Pelo menos até o primeiro governo Vargas, a dinâmica da economia brasileira era ditada pela produção primária para exportação, numa sucessão de produtos que culminou com a produção cafeeira. Esse quadro foi, porém, completamente alterado durante a década de 1930, quando se caracterizou um momento de inflexão econômica e institucional de grandes dimensões, que transformou a dinâmica de toda a economia. A solidificação da nova forma da economia só foi possível por ter sido acompanhada de uma alteração na estrutura institucional do país, tornando os sistemas financeiro, tributário e educacional, além das relações de trabalho, mais adequados a este novo panorama. Instituições são as regras do jogo em uma sociedade que moldam a interação entre os homens e, assim, fornecem estruturas estáveis para que as transações ocorram. Conhecer as características institucionais históricas de cada país pode trazer uma melhor compreensão de suas deficiências atuais e das alternativas viáveis de mudança para superá-las. O presente trabalho pretende caracterizar o ambiente institucional brasileiro do período entre 1889 e 1945, com base na Nova Economia Institucional, identificando, também, os efeitos destas instituições sobre o desempenho econômico e os processos de mudança institucional do período, especialmente a mudança ocorrida após a Revolução de 1930. Mostra-se que a nova estrutura institucional, então criada, permitiu a continuidade do processo de industrialização, com maior intervenção do Estado na economia, o qual dispôs de melhores instrumentos para alcançar seu objetivo industrializante e com regras mais claras, seja para o sistema financeiro e a concessão de crédito, seja para a contratação de mão-de-obra. Permitiu, ademais, que a economia brasileira se tornasse mais robusta, deixando de ser tão vulnerável às flutuações externas. As mudanças desta época foram importantes para o crescimento do período posterior por criar uma base mais sólida tributária, financeira, de relações de trabalho e de educação. / At least until the first Vargas government, the dynamics of the Brazilian economy was dictated by the primary production for exportation, in a succession of products that culminated with coffee. This situation was, however, completely modified during the decade of 1930, when a moment of economic and institutional inflection of great dimensions was characterized, that transformed the dynamics of the whole economy. The solidification of the new form of the economy was only possible because it came along with an alteration in the institutional structure of the country, rendering the financial, educational, tributary systems and work relations more adjusted to this new panorama. Institutions are the rules of the game in a society that shape human interactions, establishing stable structures for the occurrence of transactions. To know the historical institutional characteristics of the country can provide a better understanding of its current deficiencies and suggest the viable alternatives to surpass them. The present work intends to characterize the Brazilian institutional environment of the period between 1889 and 1945, on the basis of the New Institutional Economics, identifying, also, the effect of these institutions on the economic performance and the processes of institutional change of the period, especially those that occurred after the Revolution of 1930. It is shown that the then created institutional structure allowed the continuity of the industrialization process, with stronger intervention of the State in the economy and with clearer rules, both for the financial system and the concession of credit, and for hiring labor. The government had available better instruments to reach its industrializing objective. Moreover, it allowed the Brazilian economy to become more robust, becoming less vulnerable to the external fluctuations. The changes of this period were important for the growth of the following decades for it created a more solid tax, financial, educational and work relations structure.

