Editorial

Abstract

This first issue of the year 2016 presents 12 articles. With regard to epistemology, there are ten positivist studies and two critical studies. With regard to the field of study, ten studies are about administration and two are about economics. With regard to the thematic areas, there are three studies on strategy, three on marketing, and one on each of the following areas: international businesses, human resources, organizational theory, technology supply, rural development and capital gains tax. With regard to the theoretical background, the studies are divided into the following backgrounds: strategy/finances; commodity chain/RBV/relational view; sustainability and performance; institutional entrepreneurship; consumer behavior/performance; service quality; personal and organizational values; social identity; technology supply; capital gains taxation theory; rural development. With regard to the geographical scope, ten studies are conducted with Brazilian organizations, one with Brazilian organizations overseas, one is about a sector in Portugal, and one addresses a state aspect in the Northeast region. With regard to the sector, ten studies are about the private sector and two are about the public sector. Private sectors include the metal, wine, beef, retail, food and general sectors. With regard to the public sector, one study addresses social exclusion and one addresses tax efficiency. With regard to the empirical object, there are three studies on industry, three on retail, two on government, one on educational institutions and three cover general issues. With regard to the type of research, there are nine theoretical and empirical field studies, two essays and one case study. With regard to the research approach, nine studies are quantitative and three are qualitative. With regard to the language, all the 12 studies are in Portuguese. With regard to the home institution, eleven studies are from national HEIs and one is from an international institution. With regard to the format, eight articles use the ABNT style and four use the APA style. In short, the studies presented here are mostly: positivists; on administration; strategy and marketing; conducted with private Brazilian rganizations in the industry and retail sectors; theoretical and empirical field studies; quantitative studies; written in Portuguese; conducted by researchers from Brazilian education institutions; in the ABNT style format, with an increasing trend of APA style articles. The supremacy of quantitative studies should be highlighted.