Submitted by Geyciane Santos (geyciane_thamires@hotmail.com) on 2015-06-03T13:53:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Allison Santos de Andrade.pdf: 3249180 bytes, checksum: 85e4f708ed850ea3751e8dde6c0125a0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2015-06-03T17:46:30Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Allison Santos de Andrade.pdf: 3249180 bytes, checksum: 85e4f708ed850ea3751e8dde6c0125a0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2015-06-03T17:46:45Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Allison Santos de Andrade.pdf: 3249180 bytes, checksum: 85e4f708ed850ea3751e8dde6c0125a0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-06-03T17:46:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Allison Santos de Andrade.pdf: 3249180 bytes, checksum: 85e4f708ed850ea3751e8dde6c0125a0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-03 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This paper seeks to provide a critical approach about the reconfiguration of work in the organization of industrial production. Besides discuss the studies concerning the technical and managerial innovations that reshape the organization of work and the relationship between company / worker , our goal is to understand the meanings of work reconfigured as " collaboration”. To this end , we propose an analysis of these reconfigurations , from a study of the " collaborators " Honda Manaus - workers of Japanese motorcycle company Moto Honda da Amazônia LTDA. In order to reveal the subtleties that capital use to sustain the process of accumulation through new forms of exploitation of the workforce , our approach will be based on: a ) Investigating the type of training offered by Moto Honda da Amazonia Ldta ( MHA ) to its employees; b) examine the application form of education and training provided by MHA; c ) Identify and analyze the " collaboration " exercised by the employees of the company. / Este trabalho busca apresentar uma abordagem crítica sobre as reconfigurações do trabalho no âmbito da organização da produção industrial. Além de por em discussão os estudos concernentes às inovações técnicas e gerenciais que remodelam a organização do trabalho e a relação entre empresa/trabalhador, o objetivo da pesquisa foi o de compreender os sentidos do trabalho reconfigurado como “colaboração”, a partir da construção de uma cultura colaborativa. Para este fim, propomos uma análise destas reconfigurações, a partir de um estudo sobre os “colaboradores” Honda em Manaus – trabalhadores e fornecedores da empresa de motocicleta japonesa Moto Honda da Amazônia LTDA. No intuito de desvelar as sutilezas que o capital se utiliza para sustentar seu processo de acumulação por meio de novas formas de exploração da força de trabalho, nossa abordagem esteve focalizada nos seguintes aspectos:a) Identificar as ferramentas/bases utilizadas para a formação de uma cultura da “colaboração” na empresa Moto Honda da Amazônia Ltda (MHA) junto aos seus trabalhadores e fornecedores; b) Investigar como os fundamentos ideológicos são justificados e fundamentados no que se denomina “colaboração”, ou seja, como eles são alicerçadas na empresa MHA, em seus trabalhadores e fornecedores; c) Identificar e analisar, como, na prática, a “colaboração” é exercida pelos “colaboradores na empresa.

This dissertation evaluates the empirical relation between the value-added tax (VAT) and the level of aggregate consumption. Furthermore, it develops a theoretical framework and an empirical analysis to study the impact of the VAT, as a form of taxing consumption, on capital accumulation, productivity growth, and overall economic growth. While recent theoretical work shows that the VAT may boost capital accumulation and growth by encouraging more savings, we find that the net impact of consumption taxes on growth and its sources is theoretically ambiguous, and depends on the interaction between utility parameters, the interest rate, and the tax structure. Moreover, we develop a theoretical model to study the tax design problem in order to rationalize the observed variation in effective VAT rates over time in our sample. This framework considers both equity and efficiency as important factors determining optimal tax structure, and we identify conditions under which taxes could be evolving or constant over time. Empirically, we use a panel of 15 European Union countries and employ the recently developed GMM dynamic panel techniques. After controlling for the potential biases associated with persistence, endogeneity, simultaneity, measurement error, omitted variables, and unobserved country-specific effects, we find that (i) the VAT exerts a negative impact on the level of aggregate consumption, (ii) the VAT affects physical capital accumulation positively, which feeds through to overall GDP growth, and (iii) productivity growth seems to be a less relevant channel for the VAT to influence economic growth.

The paper investigates the relation between effective demand, income distribution and unemployment empirically. Its aim is to evaluate Keynesian, Kaldorian and neoclassical hypotheses about the determination of labor market variables. To do so, a vector autoregression model consisting of capital accumulation, capacity utilization, the profit share, unemployment and the growth of labor productivity is estimated. A general post-Keynesian model following the lines of Kalecki and Kaldor is presented and provides the specification for a structural VAR. The model is estimated for the USA, UK and France. (authors' abstract) / Series: Working Papers Series "Growth and Employment in Europe: Sustainability and Competitiveness"