Magister Administrationis - MAdmin / This research aims to assess the role of Social Funds' organizational and institutional characteristics for community participation processes in development projects. The research is based on a case study of the Peruvian Social Fund, FONCODES, and utilizes a qualitative data collection approach. It mainly relies on semi-structured interviews with FONCODES' staff and community members, unstructured interviews with experts, and analysis of operational documents. The research concludes that several organizational and institutional characteristics affect community participation in FONCODES projects but the direction of this influence depends on how specific areas of the organization's context are structured as well as on political variables in the institutional environment. / South Africa

Le développement des biocarburants soutenu par la communauté internationale connait un essor depuis le début des années 2000 à l'échelle mondiale pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre, répondre aux préoccupations énergétiques des pays industriels et diminuer la pauvreté énergétique dans les pays du sud. Cette stratégie rencontre plusieurs controverses qui portent sur les impacts socio-économiques des biocarburants et les trajectoires technologiques les mieux adaptées aux besoins de développement des pays d'Afrique sub-saharienne. L'objectif de la thèse est de comprendre les déterminants des processus d'innovation technologique sur la production des biocarburants. La thèse pose pour cela deux hypothèses. La première hypothèse structurée par le croisement entre les théories de la transition et les analyses systémiques de l'innovation repose sur le déterminisme institutionnel des processus d'innovation technologique qui structure l'émergence du secteur des biocarburants. La seconde hypothèse suppose que l'émergence et le développement du secteur bioénergétique résulte des conditions d'adoption micro-économiques et territoriales de la production des cultures énergétiques. Le test de ces hypothèses est réalisé en mobilisant un référentiel d'analyse en termes de système d'innovation dans le cas de la filière Jatropha au Burkina Faso. Les résultats soulignent que l'émergence des technologies biocarburants dans les pays d'Afrique subsaharienne est liée aux changements institutionnels induits par les crises énergétiques et environnementales. Ces changements institutionnels activent des ressources favorables à l'émergence et à la dissémination des technologies sur les biocarburants. Au Burkina Faso, ces changements sont impulsés par les politiques européennes et celles d'organisations sous régionales telles que l'UEMOA et la CEDEAO. Une modélisation économétrique permet de manière complémentaire de tester les conditions d'adoption micro-économique et d'implémentation des innovations technologiques sur les biocarburants. Les facteurs structurels de l'exploitation agricole (capital foncier, situation alimentaire, perception) ; la proximité des acteurs de la filière ; ainsi que les variables institutionnelles inhérentes au renforcement des capacités et compétences apparaissent structurants de ces processus d'adoption sur le Jatropha. Cette adoption dépend enfin des modèles technologiques qui permettent d'intégrer d'un point de vue territorial les phases de production de la matière première, transformation et utilisation dans un mécanisme de réponse aux besoins prioritaires du développement du Burkina Faso. / Biofuel development supported by the international community expands since the early 2000s globally to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, meet the energy concerns of industrial countries and reduce energy poverty in the countries of south. This strategy meets several controversies that address the socioeconomic impacts of biofuels and the most appropriate technological trajectories to the needs of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the thesis is to understand the determinants of the process of technological innovation on the production of biofuels. The thesis raises two hypotheses for this. The first assumption structured by intersection between the theories of transition and systemic analysis of innovation based on institutional determinism of technological innovation process that structures the emergence of the biofuel sector. The second assumption is that the emergence and development of the bioenergy sector resulting conditions of micro-economic and territorial adoption of the production of energy crops. The test of these hypotheses is achieved by mobilizing an analytical reference in terms of innovation system in the case of the Jatropha sector in Burkina Faso. The results highlight the emergence of biofuels technologies in sub-Saharan Africa is related to institutional changes induced by the energy and environmental crises. These institutional changes enable favorable resources to the emergence and diffusion of technology on biofuels. In Burkina Faso, these changes are driven by European policies and those of sub-regional organizations such as UEMOA and ECOWAS. Econometric modeling allows complementary way to test the conditions of microeconomic adoption and implementation of technological innovations on biofuels. Structural factors of the farm (land capital, food situation, perception); the proximity of the actors of the sector; and institutional variables inherent in capacity building and skills appear structuring of these processes of adoption of Jatropha. This adoption also depends technological models that integrate a territorial perspective the production phases of the raw material, processing and use in a response mechanism to the priority needs of the development of Burkina Faso.

Syfte: ESG-betyg utgör det huvudsakliga underlaget för beslut om hållbara investeringar. För en effektiv kapitalallokering krävs därför att betygen återspeglar företags faktiska hållbarhetsprestationer. Betygen har dock visats vara missvisande då den bakomliggande hållbarhetsrapporteringen påverkas av ett antal olika faktorer, däribland företags institutionella miljö, vilket kan hänföras till en strävan efter att uppfattas som legitima av samhälle och intressenter. Denna studie avser att kartlägga samband mellan institutionell miljö och den miljömässiga dimensionen (E) av ESG-betyg. För att testa sambandet prövas huruvida detta har en praktisk motsvarighet i form av mängden växthusgasutsläpp.    Metod: Studien har en positivistisk vetenskapsteoretisk utgångspunkt med en deduktiv ansats och är av kvantitativ natur. Genom en longitudinell design har data från 1969 företag under fem år analyserats. Studiens empiriska data är inhämtad från databasen Refinitiv Eikon och har analyserats i statistikprogrammet IBM SPSS, främst genom linjära regressioner.   Resultat & slutsats: Positiva samband mellan ekonomisk utvecklingsgrad i företags verksamhetsland och E-betyg samt benägenhet att tillhandahålla ESG-data har konstaterats. Möjliga förklaringar återfinns i legitimitets-, intressent samt den institutionella teorin och kopplas främst till institutionella skillnader mellan länder. Vidare återfanns att större benägenhet att tillhandahålla ESG-data påverkar datatillgänglighet positivt samt att datatillgänglighet har ett positivt samband med E-betyg. Ett negativt samband mellan industriländer och växthusgasutsläpp kunde dock återfinnas vilket innebär att resultatet inte ger något belägg för att de högre E-betyg som återfinnas bland företagen i industriländerna, inte motsvaras av en högre nivå på hållbarhet i praktiken.   