Editorial Introduction

            This issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production (IJM&P) features a selection of articles submitted and revised until August 2014. Observed that works are the fruit of research and publications of undergraduate, postgraduate and entrepreneurs.

            The publication also counts on the work of researchers from various parts of the world, which have undergone a process of peer review.

            As chief editor of IJM&P, I am indebted to all members of the editorial board and reviewers, which contributed to achieving a very decent job during the evaluation and revision. And that has contributed to the Journal in recognition of the international scientific community.

            And with all the authors, who trusted the results of their research and publications to the scrutiny of editors and reviewers who are part of our Journal.

            The Tables 1 and 2 present the medium values and the percentage of viewing yearly and by volume/number, to the day 31 of August of 2014.

Table 1: views by year of publication

Year

Views

No. Articles

Average

Percentage

2010

1789

3

596

3,9011

2011

2951

5

590

6,4349

2012

5167

7

738

11,2671

2013

23015

35

658

50,1864

2014

12937

32

404

28,2104

Total

45859

82

559

100

 


 

Table 2: views by volume/number

Edition

Views

Nº Articles

Average

Percentage

V1_N1

1789

3

596

3,9009

V2_N1

1821

3

607

3,9707

V2_N2

1130

2

565

2,4640

V3_N1

1011

2

506

2,2045

V3_N2

4156

5

831

9,0622

V4_N1

13929

21

663

30,3722

V4_N2

9086

14

649

19,8120

V5_N1

9622

16

601

20,9808

V5_N2

3296

16

206

7,1869

Total

45840

82

559

100

 

            In the Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 are presented graphically some data. Tables 1 and 2, for example, the total quantity, on average and the percentage of views by edition and year.

Figure 1: Quantity of viewing by volume/number

Figure 2: Average views by volume/number

Figure 3: Percentage of viewing by volume/number

Figure 4: Percentage of viewing by year

            In the Figure 5 is presented the status of the editorial process, in which is made a comparison between the articles submitted x approved x published and his global values.

Figure 5: Status of the editorial process articles submitted x approved x published

            In the period of 01 of January to the 31 of August of 2014, the journal was accessed by approximately 11,708 users, of approximately 1,449 cities and 131 countries, in the Figure 6 is presented the map mundi, in which can be observed the countries of where was originating the access.

Figure 6: Countries that have accessed the journal

            In Figure 7 is shown a graph of the amount of hits that the journal received between January 1 and August 31, 2014, these data are based on information provided by the Google analytics.

Figure 7: amount of hits between January and August

            The following content will be presented with the titles, authors and the pages of all of the articles published in this edition issue.

EDITORIAL: VOLUME 5, NUMBER 3 (I-VI)

Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

 

 

APPLICATION OF AN APPROACH TO THE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES (542-563)

Moises Andrade Coelho

 

PARALLEL MOVING MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (564-580)

Florian Ion Tiberius Petrescu, Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu

 

ARE CORPORATE UNIVERSITIES (CU) POSSIBLE IN EMERGING COUNTRIES? ARCOR UNIVERSITY (AU). (581-597)

Leandro A. Viltard

 

MICROSOFT ACQUIRED NOKIA IN UNIPOLAR OPERATING SYSTEM MARKET (598-622)

Netra Pal Singh

 

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY A NEW PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY: A REVIEW (623-635)

Felichesmi Selestine Lyakurwa

 

ARE CORPORATE UNIVERSITIES (CU) POSSIBLE IN EMERGING COUNTRIES? A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN ARGENTINA SHOWED IMPACTING RESULTS (636-656)

Leandro A. Viltard

 

CULTURAL CHANGE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES: A CASE STUDY (657-676)

Cristiane Alves Anacleto, Crishna Irion, Edson Pacheco Paladini

 

AN INTEGRATED SSM-MCDA-C MODEL TO SUPPORT A COMPLEX INDIVIDUAL DECISION (677-692)

André Andrade Longaray, Leonardo Ensslin, John Robert Mackness

 

A NETNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAITS: EVALUATING CLASSIC TYPOLOGIES USING THE CROWDSOURCING ALGORITHM OF AN ONLINE COMMUNITY (693-709)

Marcos Cerqueira Lima, Laila Namaci, Thierry Fabiani

 

HUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGIC PRACTICES, INNOVATION PERFORMANCE & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: PROPOSAL FOR BRAZILIAN ORGANIZATIONS (710-732)

Ursula Gomes Rosa Maruyama, Marco Antonio Barbosa Braga

 

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) AS A TOOL FOR BUSINESS STRATEGY (733-751)

Rodrigo Salvador, Antonio Carlos Francisco, Cassiano Moro Piekarski, Leila Mendes Luz

               

SMART GRID: EVALUATION AND TREND IN BRAZIL (752-776)

Ricardo Moreira da Silva, Stevon Schettino, Patrícia Meira Ribeiro de Lima, Francisco Célio Adriano

 

DRIVERS OF RELATIONSHIPS AFFECTING B2B FIRMS IN AN E-COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT (777-805)

Irene Samanta, Mike Danson

 

INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (806-828)

João Amato Neto, Rita de Cassia Fucci Amato

 

CORRUPTION, SOCIAL VIOLENCE AND ETHICAL CULTURE IN NIGERIA (829-852)

Ani Kelechi Johnmary

September 1, 2014

 

Prof. Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

Chief Editor