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The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the strategic resources mapped and assimilated by stricto sensu graduate programs (PPGs) for an internationalization process. Used factor analysis, linear regression and anova. Envision four groups of factors that support and guide the important and decisive strategic resources for the process of internationalization of PPGs: innovation and HR; scientific research; international experience and partnership; and marketing and branding. The strategic resources identified and analyzed in this research contribute so that PPGs can be more aware of which competitive resources can be prominent for the internationalization process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 crisis represented a major challenge in various social and economic sectors, and the sport context was no exception. Professional clubs had to deal with an intense organisational and operational environment, which is essential to apply their tangible and intangible assets to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage. This study aims to examine the role of entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and learning orientation in the performance of professional football clubs. In light of the lens of the resource-based view and adopted a qualitative approach, we conducted semi-structured interviews during the pandemic period with stakeholders from five football clubs participating in professional competitions. The results show that entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, and learning orientation influence sports clubs’ performance. This study is relevant for sports organisations as it identifies a set of assets that, when strategically managed, can increase organisational performance and generate and enhance their competitive advantage and sustainability. It shows a relation between organisational orientations, the resources implemented in clubs and their performance. Competition stimulated sports organisations to adapt, renew, reconfigure and re-create their resources and capabilities in tune with the environment. Furthermore, professional sports clubs try to follow strategies that improve their sports performance, adapting entrepreneurial orientation to developing new services, products and activities, accepting risks and being proactive. This study is relevant for sports organizations in general, as it identifies a set of assets that, when strategically managed, can increase organizational performance as well as generate and improve a competitive advantage.

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The volatility of the business environment requires that companies have strategic elements that can confer competitive advantages for survival in the market. In this sense, this study aimed to analyze the competitive potential of an accounting office located in Mossoró/RN based on the Resource-Based View. Methodologically, it is a descriptive case study whose data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was performed qualitatively, using the VRIO model as an interpretation method. The results found revealed the competitive implications of strategic resources and capabilities, highlighting that, of the seven analyzed, six had the potential to generate competitive advantage for the company, being four sustainable and two temporaries. In general, the present study offered a competitive panorama for the studied company, revealing the real potential of its resources and capabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This essay aimed to present as an approach guided by propositions of theoretical complementarity ofTransaction Costs Theory (TCT); Measurement Costs (MCT) and Resource-Based View (RBV), can support the understanding of the adoption of the vertical integration governance structure. Therefore, we sought to propose a theoretical scheme, based on a qualitative approach based on the concept of complementarity. It wasfound that the transaction of highly specific assets (TCT) and difficult to measure (MCT) justify vertical integration, but the theory of RBV, points out that the choice of agents also depends on the availability of capacities and resources. Thus, the formulation of this theoretical proposal seeks to contribute to the empirical analysis of the production chains considering organizational and strategic aspects.