Examensarbetets bidrag: Studien bidrar till den undersökning av ESG-betygens funktion som i tidigare forskning omnämnts som bristfällig. Även om studien inte kan bekräfta att institutionell miljö har en avgörande påverkan på betyget tydliggörs andra brister i betyget. Exempelvis betydelsen av mängden publicerad ESG-data. Detta innebär problem eftersom benägenheten att tillhandahålla ESG-data är mindre i utvecklingsländerna.      Förslag till fortsatt forskning: För att öka generaliserbarheten föreslås en utvidgad undersökning som omfattar fler värderingsinstitut och ESG-betygets alla dimensioner. Vidare undersökningar av den institutionella miljöns påverkan, utifrån andra aspekter än ekonomisk utveckling, samt forskning för att förbättra värderingsinstitutens metoder för datainsamling behövs. / Aim: ESG scores are the main basis for responsible investments decisions. An efficient capital allocation therefore requires the ratings to reflect companies’ actual sustainability performance. However, the scores have been found to be misleading as the underlying sustainability disclosures are affected by various different factors, including companies’ institutional environment, which can be attributed to an effort to be perceived as legitimate by society and stakeholders. This study is intending to identify relationships between the institutional environment and the environmental dimension (E) of the ESG score. To test the relationship, it is examined whether this has a practical equivalent in terms of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions.   Method: The study is based on positivistic theory of science with a deductive approach and quantitative nature. Through a longitudinal design, data from 1969 companies over five years have been analysed. The empirical data of the study are obtained from the database Refinitiv Eikon and have been analysed in the statistical program IBM SPSS, mainly through linear regressions.   Result & Conclusions: Positive relationships between the degree of economic development in a company’s country of operation and E-scores and propensity to provide ESG data has been established. Possible explanations are found the legitimacy, stakeholder and institutional theory, and are mainly related to institutional differences between countries. Furthermore, higher propensity to provide ESG data has a positive effect on data availability and data availability has a positive relationship with E-score. However, a negative relationship between developed countries and greenhouse gas emissions was found, meaning that the result does not provide evidence that the higher E-score found among companies in developed countries, is not equivalent to a higher level of sustainability in practice.   Contribution of the thesis: The study contributes to the examination of the function of the ESG ratings which in previous research has been considered deficient. Although the study cannot confirm that the institutional environment has a crucial effect on the score other deficiencies in the ratings has been apparent. For example, the importance of the amount of published ESG data. This poses a problem because the propensity to provide ESG data is lower in developing countries.   Suggestions for future research: To increase generalizability, an extended study including more rating agencies and all ESG dimensions is proposed. Further examination of the institutional environments effect, based on other aspects than economic development, and research to improve the rating agencies’ methods for data collection are needed.

This study examines the comparative impact of multilateral trade agreements on intra-regional trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regions in Africa. Annual data was gathered from 2000 to 2018 and dynamic panel data and econometric techniques were used to control for individual country characteristics, endogeneity, serial correlation, heteroscedasticity and interdependencies between the countries in each region. Two estimations were done, one using the tariff measures of multilateral agreements, the second using non-tariff measures of multilateral agreement. The results of the empirical analysis show that the SADC region has a slight edge over ECOWAS in terms of technological progress and investment, especially in trade infrastructure. However, the ECOWAS levels of employment and economic growth are higher than those in the SADC region. These differences further translate into differences that drive intra-African trade in these regions, and how they relate to the role of multilateral agreements in intra-African trade in each of these regions. While technology and investment are key drivers and enhancers of intra-African trade in SADC countries, economic growth and employment stand out as key enhancers of intra-African trade in ECOWAS, especially where multilateral agreement is represented by tariff measures. This study reports that when non-tariff measures are used to represent multilateral agreements, export trade costs, in addition to investment and technology, are the key drivers of intra-African trade in SADC countries. For ECOWAS, under non-tariff measures of multilateral agreements, only economic growth drives intra-African trade. / Business Management / D. Phil. (Business Management)

The purpose of this study is to investigate sensemaking among employees within large service companies regarding sustainable development. To fulfill the purpose and address the research questions, the study has been conducted through six semi-structured interviews with employees from three major service companies. The collected data has been coded and thematically analyzed using a thematic analysis method, guided by the theoretical framework consisting of new institutional theory (DiMaggio & Powell, 1983; Meyer & Rowan, 1977) and Karl Weick's (1995) sensemaking. The findings of the study indicate that the sensemaking process is a significant element in the interviewees' daily work towards achieving sustainability goals. Through an ongoing process of interpretation, employees create meaning for why and how they should work towards sustainable development. Furthermore, the results reveal that the primary motive behind organizing for sustainable development is a pursuit of a leading position within the organizational field and credibility within the institutional environment. The organizations and employees align with societal developments and attempt to adapt to prevailing institutional requirements and norms, which strongly influence their sensemaking. Societal developments and the institutional environment also have a strong impact on which dimension of sustainability is most prominent and dominant. In conclusion, the results demonstrate that employees' sensemaking plays a central role in the organizations' organizing for sustainable development. The sensemaking process is not an independent factor that solely contributes to organizing, but it is greatly influenced by the institutional environment surrounding the organizational field.

