Electronic waste (e-waste) has become an increasingly pressing problem worldwide because of the increase in the volume of waste, without a corresponding increase in the recycling rate. E-waste recycling models show a low percentage of reuse, at around 17.4% in the world, 11% in Latin America, and 3% in São Paulo City, Brazil. The sources of conflicts relating to e-waste recycling networks are diverse, including asymmetries of objectives, knowledge, ethical values, and culture of sustainability, which indicates the need for a system of regulatory mechanisms. The article’s main proposition is that constructed governance, which is a collective process involving many actors, could be an alternative to e-waste recycling management. The city of São Paulo was chosen to be analyzed. Using an abductive methodology, the data analysis shows a fragmented network, with conflicts of interest among commercial and sustainability objectives, an absence of legal knowledge, and increases in the incorrect disposal of waste. However, initiatives in small groups in Brazil, which can be considered as examples of constructed governance, show a better volume of waste and the transportation of waste material to the right destination. The authors argue that constructed governance could be an efficient tool for e-waste recycling management systems. Besides, the article offers a matrix of indicators that can be used by both researchers and recycling managers.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to investigate if and how social capital offline – stemming from face-to-face interactions – and social capital online – stemming from social digital media – can influence early-stage entrepreneurs, i.e. ventures with up to 42 months of existence.Design/methodology/approach: The authors used herein a qualitative research approach. The method used was the case study. The authors investigated three early-stage entrepreneurs in order to achieve the objective of the paper. These entrepreneurs are both the unit of analysis and the unit of observation.Findings: The outcomes of this research indicate (1) the combined importance of social capital offline and online; (2) the different performance of the two different types of social capital (they seem to operate in relatively distinct ways) and (3) the existence of recursiveness between resources stemming from the two social spheres (offline and online).Research limitations/implications: As research limitations, the authors point out the following: (1) the use of semistructured interviews as the only data collection instrument; (2) the limitation of the outcomes to entrepreneurs only (3) the absence of information on the performance of the business ventures; the focus of the paper was only on establishing causality between social capital offline and online and entrepreneurial performance.Originality/value: This paper provides important research contributions. Initially, the paper presents a range of offline and online variables, which can be used in further research. At the same time, the paper emphasizes the combined impact of social capital offline and online, expanding the literature related to entrepreneurship. Moreover, this study proposes the creation of an integrative model. Finally, the authors point out the need for new theoretical and empirical studies on the subject, which still presents a gap in the literature.

O estudo do papel das redes de colaboração na produção de conhecimento é um aspecto relevante, tendo atraído a atenção de uma parcela substancial de pesquisadores e formadores de políticas públicas ao redor do mundo. Este trabalho objetiva analisar as propriedades estruturais das redes de relações entre os pesquisadores na área de Finanças no Brasil. Com base em dados pertencentes a 532 artigos, produzidos por 806 pesquisadores, entre 2003 e 2012, os principais resultados alcançados por meio de Análise de Redes Sociais sugerem que: (a) o ambiente brasileiro possui características estruturais que indicam a existência de Small Worlds; (b) uma pequena parcela (~3%) dos pesquisadores apresenta produção com regularidade; (c) quanto maior a centralidade dos pesquisadores na rede, maior a quantidade de artigos por eles publicados.

O trabalho apresenta e discute a utilização dos conceitos de poder nos artigos sobre redes de negócios. A afirmativa orientadora é que o tema do poder é raro nos artigos brasileiros, como conseqüência do paradigma cognitivo de alguns pesquisadores, que entendem as redes como sistemas de cooperação e confiança; representando o poder como uma variável negativa.