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Last Thursday, May 20th, the Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV/EPGE) and the Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV Direito Rio) held the event The New National Development Strategy, with the presence of the Chief Minister of the Strategic Affairs Office to the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil, Roberto Mangabeira Unger.The opening...
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Bianor Cavalcanti, Director of FGV's International Affairs Division (FGV/DINT), participated in the 14th International Management Forum (FIA), held on May 18-20, in Rio de Janeiro. The event, sponsored by the Regional Council of Administration of Rio de Janeiro (CRA-RJ), brought together scholars, experts and managers. Professor Bianor was the...
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FGV's Center for International Relations, based at the School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC), is offering Conexões - Seminário de História Global (Connections - Global History Seminar), throughout the first half of 2015 to discuss the newest research methods in Humanities. The third session, entitled...
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The article The Evolution of Shareholder Voting Rights: Separation of Ownership and Consumption, written by Mariana Pargendler, a professor at São Paulo Law School, in partnership with Henry Hansmann, a professor at Yale Law School, was recognized as one of the top 10 articles of the corporate law and capital market fields in the United States...
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is the subject of the lecture which takes place today (May 22nd) in the Main Hall on the 4th floor of FGV in São Paulo. Promoted by the São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP), the event will be presented by the committee's chairman, Senator Aloysio Nunes Ferreira (PSDB). According to...
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On May 22nd, Representatives of FGV's São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Law Schools will participate in the conference The Rule of Law in Brazil: Three Decades of Progress and Challenges, to be held in Washington DC. The event is sponsored by the Brazil Institute at the Wilson Center and its purpose is to discuss the evolution of justice in Brazil ...
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The I Encuentro Regional de Egresados CAF de Gobernalidad y Liderazgo (1st Regional Meeting for CAF Governance and Leadership Alumni), held on April 16th and 17th at FGV's main offices, was marked by the entry of Fundação Getulio Vargas ? through the Latin American Center for Public Policy (CLPP) ? and Brazil in the...
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Professor Matias Spektor, of FGV's Center for International Relations, based at the School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC), participated in the 4th Annual Conference of the Council of Councils ? 2015 held on May 10-12 in Washington DC, representing Fundação Getulio Vargas. The Council of Councils is an initiative of the Council of Foreign...
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The year 2014 marked the 70th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference, which brought together leaders of major world powers to establish regulatory norms for the global economic system Post-World War II. In order to recall this milestone, the São Paulo Law School Review (Revista DIREITO GV) prepared a special report for its 20th edition...
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The International Masters of Management (IMM), offered by the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) in partnership with the Krannert Graduate School of Management of Purdue University (USA), was rated the best in its category in Latin America. The rating appeared in the Economist magazine's Executive MBA Ranking...
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The new issue of the Journal of Public Administration (Revista de Administração Pública) is already available on the website of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE). This year?s third edition consists of 11 articles ? two of them...
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To correct the macroeconomic situation, the government has made efforts to adjust its fiscal and monetary goals. This realistic adjustment will result in a period of high inflation and low growth; however, it also brings an opportunity to seize the moment and include other measures that could bring new momentum to the economy. The consensus on...
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FGV/EPGE, the Brazilian School of Economics and Finance, welcomed Professor Robert Willig, of Princeton University, on May 11th. The professor gave a lecture on Public Interest Regulation: Lessons from Railroads. Dr. Willig, who also works as a consultant to the World Bank, spoke to a packed auditorium about the regulation of public services...
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The Center for Sustainability Studies (GVces) of FGV's São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP), in partnership with 19 companies, has developed a project to align the main topics and concepts regarding biodiversity and discuss how organizations can acquire raw materials provided by biodiversity in a sustainable way, reward their...
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On June 12th, professor Edson Gonçalves, from FGV?s Center for Studies in Regulation and Infrastructure (CERI) and FGV?s Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (EPGE), and Professor Patrícia Sampaio, from the institution?s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio), participated in the 4th Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures,...
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Oliver Stuenkel, coordinator of FGV's School of Social Sciences (CPDOC) in São Paulo and an MBA in International Relations, and Renato Flores, a professor at FGV?s Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (EPGE) participated in the VII BRICS Academic Forum last month.The event took place in late May in Moscow, Russia, and addressed the theme,...
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FGV's School of Applied Mathematics (EMAp) has partnered with the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Umea University, Sweden, for a research and cooperation project, Efficient numerical discretisations of stiff stochastic and random differential equations. The program will be fully funded by The Swedish Foundation for...
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Economists at FGV?s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) welcomed a Chinese delegation led by Yang Zhenwu, president of the Chinese newspaper People's Daily, on Wednesday, June 17th, to discuss the development challenges faced by China and Brazil and the cooperation opportunities between them.In his presentation, Zhenwu described...
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An App to facilitate the movement of people and that seems to have an infinite potential for controversy. That?s Uber, a success among passengers in major cities worldwide, elected the number one enemy of taxi drivers. In Brazil, it is no different. Under the criticism of this working category in São Paulo and Brasília in April, Uber?s...
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Students of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) Marcelo Brogliato (PhD), Daniel de Magalhães Chada (PhD), Jamil Civitarese (Master?s) and Andreia Sodre (former Master?s student), along with Professor Alexandre Linhares, and American co-founders, founded a technology startup at Palo Alto in Silicon Valley. The...