The major aim of this study is to develop an integrative framework of the determinants and consequence of international human capital, the human capital which enables a firm to compete globally. The open systems view is introduced to develop a comprehensive measurement of international human capital, which includes input-based, transformational, output-based, and managerial international human capital. Human capital accumulation modes (the documentation mode and the socialization mode) are identified as the potential determinant, and global initiatives (global learning and global marketing) and financial performance as the potential outcome. The Structural Equation Modeling technique is employed to investigate the determinants and outcome of the human capital system. The results support our expectation that human capital accumulation modes foster the development of international human capital, which in turn enhances a firm¡¦s global initiatives and financial performance. Important role of output-based and managerial international human capital are also identified. Output-based international human capital not only enhances a firm¡¦s financial performance, but also facilitates its global initiatives. Managerial international human capital, on the other hand, indirectly fosters a firm¡¦s financial performance and global initiatives through its direct positive influences on the other international human capital components.

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The purpose of this study is to examine economic growth impact on financial sector development in the Baltic States by investigating interrelation between indicators of these two economic areas. Research is based on scientific literature and empirical analysis. Statistical data is collected mostly from World Bank database in the period between 1994-2009. Indicators like liquid liabilities to GDP and private credit to GDP ratio are used to measure the financial sector size and activity. Economic growth is analyzed throughout total production and factors which are suggested by three economic growth theories. Analysis of GDP is made by expenditure approach. Statistical data showed positive financial sector development in Baltic States during the research period. Estonia had highest developed financial sector, then followed Latvia and Lithuania. The main reason for strongest financial performance in Estonia can be explained by highest export and import activity, financial capital accumulation and lowest real interest rates, unemployment and population. Financial sector development in Latvia was supported by high education expenditure and capital formation in the private sector. Lowest performance of financial activity in Lithuania can be justified by greatest unemployment, population and lowest financial capital attraction. This work confirms Patrick's (1966) demand-following hypothesis which states that growing economy leads to increasing demand of financial services and so... [to full text] / Šių studijų tikslas yra ištirti ekonomikos augimo įtaką finansinio sektoriaus plėtrai Baltijos šalyse, nagrinėjant tarpusavio ryšį tarp šių dviejų ekonominiu sričių vystymosi rodiklių. Tyrimas remiasi moksline literatūra ir empirine analize. Statistiniai duomenys yra surinkti daugiausiai iš Pasaulio Banko duomenų bazės 1994-2009 metų laikotarpyje. Indikatoriai kaip likvidţių įsipareigojimų santykis su BVP ir privačių kreditų santykis su BVP yra naudojami matuojant finansinio sektoriaus dydį ir aktyvumą. Ekonomikos augimas analizuojamas per bendrą produkciją ir indikatorius, kurie buvo pasiūlyti trijų ekonomikos augimo teorijų. BVP analizuojamas išlaidų metodu. Statistiniai duomenys parodė pozityvų finansinio sektoriaus vystymąsi Baltijos šalyse tiriamajame laikotarpyje. Estija turėjo labiausiai išvystytą finansinį sektorių, po jos sekė Latvija ir galiausiai Lietuva. Stipri finansinė padėtis Estijoje gali būti paaiškinama dėl aukšto eksporto ir importo aktyvumo, finansinio kapitalo akumuliacijos ir ţemos palūkanų normos, ţemo nedarbo ir populiacijos. Finansinio sektoriaus plėtra Latvijoje buvo paremta didelėmis švietimo išlaidomis ir kapitalo formavimu privačiame sektoriuje. Silpnesnį finansinį sektorių Lietuvoje greičiausiai sąlygojo didţiausias nedarbas, populiacija, ir maţiausias finansinio kapitalo pritraukimas. Šis darbas patvirtina Patricko (1966) paklausos-sekimo hipotezę, kuri teigia, kad ekonomikos augimas veda prie didėjančios finansinių paslaugų paklausos ir taip... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

