Opportunities for research on evaluation of seaport performance: A systemic analysis from international literature

The purpose of this article is to analyze the opportunities for research on the theme evaluation of seaport performance through the investigation of a bibliographic portfolio of articles with scientific relevance.  In order to reach this goal, the intervention tool used was ProKnow-C (Knowledge Development Process – Constructivist), which consists of a structured process for the generation of knowledge on a determined theme from the interests and limitations of the researcher, following a constructivist view and requiring a constant interaction between the researcher and the object of his research. The highlighted results are the identification of the main characteristics of the scientific …

AVALIAÇÃO DE DESEMPENHO DE PROCESSOS DE NEGÓCIOS PORTUÁRIOS: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA SOBRE CARACTERÍSTICAS E OPORTUNIDADES

Research opportunities in performance measurement in public utilities regulation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a method to choose a set of scientific articles about performance measurement in public utilities regulation. The method is designed to identify references with high academic relevance in databases accessed via the internet, and, through these articles, to perform a mapping of these publications and conduct a systemic analysis. Design/methodology/approach – The study is characterized as exploratory and descriptive with a qualitative and quantitative approach. Incorporates an inductive logic, and draws on primary and secondary data sources. The research involves the application of a technical procedure for selection and study of selected art…

The construction of knowledge from the scientific literature about the theme seaport performance evaluation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to know what scientific literature presents about the theme evaluation of seaport performance, thus enabling the construction of knowledge in the researchers and the identification of gaps in the research that will lead to advances in the area from the identification of the characteristics of a portfolio of relevant international publications. Design/methodology/approach – From the basic philosophical (constructivism), of the kind strategy (research-action) and the method used for the accomplishment of such strategy (structured process knowledge development process – constructivist (ProKnow-C)) the current research has a qualitative approach. Findings…

University Management with Focus on Multicriteria Performance Evaluation: Illustration in the Brazilian Context

Public universities have been facing situations that impel them to improvements in its management towards excellence in reaching, with quality, the objectives for which they were constituted, i.e., to offer teaching, research and extension. In this context, it is up to the managers of the universities to act proactively. The literature points out that the internal control systems are managerial tools capable of providing information for the manager’s actions in his/her activity; however we notice that the academic literature devoted to this demand is still scarce, especially as regards support for decision-making considering organizational specificities. Given the importance of the manager'…

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BRAZILIAN MUNICIPALITIES FROM THEIMPLEMENTATION OF THE TAX MANAGEMENT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM - PMAT

The Federal Government has made available to Brazilian municipalities the PMAT in order to modernize and strengthen tax administration. Because it is public money, it becomes necessary to implement measures to control the application of the Program investments. The objective of this research is to propose a model of performance evaluation for municipalities that implemented PMAT, which aims to: (i) identify the objectives, characteristics and criteria required by PMAT to enable municipal governments in obtaining resources, (ii) define the criteria needed to make the model structure for evaluating the performance of municipalities from the implementation of PMAT (iii) determine the parameter…