Purpose: This article investigates and classifies firm resources for the internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from emerging countries. Originality/value: SMEs from emerging countries in global markets evidence their more restricted access to resources for internationalization. The mainstream international business literature classifies firm’s resources identified in large companies from developed economies. This research classifies firms’ internationalization resources located in different emerging countries based on a systematic literature review (SLR) and interviews. This paper contributes to the theoretical development about the internationalization of SMEs from emerging countries, indicating the importance of organizational resources in this process. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents an exploratory research developed in two stages: a SLR on emerging countries and interviews with experts, institutions, and SMEs about the Brazilian context. Bibliographic research and an interview with semi-structured script were adopted as data collection techniques. Interviews were analyzed with NVivo software using content analysis technique and providing categorization of resources. Findings: Up to 2016, 15 works mentioned resources for the internationalization of SMEs from emerging countries and seven were done in Asia. We identified 72 resources in ten emerging countries. Organizational resources predominate. The use of financial resources in Brazil contradicts the trend in other emerging countries. More tangible resources seem less strategic for SMEs’ internationali¬zation from emerging countries when compared to more intangible resources, as organizational ones. / Objetivo: Investigar e classificar recursos para internacionalização de pequenas e médias empresas (PMEs) de países emergentes. Originalidade/valor: A participação de PMEs de países emergentes em mercados globais evidencia seu acesso mais restrito aos recursos para internacionalização. A literatura dominante de negócios internacionais segue classificações de recursos identificados em grandes empresas de economias desenvolvidas. Esta pesquisa classifica recursos da firma para internacionalização de PMEs baseada em diferentes países emergentes, com dados de revisão sistemática de literatura (RSL) e entrevistas. O artigo contribui para o desenvolvimento teórico sobre a internacionalização de PMEs de países emergentes, indicando a importância dos recursos organizacionais nesse processo. Design/metodologia/abordagem: Este artigo apresenta uma pesquisa exploratória, de abordagem qualitativa, desenvolvida em duas etapas: RSL, abrangendo diferentes países emergentes, seguida de entrevistas com especialistas, instituições e PMEs no contexto brasileiro. Adotaram-se técnicas de coleta de dados de pesquisa bibliográfica e entrevista com roteiro semiestruturado. A análise das entrevistas baseou-se em técnica de análise de conteúdo e categorização dos recursos, com o software NVivo. Resultados: Até 2016, 15 trabalhos mencionaram recursos para internacionalização de PMEs de países emergentes e sete foram feitos na Ásia. Identificaram-se 72 recursos em dez países emergentes. Predominam recursos organizacionais. O uso de recursos financeiros de terceiros no Brasil contradiz tendências em outros países emergentes. Recursos tangíveis parecem ter menor importância estratégica para a internacionalização do que recursos intangíveis, como os organizacionais.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of project management offices (PMO) in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in fundraising linked to projects, under the theoretical lens of the resource-based view. Design/methodology/approach – Through a longitudinal analysis ex post facto study in a non-profit civil association, the authors examined by Mann-Whitney’s U tests the results before (2003-2008) and after (2009-2014) PMO implementation, to check if the office moderated the relationship between project management and fundraising for projects. Findings – Mann-Whitney’s U tests showed that PMO had, in those periods, a statistically significant influence in increasing the number of projects and decreasing the mean value of their budgets (p-value

The objective this paper was to analyze the importance of individual competencies with the Resource-Based View (RBV) in a Credit Cooperative about the perspective of managers and employees. As far as methodological procedures are concerned, this research is characterized as a study of cases, with a quantitative and qualitative approach. Data collection for the Qualitative Approach took place through a Focal Group, with 8 branch volunteer managers, with a semi-structured itinerary, field diary and documentary analysis. For the Quantitative approach, questionnaires were applied to the employees of the 17 regional branches. The data analysis technique used for the Qualitative approach was content analysis and for the Quantitative one, statistical analyzes were performed using SPSS, through the analysis of descriptive statistics, Cronbach's Alpha, factorial analysis, correlation between variables and regression. The results showed the managers' perception of the essential competences, their development and evaluation. It was possible to infer that the respondents perceive that the eight Cooperative competences are relevant according to their evaluation. This study contributes to the understanding of competence management and its dynamics in RBV organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay aimed to present as an approach guided by propositions of theoretical complementarity of Transaction Costs Theory (TCT); Measurement Costs (MCT) and Resource-Based View (RBV), can support the understanding of the adoption of the vertical integration governance structure. Therefore, we sought to propose a theoretical scheme, based on a qualitative approach based on the concept of complementarity. It was found that the transaction of highly specific assets (TCT) and difficult to measure (MCT) justify vertical integration, but the theory of RBV, points out that the choice of agents also depends on the availability of capacities and resources. Thus, the formulation of this theoretical proposal seeks to contribute to the empirical analysis of the production chains considering organizational and strategic aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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RESUMO Este artigo aponta o campo da Resource-based View (RBV) como uma importante abordagem teórica para o entendimento da gestão das incubadoras de empresas de base tecnológica (IEBTs), tendo em vista que essas organizações lidam com uma série de recursos internos e externos, tangíveis e intangíveis, que, combinados, tornam viável o processo de inovação. Estudos teóricos e empíricos já realizados abordam, principalmente, aspectos relacionados aos resultados alcançados pelas empresas incubadas. Contudo, não se tem visto na literatura uma preocupação em compreender a organização interna das IEBTs, indo além de suas características e identificando como a gestão obtém e lida com os recursos necessários à concretização de seus objetivos. Partiu-se de uma revisão bibliográfica dos principais textos publicados desde o final da década de 1990 sobre a RBV a fim de se apropriar de suas contribuições para compreensão das organizações enquanto um conjunto de recursos e competências. Buscou-se, ainda, estudos publicados sobre as IEBTs para identificação dos principais recursos desenvolvidos e acessados por elas. Essa análise revela que as incubadoras são um conjunto amplo de recursos e, por isso, é importante que os gestores identifiquem, organizem, combinem e explorem recursos específicos que claramente geram vantagens competitivas. Por essa ótica, a diferença de desempenho observada nessas incubadoras é explicada pela maneira de lidar com os recursos. O enfoque nos recursos acessados e desenvolvidos pelas IEBTs apontou para a necessidade de uma análise específica a cerca das competências em lidar com esses recursos de forma a assegurar a sustentabilidade dessas organizações.