Les banques sont des institutions à part, car elles sont au coeur du fonctionnement des économies et de la dynamique de croissance des pays. Leurs services représentent de ce fait un bien public, et il est donc primordial de les maintenir éloignées autant que possible du risque de faillite. Toutefois, des crises bancaires surviennent régulièrement et affectent les sociétés, souvent de manière durable et profonde, à l’image de la crise financière des subprimes qui a éclaté en 2007, et dont nous ne connaissons pas encore toutes les conséquences désastreuses. Pour prévenir le risque de faillite et de crises bancaires, les autorités de régulation nationales ont développé des filets de sécurité qui, en partie, suivent les standards internationaux de réglementation et de supervision bancaire développés par le Comité de Bâle sur le contrôle bancaire, sous l’égide de la Banque des Règlements Internationaux. Cependant, les crises récurrentes se produisent et nous montrent les limites de la régulation bancaire et, surtout, nous indiquent que celle-ci doit être en permanence revue et adaptée, de façon dynamique, à l’évolution des systèmes bancaires et de l’innovation financière. L’un des principaux objectifs est de s’assurer que les banques soient suffisamment et solidement capitalisées pour faire face à des pertes exceptionnelles inattendues. Par ailleurs, il est primordial, afin d’assurer une stabilité financière durable, que les superviseurs bancaires soient à même de contrôler efficacement les banques et d’entreprendre les actions nécessaires pour que ces dernières demeurent à des niveaux de risques engagés raisonnables et qui ne menacent ni leur solvabilité, ni celle de l’ensemble du système bancaire. Enfin, les banques sont censées être régulées par le marché (discipline de marché), sur la base des informations qu’elles sont tenues de divulguer publiquement, sur leur santé financière. Dans ces politiques de régulation bancaire et de prévention du risque de crise, il ne faut pas oublier le rôle de l’assureur dépôt, à qui certains économistes et instances internationales veulent prêter de plus en plus de pouvoir sur les banques. Nous montrons dans notre travail de thèse, à travers des analyses empiriques menées sur des données contemporaines, les insuffisances des politiques de régulation et de supervision bancaire, les erreurs commises dans l’approche de la régulation bancaire, et nous présentons les aspects qu’il serait souhaitable de prendre en compte, pour approcher une politique de réglementation et de supervision bancaire plus efficace, et dynamique, dans l’objectif de maintien de la stabilité bancaire. Nous avançons notamment qu’il est nécessaire de mieux prendre en compte la nature de l’activité des différents types d’institutions financières qui composent les systèmes bancaires, et dont la nature et le degré d’exposition aux risques ne sont pas les mêmes. Il est également important de considérer les caractéristiques de l’environnement institutionnel dans lequel évoluent les banques, de manière à développer une structure de supervision adaptée et efficace. En définitive, nous étudions dans cette thèse un large ensemble de déterminants économiques et institutionnels, susceptibles d’impacter la stabilité bancaire, de manière à identifier celles des politiques de régulation qu’il s’agirait de mettre en oeuvre, afin d’assurer dans l’avenir un meilleur maintien de la stabilité financière des banques. / Banks are special institutions because they are central to the functioning of economies and to economic growth. Their services represent a public good. Therefore, it is essential to keep them as far as possible from risk of bankruptcy. However, banking crises occur regularly and affect societies, often dramatically and over a long period, like the current subprime financial crisis which burst into 2007, and which consequences are still not very well perceived. To prevent the risk of bankruptcy and banking crisis, the national authorities of regulation have developed safety nets. These follow partially the international standards of regulation and banking supervision developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision under the aegis of the Bank for International Settlements. However, recurrent crises occur and show us the limits of the banking regulation and, especially, indicate that the latter should be continually revised and adapted to the evolution of banking systems and financial innovations. One of the main goals is to make sure that banks are enough capitalized to face unexpected large losses. In order to achieve long-lasting financial stability, it is essential that banking supervisors can monitor efficiently banks. By doing so, the risk taken by banks would be sustainable and would not threaten either their own solvency or the whole banking system solvency. Finally, banks are supposed to be regulated by the market (market discipline) on the basis of information about their financial health which should be disclosed publicly. Along the