular war with multiple violations of human rights. After formulation of the research problem, we were able to relate reconciliation and truth with leadership, rites, and ceremonies. Once so related, we analyzed the historical evolution of rites and ceremonies, with special emphasis on the organizational context, to finally propose a tool to strengthen the leadership of rites and ceremonies for reconciliation and truth. The utility of this tool was confirmed in the case of Socorro Mosquera, a manager and human rights defender in Medellín, Colombia. The eclectic and integrative approach brings originality to the study, while the methodological application of mixed approaches increases its value.","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2019.1624561","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49084398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 2.0 Critic: Blended Discourses in Blogging","authors":"Nathalia Dib Silva, R. D. Campos","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2019.1578178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2019.1578178","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Although traditional critics remain a reliable source, they are losing influence to online reviews produced by technology-empowered consumers. This study aims to analyze this new form of critic that have emerged with Web 2.0 and who post technical reviews based on personal experiences. We conducted a qualitative study, following netnographic and content analysis protocols in a case study of the Brazilian blog 2Beauty.com.br, which has product reviews as core content. As a contribution, we define the 2.0 Critic and its composed narrative forms—Friend, Salesperson, Connoisseur, Hacker and Examiner—which point to an expert alternative position in the ecosystem.","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2019.1578178","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42035294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technical Change in the Peruvian Regulated Microfinance Sector","authors":"Giovann J. Aguilar, J. Portilla","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2018.1560225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2018.1560225","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study evaluates and quantifies the technical change in the Peruvian regulated microfinance sector during the period 2003–2015 estimating a translog cost function. We found technical deterioration between 2005 and 2015 due to the differentiated effects that the technical innovations, implemented by the MFIs, had on their production costs. In the analysis by groups of MFIs, all groups converged at a technical deterioration rate between 8.6 and 9.13% in the last year. Problems in the implementation, execution, and/or management of the new technologies as well as the difficulty in achieving reductions in the variable costs may explain these results.","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2018.1560225","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45326569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wilquer Silvano de Souza Ferreira, G. M. G. Vale, S. Rezende
{"title":"The Invisible Side of Political Parties: The Case of the PCdoB","authors":"Wilquer Silvano de Souza Ferreira, G. M. G. Vale, S. Rezende","doi":"10.1080/10978526.2019.1573641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10978526.2019.1573641","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The young Latin American democracies have been structuring their political parties for day-to-day management. In this context, it is important to understand how such structures could be affected by the so-called invisible side of organizations, which are composed of networks of relationships between elected politicians and then relationships between these and external militant groups, which can greatly influence the candidates’ performance and the very dynamics of the party. This article seeks to unravel some of these dimensions. We select for analysis the case of the PCdoB (Communist Party of Brazil), in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The results show the nature of the embeddedness of these actors in the political system, highlighting weaknesses and possibilities.","PeriodicalId":35384,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10978526.2019.1573641","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46787020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}