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é analisar como os recursos estratégicos contribuíram para a implementação da produção enxuta (PE) em uma organização do setor calçadista, sob a perspectiva da visão baseada em recursos (VBR). Tomando como base os pressupostos teóricos da PE e da VBR, foi desenvolvido um procedimento de análise composto de cinco etapas: detalhamento da estratégia de operações; identificação das práticas de PE; descrição da trajetória de implementação da PE; relação das práticas com os recursos; e avaliação dos recursos. A pesquisa de campo foi realizada por meio de um estudo de caso longitudinal em que a principal técnica de coleta de dados foi a entrevista (semiestruturada e estruturada) dirigida aos funcionários e gestores do setor de engenharia industrial da fábrica escolhida como unidade de análise. Constatou-se que a empresa adotou 15 práticas, das quais 9 foram implementadas em todos os setores. Foram identificados 17 recursos que deram suporte à implantação. Por meio da análise destes, verificou-se que os recursos denominados mão de obra operacional, gestores qualificados, máquinas pesadas, cultura e treinamento foram fundamentais para a PE, aspecto que se confirmou na avaliação em relação aos critérios de valor, versatilidade e sustentabilidade dos recursos. Embora a PE seja, muitas vezes, defendida como um modelo de aplicabilidade universal, o caso estudado apontou que o processo de implementação da PE pode encontrar dificuldades de imitação, pois está intrinsecamente ligado às condições históricas únicas, à ambiguidade causal e à complexidade social dos recursos.