policies of banking regulation and crisis risk prevention, one should not forget the role of the deposit insurers. Indeed, some economists and international authorities want to attribute more power over banks to deposit insurers. In our research, the empirical analysis, based on contemporary data, show the weakness of the actual regulation and banking supervision policies and the mistakes in banking regulation. Different features of the banking system that should be taken into account for an efficient implementation of regulation and banking supervision policies are also discussed in this work. Hence, we suggest that the type of financial institutions' activities should be better taken into account as it changes with the degree of risk exposure. We also find that it is important to consider the characteristics of the institutional environment in which banks evolve in order to develop a suitable and efficient supervision agency. To summarize, we study in this thesis a large range of economic and institutional determinants of the banking system, which are likely to affect the banking stability. By doing so, we are able to identify the regulation policies which would be the most likely to preserve the financial stability of banks.

Ces travaux de thèse se situent dans le domaine de la didactique des langues étrangères et portent sur l’enseignement du français langue étrangère (FLE) aux enfants (l’enseignement précoce du FLE) en milieu institutionnel, dans un environnement non francophone. Ils se donnent pour objectifs d’examiner les représentations des parents et des enfants indiens, d’étudier la façon dont les enfants apprennent les langues et les démarches mises en œuvre pour enseigner une langue étrangère aux enfants, d’observer des enfants apprenant le français langue étrangère en milieu institutionnel dans un pays non francophone et enfin, de faire des propositions didactiques pour un enseignement efficace du français langue étrangère dans ce contexte particulier. Cette thèse se propose d’étudier la problématique sous deux angles complémentaires : celui de l’apprenant et celui de l’enseignant, en examinant les questions théoriques et pratiques qui se posent. Pour ce faire, ces travaux s’intéressent aux relations qu’entretient l’enfant avec le langage et aux spécificités de l’enfant en tant qu’apprenant. Ils se penchent également sur les principes pédagogiques de l’enseignement du FLE aux enfants et les pratiques de classe (supports et activités de classe). En outre, cette thèse fournit une étude de cas, rendant compte d’une expérience vécue sur le terrain, en Inde, dans une école de langue. Enfin, ces travaux de thèse apportent des constatations, tirées des recherches et des observations faites, et font part des recommandations concernant l’enseignement du français langue étrangère aux enfants en milieu institutionnel dans un pays non francophone. / This doctoral thesis in the domain of foreign language didactics explores teaching “French as a Foreign Language” (known as FLE in French) to children (early learning/teaching of French as a Foreign Language) in an institutional and non-francophone environment. The objectives of this doctoral thesis are to examine the perceptions of Indian parents and children, to study how children learn languages and the methods used to teach foreign languages to children, to observe children learning a foreign language in an institutional environment in a non-francophone country and lastly, to suggest steps to be implemented in order to make teaching French as a Foreign Language to children in this particular context efficient.In this doctoral thesis, the study is based on two complementary angles: the learner’s and the teacher’s, and examines the the oretical and practical issues. It explores the relations between the child and language and the specific characteristics of the child as a learner. The thesis also explores the pedagogical principles behind teaching French as a Foreign Language to children and the classroom practices (resources and classroom activities). The study also contains a case study, describing an experience in India, in a language institute. Lastly, the thesis presents findings drawn from the research done and the observations made during the study, and makes recommendations regarding teaching French as a Foreign Language to children in an institutional environment in a non francophone country.