Access to schooling and education for children and youth of school age in Brazil in terms of school places has not been a concern. On the other hand, faced with high dropout rates, low level of school and consequently the weak performance obtained by schools on standardized tests. The present study aims to analyze the factors that may help explain the performance of public schools in Rio Grande do Sul. To find the different realities presented by state schools, firstly four schools have been selected, and from its results at Ideb in 2011, it has been shown that two of them have had a good performance, while the others have had a bad performance at it. As possible influential factors, facilities and resources, the size of the school, the profile of the school s management, the group size, school time, teachers profile, teachers assessment, commitment, students, teachers and parents have been analyzed. These factors are related to school s daily routine, and can be seen as possible determinants of high or low performances at schools. Questionnaires have been applied to students, teachers, supervisors and guidance service advisors, the principals or head masters, and also on-site visits have been conducted. In the analysis of results, it has been observed that a few factors have presented relevant differences between schools with high and low performances. Among the differences, two of them need to be noted: the facilities and resources are much more adequate in schools which have presented high performance than in the ones with low performance, and also the students from high performance schools have shown more commitment and attention in relation to their studies if compared to students from low performance schools. / O acesso a escolarização e a educação para as crianças e jovens em idade escolar no Brasil em termos de vagas escolares não tem sido motivo de preocupação. Por outro lado, depara-se com altas taxas de abandono escolar, baixo nível dos escolares e consequentemente o pífio desempenho obtido pelas escolas nos exames padronizados. O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar os fatores que podem auxiliar na explicação do desempenho das escolas públicas do Rio Grande do Sul. Para conhecer as diferentes realidades apresentadas pelas escolas estaduais primeiramente foram selecionadas quatro escolas, a partir do resultado do Ideb de 2011 sendo duas escolas de alto desempenho e duas de baixo desempenho. Como possíveis influenciadores foram analisados os seguintes fatores: instalações e recursos, tamanho da escola, perfil da gestão escolar, tamanho das turmas tempo do escolar, perfil do professor, avaliação de professores, perfil da gestão escolar, clima escolar, comprometimento, alunos, escola e família. Tais fatores relacionam-se ao dia-a-dia da escola, portanto como possíveis determinantes do alto ou baixo desempenho das escolas. Foram aplicados questionários para os alunos, professores, supervisão escolar/ serviço de orientação escolar, diretores e vice-diretores e realizada a visita in loco. Na análise dos resultados observou-se que poucos fatores apresentaram diferenças relevantes entre as escolas de alto e baixo desempenho. Dentre as diferenças duas merecem destaque. As instalações e recursos são muito mais adequadas nas escolas de alto do que na escolas de baixo desempenho e os alunos das escolas de alto desempenho demonstravam mais comprometimento e atenção em relação aos estudos que os alunos das escolas de baixo desempenho.

The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of Chinese acquisitions on Italian target firm performance, and explore which characteristics of the acquirer can determine a change of it. First, a Paired-Samples T-test has been applied to appreciate the difference between pre-and post-acquisition performance on 27 sample companies. Secondly, through an OLS regression, the impact of the Chinese acquirers’ characteristics on the performance of Italian target companies has been estimated for the year 2018. In addition, two interviews with managers from one sample company were carried out to complement the quantitative findings with qualitative insight. The results show that the performance of Italian target companies did not change significantly after the acquisition-at least not in the time span of 3 years used for the analysis- in terms of: profitability, solvency and growth. However, job creation slightly increased following the takeover. Furthermore, our findings indicate that, among the Influential factors examined, Chinese acquirers’ prior M&Aexperience in developed countries and the level of relatedness have a significant and positive impact on the performance of Italian target sampled companies. Whereas, being acquired by a Chinese SOE or POE seems to not affect the performance. Lastly, another influential factor raised by our respondents resulted to be the integration strategy implemented by the Chinese acquirer.Indeed, choosing the appropriate integration strategy for the two entities can be crucial for the acquisition success, and ultimately, for the future performance of the target.