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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 701-710 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | European Management Journal |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 11 May 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2017 |
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Keywords
- sustainable development
- modes of governance
- oil sector
- Petrobras
- Brazil
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Shifts in modes of governance and sustainable development in the Brazilian oil sector. / de Aguiar, Thereza Raquel Sales; Freire, Fatima de Souza.
In: European Management Journal, Vol. 35, No. 5, 10.2017, p. 701-710.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Shifts in modes of governance and sustainable development in the Brazilian oil sector
AU - de Aguiar, Thereza Raquel Sales
AU - Freire, Fatima de Souza
N1 - The authors are grateful for the resources received from CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. In English: National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development). The authors would also like to thank the School of Management at the University of St. Andrews and the Accountancy Department at the Universidade de Brasília for the academic visits to these institutions, which allowed the development of this paper. Finally, the authors would like to express their gratitude to the Accounting and Finance group at the University of Glasgow for supporting this research.
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - This article discusses shifts in modes of governance in the Brazilian oil sector over a 60-year period. On the basis of Driessen et al.'s (2012) framework, we discuss the impact of these shifts on sustainable development. Our results suggest that changes in modes of governance were driven by regulation and mostly associated with shifts in both actors and institutional features but that the underlying rationale of prioritising economic outcomes remained unaffected. The results also confirm that a central governance structure remained in place over time and co-existed in different modes of governance. Petrobras was the backbone of this structure and instrumental in empowering and disempowering non-state actors. This article stresses that a mode of governance furthering sustainable development should promote interactions of large numbers of actors and may require active participation of Petrobras to encourage rationales that support improvements in social and environmental domains.
AB - This article discusses shifts in modes of governance in the Brazilian oil sector over a 60-year period. On the basis of Driessen et al.'s (2012) framework, we discuss the impact of these shifts on sustainable development. Our results suggest that changes in modes of governance were driven by regulation and mostly associated with shifts in both actors and institutional features but that the underlying rationale of prioritising economic outcomes remained unaffected. The results also confirm that a central governance structure remained in place over time and co-existed in different modes of governance. Petrobras was the backbone of this structure and instrumental in empowering and disempowering non-state actors. This article stresses that a mode of governance furthering sustainable development should promote interactions of large numbers of actors and may require active participation of Petrobras to encourage rationales that support improvements in social and environmental domains.
KW - sustainable development
KW - modes of governance
KW - oil sector
KW - Petrobras
KW - Brazil
U2 - 10.1016/j.emj.2017.05.001
DO - 10.1016/j.emj.2017.05.001
M3 - Article
VL - 35
SP - 701
EP - 710
JO - European Management Journal
JF - European Management Journal
IS - 5
ER -