This article has as objective to analyze the activities and resources of the chain of a process of import of a containerized cargo, using as theoretical support the Value Chain, the Resource Based View and the Relational View in order to verify if these allow the development of relational rents. For that, a case study was developed whose main instrument of data collection was the interview. It was possible to verify that there are resources and activities of the value chain that contribute to the generation of relational rents, mainly coming from the trust and complementary resource allocation between the two companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The technological development, especially after the emergence of the Internet, has speeded up the flow of digital data and information, leading to an increasing volume of data and information. Various researches have been conductedon the study of capabilities that might contribute to organizational performance, among them the information technology capability and information management capability. There is also the Information Capability, which was initially studiedin 2000. The theoretical approach mostly used in these researchers has been the RBV theory. However, when a competitive scenario grows unpredictably and rapidly, it is necessary to adapt to it by reconfiguring the existing resources and capabilities and, if necessary, by developing new capabilities. Thus, this study aims to discuss the dynamic capabilities as a theoretical lens to understand the information capability, proposing a model that contributes to the theoretical advance on this topic and enhance organizational performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Exploring the fit of employee roles and market dynamism, related to performance. Originality/value: In ecology the term ‘fit’ is used for the relation between organisms and their environment. Similarly, we conceptualized the relation between employee roles and markets: the employee-market connection, which may enhance SME’s strategic fit and performance. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical research was conducted at 48 SMEs with 221 respondents from the manufacturing industry (53%) and the service industry (47%) and applied a mixed model analysis. Findings: The employee role-mix is moderated by market dynamism: when market dynamism increases, the impact on performance of internal process roles decreases and the impact of rational goal roles increases. The results enrich the resource-based view with the employee-market-connection: the system is resilient, the roles adapt. A fit between market dynamism and employee roles is positively related to performance. Objetivo: Explorar o ajuste dos papéis dos funcionários e o dinamismo do mercado, relacionados ao desempenho. Originalidade/relevância: Na ecologia, o termo “ajuste” é usado para a relação entre organismos e seu ambiente. Da mesma forma, conceitualizamos a relação entre os papéis dos funcionários e os mercados: a conexão entre o funcionário e o mercado, que pode melhorar o ajuste estratégico e o desempenho das pequenas e medias empresas (PME). Principais aspectos metodológicos: A pesquisa empírica foi realizada em 48 PME com 221 respondentes da indústria de manufatura (53%) e a indústria de serviços (47%) e uma análise de modelo misto foi aplicada. Síntese dos principais resultados: A combinação de funções do funcionário é moderada pelo dinamismo do mercado: quando o dinamismo do mercado aumenta, o impacto no desempenho dos papéis internos do processo diminui e o impacto dos papéis do objetivo racionais aumenta. Os resultados enriquecem a visão baseada em recursos com a conexão funcionário-mercado: o sistema é resiliente, os papéis se adaptam. Um ajuste entre o dinamismo do mercado e os papéis dos funcionários está positivamente relacionado ao desempenho.

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Resumo Este texto analisa a relevância do apoio ao desenvolvimento de micro e pequenas empresas de base tecnológica na forma de um “pacote” de recursos e capacidades estratégicos incorporados em um curto espaço de tempo, por meio do programa PIPE da FAPESP. A abordagem adotada foi a da Visão Baseada em Recursos (VBR) dado o foco do estudo. Adotou-se a metodologia qualitativa com a aplicação da análise de conteúdo. Os dados foram levantados com base em entrevistas com um roteiro estruturado com perguntas abertas junto aos sócios/gestores de 10 empresas de base tecnológica divididas em dois grupos, um deles constituído por empresas beneficiadas pelo PIPE e o outro por aquelas que utilizaram recursos próprios. A intenção foi comparar a sua evolução. Os resultados do estudo indicaram que o apoio do PIPE foi decisivo para favorecer o desenvolvimento das empresas beneficiadas por ele. Um dos ganhos relevantes foi o encurtamento do tempo do caminho percorrido para a disponibilização dos recursos complementares, como decorrência da combinação produtiva dos recursos e capacidades pré-existentes nas empresas com aqueles obtidos por meio do programa. Uma constatação importante foi que, para as empresas terem crescido no mercado de base tecnológica, independentemente da ajuda do PIPE, foi decisivo possuírem inicialmente uma tecnologia diferenciada, os sócios/gestores terem uma visão clara dos seus mercados e voltados à criação de valor para os seus produtos e serviços. A limitação da pesquisa está na seleção de pequenas empresas de base tecnológica com produtos muito distintos dificultando comparações sobre sucessos.

According to the Resource-Based View, the nature of the resources, competences and knowledge accumulated by firms are the major causes of variation in business performance. In view of the importance attributed to intangible assets, the purpose of the present study was to investigate whether innovative firms with superior and sustained performance and firms without superior and sustained performance differ with regard to investments in intangible assets. The sample consisted of 137 firms listed on the Brazilian stock exchange from 2007 to 2010 and belonging to innovative sectors according to the Brazilian Innovation Index. Only 51 firms with profitability above the sector average during the entire study period (four years) met the criterion of superior and sustained performance. Thus, using return on assets as a proxy for performance, investments in intangibles were found to be greater in firms without superior and sustained performance, particularly with regard to the categories intellectual property assets (the predominant category) and infrastructure assets. Based on the lack of evidence for a significant correlation between corporate performance and investment in intangible assets, our initial hypothesis that a positive relation exists between the composition of investments in intangible assets and the performance of innovative firms could not be confirmed.

