Background: Due to the growing integration between the various logistics entities and other internal operations, packaging management in the automotive industry is becoming increasingly important from the strategic point of view of the logistics operations of automakers. Performance evaluation of reverse operations is also necessary for managers to know their efficiency, avoid unnecessary resource use and promote circular thinking, enabling more sustainable supply chains. Methods: This research proposes a group decision-making (GDM) approach to evaluate packaging performance in automakers to assist return activities in developing countries. The reverse flow in an automaker was mapped, and by combining literature and empirical views of a packaging engineering team of a Brazilian company, a multicriteria indicator for performance evaluation of packaging was elaborated. It was prioritized through the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)-GDM method, combining judgments to establish a structured technical consensus. Results: It was possible to integrate multiple views of packaging engineering specialists within the same company to know which packaging deserves greater attention from managers when implementing reverse operations from a circular perspective. Conclusions: To demonstrate applicability, this composite indicator also aims to be a quick application approach, considering the restricted time and availability of the specialists in their daily routines.

Atualmente o conceito ESG tem sido adotado por diversas organizações como forma de traduzir para os investidores não somente suas performances financeiras, como no passado, mas também reportar os desempenhos: ambiental, social e de governança. Assim, reconhece-se a importância do desenvolvimento e implementação de indicadores ESG, sobretudo aplicados de forma integrada. O estudo, portanto, tem como objetivo analisar o panorama das publicações científicas internacionais. Para isso, utilizou-se a base Scopus, para analisar as publicações relacionadas ao tema entre 2006-2021, sob a forma de uma pesquisa bibliométrica, mostrando como têm sido abordados e desenvolvidos estudos sobre o tema. Neste estudo, observou-se o crescente interesse sobre o tema a partir da distribuição de publicações realizadas ao longo do tempo; o incipiente quantitativo de autores com mais de uma publicação; a predominância de instituições européias; a atuação de uma instituição de pesquisa relacionada ao mercado financeiro; o potencial de crescimento para abordagens social e de governança; a ausência de destaques entre agências de fomento que mais publicaram, mas também o crescimento dessas agências nos Estados Unidos, podendo indicar novos tempos a caminho e, por fim, identificar o journal mais atuante. Este trabalho fornece referências guiadas para os interessados em conhecer mais sobre o que já foi estabelecido com relação aos indicadores de desempenho e ESG, listando também algumas oportunidades/lacunas mapeadas, que possam viabilizar novas abordagens e/ou novos projetos de pesquisa.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to understand the difficulties related to asset management observed by experts in Brazilian organizations in light of the requirements outlined in the ISO 55001:2014 standard.Design/methodology/approach: A survey was performed with asset management experts. The collected data were analyzed using frequency analysis, hierarchical cluster analysis and fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to deal solution (TOPSIS).Findings: Based on data analysis, the most critical difficulties observed were related to managing and controlling the impact of changes in the company that affect asset management objectives; to the committing to and supporting the asset management system by the top management of the organization; to manage the processes for dealing with risks and opportunities for the asset management system and plans, and correcting failures in asset performance; and to plan and conduct actions in an integrated manner to identify and minimize adverse impacts associated with the asset management system, and afterwards verifying their effectiveness.Originality/value: The findings of this study have important theoretical and practical contributions, since they indicate the most critical points observed in asset management in Brazil, which can be used as a source for future research and by professionals to prioritize difficulties in future planning and develop action plans to overcome them. The step-by-step methodological approach presented in this study provides professionals and researchers with a replicable method of identifying potential asset management difficulties in a given specific reality.

The circular economy is a new area of knowledge and has been gaining interest from researchers, government and industries due to the impact generated by the current consumption model that has been degrading the ecosystem in the face of the challenge generated by climate change. In this research, a bibliometric analysis was carried out in order to evaluate the trends and characteristics of scientific publications on the subject. Bibliometric data were obtained by consulting the scientific databases Scopus and Web of Science, which in turn were analyzed by the authors, and only articles that were related to the main research topic were considered. The results were compiled, analyzed and presented in the form of figures, graphs and tables – generated by using Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer software for the construction of some illustrations. Finally, the study allowed us to conclude that research on circular economy is incipient, in terms of scientific research, particularly in the Brazilian context, despite a slight growth in the number of publications related to the topic in recent years. Another aspect that can be seen was that the largest number of publications focuses on issues related to the technical cycle, with room for advances in biological cycle themes, especially in the Brazilian case, due to its biological biodiversity.

O fortalecimento do conceito ESG tem tornado a reputação corporativa um fator crucial para a valorização das empresas no mercado acionário, tornando-se inclusive um objeto de grande interesse dos investidores, sobretudo no que se refere a práticas anticorrupção. Assim, escândalos que expõem casos de corrupção podem acarretar custos e causar desvalorização das empresas no mercado. Este artigo objetiva, portanto, verificar se há diferença estatística para o comportamento do preço das ações da Petrobras em dias normais e em dias pós-eventos de escândalos. Para isso, realizou-se um teste estatístico a partir dos dados totais e as datas que ocorreram os eventos (dia do evento e dia seguinte), por meio do teste Z para duas proporções e ANOVA no período estudado. A partir das informações sobre as fases da Operação Lava Jato, foram coletadas as datas nas quais a Petrobras foi citada. No teste Z, comparou-se a proporção de subida (ou manutenção) e queda no preço das ações em dois grupos: amostra contendo todos os pontos e amostra contendo apenas os dias de notícias envolvendo a empresa. Uma outra análise foi realizada observando se as quedas pós-eventos são quedas meramente eventuais, normais para a ação, ou quando há influência essa queda é mais proeminente do que as quedas normais. A ANOVA foi utilizada como instrumento de análise. Pôde-se inferir, via Teste Z, que as duas proporções são iguais para as ações, não havendo evidência estatística de que o escândalo impacta nos valores. Com o Teste F, não se encontrou evidência estatística (a 5% de significância) suficiente para afirmar que as quedas são mais proeminentes após notícias de escândalo.

The automobile industry is considered a very important sector in the economy of several countries, including being studied by many researchers and specialists in the area. However, despite the studies focused on the sector, few are focused on the packaging development process for the transport and storage of auto parts. Faced with this gap, this research carried out a bibliometric survey in order to identify research trends about scientific publications related to the central theme of this work, which is the development of packaging for the transport of auto parts used in the vehicle assembly process. For this, the bibliometric data were obtained through consultations with the scientific databases Scopus and Web of Science, which, after being extracted, were compiled in an electronic spreadsheet. These data were analyzed in the light of the research topic, where only documents that were related were selected. Then, the results obtained by the bibliometric analysis were illustrated in the form of tables, graphs and figures, which, when analyzed, point out what has already been studied and current research trends. Finally, the study identified a certain incipience in relation to the amount of scientific research carried out, despite the growth in the number of publications over the last few years. This fact justifies the development of this work, which aims to be a starting point for the development of future research.