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After five consecutive declines, the Trade Confidence Index (ICOM), calculated by Fundação Getulio Vargas, increased 0.4% between March and April 2015, and moved from 92 to 92.4 points. Measured in quarterly moving averages, the index kept, however, a negative trend.The discrete increase of the ICOM in April was due to a recovery in the...
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The effect of the economic downturn should affect most Latin American countries in 2015. The causes are diverse and cover a greater or lesser extent spectrum depending on each country. Among the most common causes, analysts at The Conference Board (TCB) and FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/Ibre) include: a decrease in commodity...
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The Operations Division/TIC of Fundação Getulio Vargas increased its investments in technology in early 2015. In late February, three completely remodeled computer labs were inaugurated at the main offices of Avenida 9 de Julho, in São Paulo. Now, three rooms have 45 all in one machines each and next-generation processors, available to users...
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The Center for Entrepreneurship and New Business Development (GVcenn) of FGV's São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP) is a partner of the fifth edition of Virada Empreendedora (Entrepreneurial Event), to be held this weekend (April 25 and 26), at FGV in São Paulo.On the first day, there will be a panel on entrepreneurship...
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The Business Law and Public Business Law Clinics and students of Criminal Procedures at São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP) met this month for a round table to discuss the legal, political and ethical use of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in prisons in Brazil.The debate brought together representatives of GPA Group (Prison Managers...
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The Center for International Relations (RI) at the School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC) has released for free download the digital book O programa nuclear brasileiro: uma história oral? (The Brazilian nuclear program: an oral history), in Portuguese, by Carlo Patti. Access to the virtual material was the result of a partnership with...
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FGV's Public Policy Analysis Division (FGV/Dapp) analyzed the debate on social networks during the protests in Brazil on March 15 and April 12 for an article published in last Friday's edition (April 17) of the Brazilian newspaper Valor Econômico. The monitoring activity on Twitter reported that, on April 12, the hashtag #aceitadilmavez (a...
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Alexandre Santoro, a Brazilian executive who has already worked at companies such as Ambev, Danone and the railway concessionaire América Latina Logística (ALL), will occupy one of the vice-presidencies of Restaurant Brands International (RBI), holding company that controls the fast-food chains Burger King and Tim Hortons.The executive, who...
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FGV Projects and FGV Press, in partnership with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (Idea International), launched the book Financiamento de partidos políticos e campanhas eleitorais: um manual sobre financiamento político (Financing of political parties and electoral campaigns: a manual on political financing),...
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FGV?s International Affairs Division (DINT) initiated the fourth class of the Specialization Course in Science and Technology Innovation Management, offered to scholarship students of the Argentinean government program BEC.AR. The group of 29 students will spend the next four months dedicating themselves full-time to deepen their knowledge in...
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In order to help executives close deals with higher productivity, quality, chances, ethics and moral elegance, Yann Duzert, professor of the International Affairs Division (FGV/DINT), developed the technique called Newgotiation. It involves a methodology based on mutual gains negotiations that aligns the technology, mindset and discipline of...
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The International Criminal Law team of FGV?s São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP) won second place in the ?III Edición del Concurso CPI: Simulación Judicial ante la Corte Penal Internacional?, last June 5th. The competition included teams from 20 countries, representing universities from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Spain,...
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According to LinkedIn?s Top Global Brands ranking published today (June 18th), FGV is the most influential brand in Brazil, and one of the most important higher education institutions in the world, alongside Harvard and the Australian Institute of Business. The LinkedIn study took into consideration the quality of brand content marketing on...
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The Leading Economic Index (LEI) for Brazil, developed by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) in partnership with The Conference Board, a global independent institution that conducts business research and seminars, remained unchanged last month.The index recorded the mark of 90.1 points, a result that follows decreases of 1.1% in...
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The first Brazilian institution to be a member of the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC), a consortium of educational institutions from different countries that offers free content and online teaching materials, Fundação Getulio Vargas is celebrating the success of its free distance learning courses. Since its launch in July 2008, more than 7.6...
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According to the ranking produced by Ideas Economic and Financial Research (IDEAS-RePEC), FGV?s São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP) is the only Brazilian institution among the top 200 departments dedicated to economics teaching and research in the world. The ranking was created based on the production and citations of articles by...
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From June 9th-10th, FGV Growth & Development, a Center at FGV, organized the first international seminar BRICS: Challenges and Opportunities in order to discuss the future, diversity and integration of the economies of BRIC members (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), the geopolitical strategy of China, opportunities for Brazil...
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The new edition of the Monthly Energy Sector Affairs Bulletin (Boletim de Conjuntura do Setor Energético), produced by FGV Energy, features in its editorial a retrospective view on the implementation of government incentives for the development of ethanol in Brazil, with a discussion on financial products for the electricity sector's...
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Paulo N. Figueiredo, professor at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE), is launching a new, revised and expanded edition of his book Gestão da Inovação: Conceitos, Métricas e Experiências de Empresas no Brasil (Innovation Management: Concepts, Metrics and Business Experiences in Brazil), through LTC publisher....
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FGV Projects participated in the Brazilian-Swiss Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution, held at the University of St.Gallen, on Monday, June 8th, in Switzerland. Besides Cesar Cunha Campos, the unit's director, and Márcio Souza Guimarães, prosecutor and professor at Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV Direito Rio), the debates included the...
