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![FGV opens call for cases of innovation for family agriculture with a focus on climate change and agroecological transition]( "FGV opens call for cases of innovation for family agriculture with a focus on climate change and agroecological transition")
The Center for Sustainability Studies (FGVces) of FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP) presents the second edition of the call for cases of innovation for family agriculture in the Bota da Mesa (“Put It on the Table”) project. Companies and organizations of producers, civil society and public authorities...
- Economics
![Business Confidence retreats in May and reaches lowest level since October 2018]( "Business Confidence retreats in May and reaches lowest level since October 2018")
The Business Confidence Index (ICE) of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) fell by 2.0 points in May, reaching 91.8 points, the lowest level since October 2018. In the quarterly moving average metric, the Index decreased for the third consecutive time, by 1.6 points.
“Business confidence has...
- Mathematics
![Event in honor of International Day of Women in Mathematics discusses women’s challenges and perspectives in Exact Sciences]( "Event in honor of International Day of Women in Mathematics discusses women’s challenges and perspectives in Exact Sciences")
International Day of Women in Mathematics is celebrated this year on May 12, a date established last year during the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)² to celebrate the birth of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, the sole winner of the Fields Medal....
- Economics
![Nobel Laureate in Economics gives lecture on digital revolution in the financial system]( "Nobel Laureate in Economics gives lecture on digital revolution in the financial system")
On June 7, FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) will be holding the Seminar “O Direito e a Revolução Digital no Sistema Financeiro” (“Law and the Digital Revolution in the Financial System”). The event will be held at the FGV Main Office in Sao Paulo (Rua Itapeva, 432, Bela Vista, São Paulo, SP) and will be attended by...
- Economics
![Service confidence retreats in May]( "Service confidence retreats in May")
The Service Confidence Index (SCI) fell by 3.1 points in May, reaching to 89.0 points and returning to the level of May 2018 (89.0 points). In the cumulative rate for the last four months, there was a loss of 9.2 points, returning to the rate of 9.3 points, between October and January. In quarterly moving averages, the Index...
- Economics
![Microsoft director gives lecture on quantum computing]( "Microsoft director gives lecture on quantum computing")
Quantum computing is no longer a distant dream and has become a reality, as a new way of conducting computing, programming logic, and equipment architecture that will make the current model obsolete, as well as being an ability to solve in minutes or hours, problems that today may take hundreds of years to solve. To discuss the topic, FGV´s Sao...
- Law
![Seminar brings together international experts to discuss BRICS cybersecurity]( "Seminar brings together international experts to discuss BRICS cybersecurity")
On June 4, FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) will be holding the Seminar “CyberBRICS: Cybersecurity, data protection and the digital future of the BRICS”. The event will be held at the FGV Main Office auditorium (Praia de Botafogo, 190, 12º andar, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ) and aims to provide answers to the...
- Economics
![IGP-M increases by 0.45% in May 2019]( "IGP-M increases by 0.45% in May 2019")
The General Price Index – Market (IGP-M) varied by 0.45% in May, a percentage lower than that recorded in April, when the rate was 0.92%. With this result, the cumulative IGP-M increased by 3.56% during the year and 7.64% in the last 12 months. In May 2018, the index had risen by 1.38% in the month and accumulated a 4.26% increase in 12 months...
- Law
![FGV Direito SP wins first place in Human Rights Competition in Washington, D.C.]( "FGV Direito SP wins first place in Human Rights Competition in Washington, D.C.")
The team of students from FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP) won the first place in the 24th edition of the Inter-American Human Rights Competition, which took place in Washington D.C., last week. Promoted by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the American University Washington College of Law, its purpose...
- Economics
![Industry Confidence: entrepreneurs are pessimistic and expectations worse in May 2019]( "Industry Confidence: entrepreneurs are pessimistic and expectations worse in May 2019")
The Industry Confidence Index (ICI) of FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) fell by 0.7 points in May 2019, reaching 97.2 points.
“Industry expectations have continued to worsen in May and now present a slightly pessimistic entrepreneurial class over the coming months. As for the industry’s performance in the...