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This study aims to identify and analyze strategic resources in two companies (a focal firm and one of its most important suppliers) from a supply chain of steel structures, using theoretical support from the resourcebased view. Specifically we intend to check if the identified resources are shared and improved in order to analyze the potential for expansion of competitive advantage of the two companies due of the relationship between them. We conducted two case studies, using as the main technique of data collection the semistructured and structured interviews. It is an applied and descriptive research which adopted a predominantly qualitative approach to data analysis. The results showed that the characteristics of the relationship between the companies are related to dependence, power, satisfaction, trust, communication and commitment. The resources identified in the research field were well assessed in relation of its value, sustainability and versatility by both companies. The most important resources for the relationship between the two companies are information and knowledge resources. The exchange of these resources led to an improvement of the following resources: product quality, interpersonal relationships, skills, experience and training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this case-demonstration, the problem-situation focuses on the competition between the Market leader in medical care in the Northeast of Brazil, Cooperativa Unimed, and Hapvida, the main provider of its services in the nineteen nineties, current Market leader in the North and Northeast regions, and fifth largest health insurance provider in Brazil. This case study was developed for use by postgraduate latu sensu courses of the discipline in Business Strategy, to support the discussion of the concepts of Structural Analysis of Industry; SWOT analysis; Strategic Alliance; Porter's Generic Strategies; Vertical Integration Strategies; Maps of Strategic Positions; and the Resource-Based View (RBV). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Resource based view is based on analysis from the organization's internal environment, in order to gain competitive advantage through the satisfactory use of its strategic resources and capabilities. Base on that, this study aims to analyze the strategic resources and capabilities of Club Arranca in order to understand how these can be sources of competitive advantages. Regarding the method, this research is characterized as a single case study, accomplished through interviews and secondary data. The main results indicate that the Club has key resources that provide a competitive differential, such as infrastructure, portrayed in the wooded space and built space, and the reputation based on culture and human resources. These resources are based on the assumptions of heterogeneity and immobility, thus becoming possible sources of competitive advantage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper extends the corporation-based metaphor of the tree by proposing that cognition is the core ability which contributes to nourishing the development of core competencies in the organization. From such an extension, this paper takes a raises the following question: What is the role of cognition in the organization that is in the pursuit of core competencies and sustainable competitive advantage? This paper answers this problem by presenting two perspectives that contribute toward introducing the field of organizational cognition into the domains of the resource-based view and contingency. First, it proposes an ability-based view of the organization through analogies which are most associated with the concepts of the resource-based view and dynamic capabilities of the firm. Second, it proposes a contingency-based view of organizational cognition which is most developed through causal relations and also deductive and inductive reasoning. Grounded in these perspectives, this study sustains the thesis that cognition is a source of controlling environmental uncertainty and, complementarily, cognition contributes toward creating and sustaining the organization’s competitive advantage.

The location of a business site is a material resource and, along with its financial and technological resources, may provide a company with a distinguished position in comparison with its competitors. Deciding on the best location of a business site is a major task and requires several studies This paper proposes the integration of a Geographic Information System and an Expert System (SES) to support decision-making regarding the choice of the best location to open a branch of bank so that location constitutes a competition material resource for the organization. In this paper, we develop a system called the Realty Prospecting System for the Banking Sector (RPS), which allows these variables to be detailed in terms of value, rarity and difficulty to imitate and substitute. Assuming that the resource based view (RBV) emphasizes the strategic choice by the recovery of important actions such as identifying, developing and deploying key resources for the management of the organization to maximize returns, an analysis of the prospected properties in terms of competitive advantage was also conducted, concluding that the RBV is the element that contributes to the SPI. It increases ability to analyze the system beyond the question of location, i.e., the RBV allows prospected properties to be examined in terms of competitive advantage.

