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Co-authored with: Sandro Cabral and Sergio Lazzarini
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Stage: under review at the Strategic Management Journal.
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We comparatively assess the strategic behavior of cooperatives, for-profit and state-owned organizations in generating community-based benefits beyond profits in the context of digitalization of the Brazilian credit sector. We find that credit cooperatives are associated with increased physical presence compared to other organizational forms following an exogenous digitalization shock. However, contrary to expectations, cooperatives concentrate their presence in less vulnerable areas, whereas state-owned banks serve underdeveloped and low-income localities.
[2] Lost in automation: the impact of technology-supported training on the performance of small entrepreneurs in underserved regions
Co-authored with: Leandro Nardi, Sandro Cabral and Sergio Lazzarini
Stage: R&R at Management Science.
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We deploy a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of diverse modes of delivering digital business trainings, i.e., how the degree of automation within the learning platform influences the knowledge acquisition and performance outcomes of small entrepreneurs in underserved regions.
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Stage: preparing for submission (target: SMJ).
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Using a novel and comprehensive dataset provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture on investments made by firms in sociocultural projects across Brazil, I analyze how the introduction of a public digital system that facilitates the matching between sponsors and cultural initiatives affected firms’ investment strategies and their resource allocation to fostering culture in underserved communities.
Co-authored with: Carlos Inoue and Sandro Cabral
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Stage: data analysis.
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We examine how firms’ engagement in international trade affects workplace safety conditions and under which organizational contexts workers enjoy superior value appropriation even in the face of productivity pressures. Using a staggered Differences-in-Differences approach, we analyze productive plants’ reactions to the opening of the Chinese market to Brazilian beef.