A soberania já foi conceituada de diversos modos ao longo da história. Apesar disso, não deixou de ser a categoria mais elementar do direito internacional; expressando o fundamento de atuação dos Estados, foi através da soberania que o direito internacional se desenvolveu do Século XVII até os dias de hoje. Isso evidencia uma distinção entre o conteúdo da soberania, quer dizer, o seu modo de manifestação, o seu conceito, que se altera em cada período histórico, de um lado, e, do outro, a forma jurídica internacional expressa pela soberania, que se mantém intacta e que existe independentemente do conteúdo que lhe é dado, quer dizer, o lugar que ela ocupa no direito internacional. Através da análise do conceito de soberania fornecido por três autores clássicos de diferentes períodos históricos Hugo Grotius, Pasquale Mancini e Hans Kelsen o presente trabalho tem por objetivo demonstrar o caráter ideológico de cada teoria e, conseqüentemente, sua inexatidão. Para fazê-lo, foi adotado o método materialista dialético, através do qual a produção de idéias por parte do homem deve ser observada nos limites das suas condições de existência e as idéias produzidas como um reflexo consciente do mundo real. Cuida-se, assim, de observar o direito de superioridade afirmado por Grotius nos limites das condições de existência humana que se alteravam com a transição do feudalismo para capitalismo, e extrai-se o seu sentido da luta entre a Igreja e os monarcas que iam centralizando sob si o poder. Da mesma forma, observa-se o direito de nacionalidade de Mancini sob as condições de existência propiciadas pelo amadurecimento das classes sociais do capitalismo na Europa Ocidental como fruto da Revolução Industrial, extraindo-se seu sentido das lutas revolucionárias por libertação nacional que ali se desenrolavam. O caráter essencialmente limitado da soberania de Kelsen, enfim, será observado no contexto da passagem do capitalismo para sua época imperialista, como um reflexo consciente dos desenvolvimentos experimentados pelo direito internacional no fim do Século XIX e início do Século XX, após a Primeira Guerra Mundial. Assim, além de demonstrar o caráter ideológico e a inexatidão dos conceitos mencionados, busca-se demonstrar que o conteúdo da soberania em cada período histórico analisado encontra sua razão de ser na correspondente fase de desenvolvimento do capitalismo e que a forma jurídica soberania, isto é, o lugar que ela ocupa no direito internacional, é determinado pela necessidade do capitalismo de um instrumento de força que assegure a acumulação de capital, o Estado soberano. / Sovereignty has been conceptualized in various ways throughout history. Despite this, it remains the most basic category of international law; expressing the acting plea of States, it was through the sovereignty that international law has developed since 17th century until the present day. This shows a distinction between sovereigntys content, I mean, its mode of manifestation, its concept, that changes in each historical period, of the one part, and, the other, international legal form expressed by sovereignty, which remains intact and that exists independently of content given, I mean, the place it occupies in international law. Through the analysis of sovereignty concept provided by three classical authors from different historical periods Hugo Grotius, Pasquale Mancini and Hans Kelsen this work aims to demonstrate the ideological character of each theory and, consequently, its inaccuracy. To do so, it was adopted the materialistic dialectical method, through which the production of ideas by the man should be observed within the limits of his existences conditions and ideas produced as a conscious reflex of the real world. So, the right of superiority claimed by Grotius is observed within the limits of human existence conditions that was changing with the transition from feudalism to capitalism, and its meaning is extracted from the struggle between the Church and the monarchs who were centralizing power under themselves. Similarly, the nationality right of Mancini is observed under the existence conditions offered by the maturing of social classes of capitalism in Western Europe as a result of the Industrial Revolution, and its meaning is extracted from revolutionary struggles for national liberation that unfolded there. The essentially limited character of the sovereignty of Kelsen, in turn, is observed in the context of transition to imperialist era of capitalism, as a conscious reflex of developments experienced by international law in the late 19th and early 20th century, after the First World War. Thus, in addition to demonstrate the ideological character and the inaccuracy of the mentioned concepts, its aimed to demonstrate that the content of sovereignty in each historical period analyzed finds its reason for being on the corresponding stage of capitalism development and that sovereignty legal form, i.e. the place it occupies in international law, is determined by the need of capitalism for an instrument which ensures the accumulation of capital, the sovereign State.

This paper estimates the effects of capital accumulation on industry labor shares by taking account of capital heterogeneity. Using a cross-country, cross-industry dataset covering 15 European countries over 38 industries, I take advantage of a detailed breakdown of the capital stock distinguishing between physical, ICT and intangible assets. The results suggest that, over the 1995-2015 period, capital accumulation has not been a driving force of declining labor shares - if anything the opposite. Performing a cross-section regression analysis on the relationship between long differences in capital intensities and industry labor shares, I find that accumulation of physical capital in general, and Machinery & Equipment in particular, are the only asset types showing a statistically significant correlation with the labor share, suggesting a positive association. In contrast to previous research, I do not document a negative relationship between ICT capital and labor shares. I do, however, find evidence suggesting that it might be investments in Software & Databases that explain these earlier findings.

The efficiency of physical capital accumulation plays a critical role for economic growth. This paper aims at examine if economic freedom promotes economic growth via physical capital accumulation. This is done by estimating a production function by replacing the inputs with institutional indices. The first input is GDP per capital growth rate which serve as a proxy for institutional aspects and the other input are the economic freedom indexes which will serve as proxies for physical capital accumulation. This is done by applying the augmented mean group (AMG) estimator that is designed for dealing with macro panel data analysis, including twenty developing countries where the economies have experienced a rapid growth, and the time period are between 1995 and 2017. The theoretical framework is based on the Solow growth model, institutional theory and marginal efficiency of capital (MEC). The results show that economic freedom promotes economic growth via physical capital accumulation where GDP per capital growth rate served as a proxy for institutional aspects and economic freedom indexes as proxies for physical capital accumulation. The results also show that the AMG estimator is the best fit for macro panel data analysis since it are designed for dealing with heterogeneity.