Distinções entre Vantagem Competitiva (VC) e Vantagem Competitiva Sustentável (VCS), apresentadas por Wernerfelt (1984, 1995), Barney (1986a, 1986b, 1991) e Barney e Arikan (2001), indicam que a VCS tende a resistir às tentativas de duplicação. Com o presente estudo, foi analisado se o modelo SECI de conversão do conhecimento (NONAKA; TAKEUCHI, 2004) é avaliado pelos gestores organizacionais como uma fonte de VCS, segundo a perspectiva da Resource-based View (RBV). Por meio de estudo de campo, mediante a aplicação de um questionário estruturado fechado junto a 200 gestores, concluiu-se que a visão do gestor é divergente dos indicadores conceituais que qualificam o modelo SECI como vetor de Vantagem Competitiva Sustentável na perspectiva da RBV. Em outras palavras, enquanto a literatura afirma que o modelo SECI é gerador VCS, no presente estudo identificou-se que a opinião dos gestores não converge para essa afirmação, sugerindo que, na prática, a teoria é outra.The distinction between competitive advantage and competitive sustainable advantage (CSA) as presented by Wernerfelt (1984, 1995), Barney (1986a, 1986b, 1991, and Barney and Arikan (2001) indicates that CSA tends to resist duplication. The purpose of the present study is to analyze how the SECI model (Nonaka and Takeuchi, 2004) has been evaluated by managers as a CSA source using from a Resource-based View perspective (RBV). A structured questionnaire with closed questions was administered to 200 managers. The questionnaire allowed the analysis of the manager´s view about the indicators that qualify the SECI model as a CSA source according to a RBV perspective. In other words, while the literature supports the idea that the SECI model develops CSA, the present study identified that the managers have a divergent view. This suggests that practices differ from theory.

The article reveals the theoretical implications of de Resource-Based View for understanding the firm competitive advantage. The dominant version to analysis of competitive advantage is represented by authors connected to Organizational Economics, which explain the differences (heterogeneity) between firms focusing behavioral aspects (ways of organization of unique and core resources). This approach takes importance insofar it advances on analysis of the positional competitive advantage based on the performance, in terms of efficiency and efficacy. The notion of sustainable of the competitive advantage implies heterogeneity based on conditions that assure the firm to retain the specific resources or the ones difficult to be transferred – a competitive advantage dependent on the complex and tacit restrictions of the protection mechanisms.

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The pressure for a new pattern of sustainable development has required of modern organizations the search for competitiveness, but respecting and considering environmental issues. In this sense, a tool that acts in the implementation of structured strategies is the environmental management system (EMS), which focuses on improving environmental performance. This improvement, in turn, can generate to the organizations many benefits, among which, obtaining competitive advantages, susceptible of measurement from different perspectives. One of these is the application of VRIO model, reasoned by the resource- based view (RBV), which considers that the heterogeneity among between companies occurs due to differences between their internal resources and capabilities. However, although some studies that evaluate the competitive potential of certain organizations have been found in the literature, such assessments are not performed on specific objects, like the EMS. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the resources and capabilities (environmental strategies) of the EMS adopted by the Verdegreen Hotel, identifying which of these have the potential to generate competitive advantage. For this, this exploratory-descriptive casestudy used as data collection tools: a bibliographic survey, semi-structured interviews, documental research and direct observation. The interpretation of the results and the consolidation of information were conducted from a qualitative approach, using two techniques of data analysis, namely: content analysis and analysis through VRIO model. The results show that the hotel is quite structured in relation to their EMS, and it has benefits related to improvement of the management of environmental factors, to the strengthening of its image and to the gains in competitiveness. On the other hand, the main difficulties for the implementation of the system are related to employees and suppliers. With regard to environmental strategies adopted, of the 25 strategies identified, 10 showed the potential to generate competitive advantage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]