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:48:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Joaquim Paulino Pinto.pdf: 1255416 bytes, checksum: 5d8ae38c2de0a87875f9a379aa303940 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-09-30 / The main goal of this thesis is to analyse the competitive strategies assumed by the mills of the sugar-ethanol sector in Center-South of Brazil facing the Institutional Environment change, as an example Cosan´s case study. This is made through the analysis of interaction between Institutional Environment and players, in the period of sector regulation and deregulation, and its effects under competitive environment. The thesis is divided in four fundamental parts: (i) the presentation of theoretical reference, which treats of the mean concepts of Institutional Economics and the Economics of Transaction Costs, and its relation with agroindustry; (ii) the sugar-ethanol industry overview in brazilian economy context; (iii) the analysis of the Institutional Environment from the regulation and deregulation sector process; and (iv) the analysis of how the sugar cane mills have rebuilt comprehending the new competitive strategies assumed, from the sector´s deregulation, focusing Cosan´s case, which is an example of player that it has adapted to the new environment conditions / Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal analisar as estratégias competitivas adotadas pelas usinas do setor sucroalcooleiro do Centro-Sul do país frente às mudanças no Ambiente Institucional, tendo como exemplo o estudo de caso Cosan. Faz-se isto, com a análise da interação entre o Ambiente Institucional e os agentes no período de regulação e desregulação do setor, e seus efeitos sobre o ambiente competitivo. Para isto, dividiu-se a análise em quatro momentos fundamentais: (i) apresentação do referencial teórico, que aborda os principais conceitos da Nova Economia Institucional e da Economia dos Custos de Transação, e sua relação com a agroindústria; (ii) caracterização do setor sucroalcooleiro no contexto da economia brasileira; (iii) análise do Ambiente Institucional a partir dos processos de regulação e desregulação do setor; (iv) avaliação de como as usinas se recompuseram no que abrange as novas estratégias competitivas adotadas a partir da desregulamentação do setor, com foco no caso Cosan, que representa um exemplo de agente que vem se adaptando às novas condições do ambiente

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-13T14:10:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Kelly Roman Pavan.pdf: 686760 bytes, checksum: 9e4d7320de89f48403d90cd657d1ea0c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-27 / The aim of this research is to identify what is the association between the institutional environment of the host country and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices of the subsidiaries of Brazilian multinationals. Institutional Theory is used to support the theoretical considerations once it addresses the association between institutional environment and strategy, and CSR is understood here as a component of the legitimating strategy of the subsidiaries of Brazilian multinationals. Multiple linear regression is the statistical technique used to proceed the analysis of secondary data. The data on the CSR practices concern the adoption of social and/or environmental certification; the contracts with certified suppliers; and the conduct of social and/or environmental training, by subsidiaries, with its suppliers and/or customers. The variables from the institutional environment analyzed are: the inefficiency of the legal system , press freedom , commitment to ethics , political stability , and efficiency of the infrastructure . The results show evidence of a positive association between the variables inefficiency of the legal system and efficiency of the infrastructure with the CSR practices of subsidiaries. There is evidence of a negative association between the commitment to ethics and the CSR practices of subsidiaries. Concluding remarks point out to contributions, limitations, and opportunities for future researches. / O objetivo desta dissertação é identificar qual é a associação entre o ambiente institucional do país de destino e as práticas de Responsabilidade Social Corporativa (RSC) das subsidiárias de multinacionais brasileiras. Utiliza-se a Teoria Institucional para sustentar as considerações teóricas, uma vez que ela aborda a associação entre ambiente institucional e estratégia, sendo a RSC aqui compreendida como um componente da estratégia de legitimação das subsidiárias estrangeiras de multinacionais brasileiras. Utiliza-se a regressão linear múltipla como técnica estatística para a análise de dados secundários. Os dados sobre as práticas de RSC versam sobre a adoção de certificação social e/ou ambiental pelas subsidiárias; a contratação de fornecedores certificados; e a realização de treinamento social e/ou ambiental, pelas subsidiárias, com seus fornecedores e/ou clientes. As variáveis do ambiente institucional analisadas são: a ineficiência do sistema jurídico , a liberdade de imprensa , o compromisso com a ética , a estabilidade política e a eficiência da infraestrutura . Os resultados apresentam evidências de associação positiva entre as variáveis ineficiência do sistema jurídico e eficiência da infraestrutura e as práticas de RSC das subsidiárias. Há evidências de associação negativa entre o compromisso com a ética e as práticas de RSC das subsidiárias. Conclui-se esta dissertação com o apontamento de contribuições, limitações e oportunidades para pesquisas futuras.