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Addressing researches and application of 3D-documentation technologies as an alternative to preserve human tangible cultural heritage. Those are some of the issues approached today by FGV's School of Applied Mathematics (FGV/EMAp), May 29, at the lecture ?Shaping Up: 3D Documentation and Knowledge in Cultural Heritage?, with the head of the...
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The General Price Index - Market (IGP-M), calculated by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) fell by 0.13% in May. In April, the index recorded a 0.78% change. In May 2013, it recorded no change.Two of the indexes comprising the IGP decreased. The main influence was the Broad Producer Price Index (IPA) ? whose weight on the index...
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The book ?Estudos avançados de mercado de capitais: Conselho de Recursos do Sistema Financeiro Nacional? (Advanced studies of capital markets: National Financial System Resource Council), coordinated by professors of FGV's São Paulo Law School (DIREITO SP) Viviane Muller Prado and Juliana Bonacorsi de Palma, will be lauched tomorrow, at São...
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The life of Brazilians improved a lot ?inside their doors?, but ?outside their doors? a lot is lacking and that may trigger more protests. Those are some conclusions of the study ?Mobilidade Urbana e Cidadania? (Urban Mobility and Citizenship) ? made by the Public Policy Analysis Division (FGV/DAPP) between March and April of 2014, involving 3...
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The project ?Transparency Audit Network? ? study by FGV/EBAPE in partnership with the Center for Technology and Society of FGV's Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV DIREITO RIO) ? was granted with financing from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), foundation created by the investor and philanthropist George Soros. The amount will pay for all...
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On May 16, the Institute of Educational Development (FGV/IDE) welcomed the Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School (MBS), Nigel Banister, who was in Brazil to address strategies for the approach between Brazil and the United Kingdom in the education field. The Manchester Business School and FGV have been partners for five years and...
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The Trade Confidence Index (ICOM), elaborated by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) decreased in the quarter ending in May, with a 4.4% decrease, compared to the same period of last year. This is the third consecutive month with decreasing results: in April, the inter-annual change was -3.1%, and -2.1% in March. The average quarter...
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The professor from the FGV's Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE), Sonia Fleury, was in Chicago, United States, to attend the XXXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2014), one of the most important events that address the region.Sonia presented the paper ?Derecho a la salud en...
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Undergraduate students of FGV's Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV DIREITO RIO) and São Paulo Law School (DIREITO SP) will be part of a simulated jury on May 27 and 28. The simulated jury's debates will be based on the work ?Caso dos Denunciantes Invejosos? (Jealous Plaintiffs Case), by professor Lon Fuller, full Chair of Philosophy of Law Faculty...
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OneMBA of FGV's São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP) is the only executive Joint MBA in Brazil in the 2014 Ranking Of The Best Joint-EMBA Programs listed by Poets & Quants for Executives magazine, which selected only 19 programs worldwide. OneMBA ? a partnership among EAESP, EGADE Business School Tecnológico del Monterrey...
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Protests of June 2013 affected Brazilian people's confidence in the police. The percentage of those unsatisfied with the corporation's work increased to 38% in the second semester of 2013, compared to the same period of 2012, which was 31%. This is one of the main conclusions of the Index of Confidence in Justice (ICJBrasil), measured by FGV's...
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In this World Cup, Brazil has a 28% chance of winning. The following is Spain, holding 16% ? and the Argentinians with 12%. These and other curiosities are the result of a study made by FGV's School of Applied Mathematics (FGV/EMAp), which took in consideration all the results of the 207 FIFA official teams in the last four years.?Observing...
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Research funded by the Secretariat of Legislative Affairs of the Ministry of Justice and Ipea, and made by Rio de Janeiro Law School indicated unpublished data on the jamming of Habeas Corpus lawsuits (HCs) in Federal Courts. Results ? released on May 16 at the People's Court in the Palace of Justice in São Paulo and on May 20 at the Federal...
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The Laboratory of Sustainability ? Project FGV/EBAPE & Alcoa has opened internship enrollment at Alcoa ? leading global company in aluminum production and the biggest bauxite mining company and alumina refinery in the world. The selected candidate will operate in Sustainability/Environment Management at the company's unit in the city of São...
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The professors Mário Schapiro (DIREITO SP), Marco Antônio Carvalho Teixeira and Maria Rita Loureiro (FGV/EAESP) will participate today in the launching debate of the book Capacidades Estatais e Democracia: Arranjos Institucionais de Políticas Públicas? (Democracy and State Capabilities: Institutional Arrangements for Public Policy)-...
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The School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC) and the American University held, on May 28 and 30, the lecture series An Overview on Brazilian History, Politics and Current Challenges - which will address topics such as Brazil's economic history, development and environment, urban studies, sport and society, social inequality and Brazilian politics....
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The consumption of imported products in the country hit a new record, reaching 22.5% in the first quarter this year. The study released by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) showed that compared to the last quarter of 2013, the index increased 0.4%. According to Aloísio Campelo, an economist of the Brazilian Institute of Economics (...
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Rio de Janeiro's port area is currently undergoing one of its greatest transformations, awarding a new meaning to the city. In this process, Morro da Conceição was announced as historic site of Portuguese origin, increasingly attracting more affluent residents.In A utopia da Pequena África? (The utopia of Little Africa) ??- the book FGV Press...
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The professor of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE), Carlos Pereira, was invited to participate in the symposium on Governance in Europe: Taking Stock for Moving Forward, which will be held on May 27-28 at Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany, and will discuss prospects for the region after the...
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The Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE) will welcome Professor Wagner Kamakura, from Rice University (USA), next Wednesday, July 23. He will give a lecture based on the article A picture is a worth a thousand words: Translating product reviews into the brand-positioning map, of his authorship.The paper discusses...