- Institutional
![FGV launches Master’s degrees in Brasilia focusing on Public Policy and Economics]( "FGV launches Master’s degrees in Brasilia focusing on Public Policy and Economics")
FGV’s School of Public Policy and Government (FGV EPPG) has just launched two Master’s programs in Brasilia: a Professional one, in Finance and Economics, and an Academic one, in Public Policy and Government. The courses aim to prepare current and future leaders to contribute to the country’s economic and...
- Administration
![9th Organizations, Artifacts and Practices (OAP) Workshop]( "9th Organizations, Artifacts and Practices (OAP) Workshop")
As we are planning to bring an OAP workshop to Brazil in 2019, it is timely to broaden the focus from what is happening in organizations to what is shaking and destabilizing our communities and society, integrating a number of social and political issues that could be also seen as ‘sociomaterial’, such as the politics of materiality...
- Economics
![Construction Confidence declines and reaches lowest level since September 2018]( "Construction Confidence declines and reaches lowest level since September 2018")
The Construction Confidence Index (CSTI) of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) fell by 1.8 points in May, reaching 80.7 points, the lowest level since September last year (80.4 points). In quarterly moving averages, the CSTI has declined for the third consecutive time, this time by 1.4 point.
... - Institutional
![Meeting discusses directions of Brazilian education at FGV]( "Meeting discusses directions of Brazilian education at FGV")
Professor Antonio Freitas, FGV Pro-Dean of Teaching, Research and Graduate Studies, will attend, on May 30, the Meeting of the Brazilian Academy of Science Administration (ABCA) with the community, with the aim of discussing current issues regarding Basic and Higher Education.
Topics such as...
- Economics
![Trade confidence retreats in May 2019]( "Trade confidence retreats in May 2019")
The Trade Confidence Index (ICOM) of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) fell by 5.4 points in May, rising from 96.8 to 91.4 points, returning to the same level as in September 2018. In quarterly moving averages, the indicator fell by 2.9 points, the third consecutive drop.
“The new...
- Administration
![Study on conflict resolution in the banking sector nominated to international awards]( "Study on conflict resolution in the banking sector nominated to international awards")
Paulo Marzionna, professor at FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP), had his doctoral thesis from Cornell University nominated as an Honorable Mention in the Thomas A. Kochan and Stephen R. Sleigh's Best Dissertation Awards Competition, sponsored by the Labor and Employment Relations Association...
- Public Policy
![Survey maps stakeholders and open government data networks]( "Survey maps stakeholders and open government data networks")
The initiative is part of commitments with the Open Government Partnership
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Department of Public Policy Analysis (DAPP), alongside the Office of the Controller General of Brazil (CGU) and the Information and Coordination Center of Ponto BR (NIC.br), is conducting a survey to map the main stakeholders of...
- Administration
![Graduate Seminars 2019 com Gil Riella (FGV EPPG e FGV EBAPE)]( "Graduate Seminars 2019 com Gil Riella (FGV EPPG e FGV EBAPE)")
Gil Riella (FGV EPPG and FGV EBAPE) is the next guest speaker at the 2019 Graduate Seminars series, on May 29th at 10am.
Prof. Riella will present the seminar “Rational Choice with Full-comparability Domains”. More information about our guest speaker is available here. ...
- Mathematics
![International forum discusses the role of algorithms and information technologies in the Internet]( "International forum discusses the role of algorithms and information technologies in the Internet")
The professor of FGV’s School of Applied Mathematics (EMAp) attended the 2019 Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF 2019) on May 16-17. He participated in the discussions on the role of algorithms and information technologies in promoting transparency, identifying biases, and promoting privacy.
In a scenario where the democratic...
- Economics
![Meeting brings together at FGV the world’s main specialists in price indices]( "Meeting brings together at FGV the world’s main specialists in price indices")
FGV hosted for the first time the Ottawa Group Meeting in Rio de Janeiro. The event, held on May 8-10, brought together 90 specialists in the calculation of price indices from 40 countries – including Canada, United Kingdom, France, Japan, China, and Mexico – under the auspices of FGV’s...
