Editorial Introduction

            This issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production (IJM&P) features a selection of articles submitted and revised until August 2015. Observed that works are the fruit of research and publications of undergraduate, postgraduate and entrepreneurs.

            It is important to mention that all the works are showed without any kind of payment. All of them are published free from payments or taxes.

            The publication also counts on the work of researchers from various parts of the world, which have undergone a process of peer review.

            As chief editor of IJM&P, I am indebted to all members of the editorial board and reviewers, which contributed to achieving a very decent job during the evaluation and revision. Moreover, that has contributed to the Journal in recognition of the international scientific community.

            In addition, with all the authors, who trusted the results of their research and publications to the scrutiny of editors and reviewers who are part of our Journal.

            The first table presents how our collaborators, by their categories of study and sex are.

Table 1: views by year of publication

Dr.

Ph.D.

MSc.

Dr./Ph.D. Student

MSc. Student

Specia-

list

Profes-sors

Stu-dents

Others

Total

Male

584

147

145

36

23

23

18

90

1,065

Female

190

67

80

12

8

3

11

25

396

            The Tables 2 and 3 present the medium values and the percentage of viewing yearly and by volume/number, to the day 28 of February of 2015.

Table 2: views by year of publication

Year

Views

No. Articles

Average

Percentage

2010

2,955

3

985

2.7241

2011

5,212

5

1,042

4.8047

2012

8,374

7

1,196

7.7197

2013

37,840

35

1,081

34.8833

2014

46,479

64

726

42.8473

2015

7,616

30

254

7.0209

 

Table 3: views by volume/number

Edition

Views

Nº Articles

Average

Percentage

V1_N1

2,955

3

985

2.7241

V2_N1

3,244

3

1,081

2.9905

V2_N2

1,968

2

984

1.8142

V3_N1

1,774

2

887

1.6354

V3_N2

6,600

5

1,320

6.0843

V4_N1

22,135

21

1,054

20.4054

V4_N2

15,705

14

1,122

14.4779

V5_N1

19,632

16

1,227

18.0980

V5_N2

10,675

16

667

9.8409

V5_N3

9,950

16

622

9.1725

V5_N4

6,222

16

389

5.7358

V6_N1

4,762

14

340

4.3899

V6_N2

2,854

16

178

2.6310

 

            In the Figure 1, are presented graphically some data. Tables 2 and 3, for example, the total quantity, on average and the percentage of views by edition and year.

Figure 1: Percentage of viewing by year

            In the period from January, 01 to August, 31 2015, the journal was accessed by approximately 9,508 users, of approximately 1,750 cities and 140 countries, in the Figure 2 is presented the map mundi, in which can be observed the countries of where was originating the access (GOOGLE, 2015).

Figure 2: Countries that have accessed the journal

            The Table 4 shows the preview data and journal access, since its creation in 2010.

Table 4: views by volume/number

Year

Country

Cities

Access

Users

2010

25

75

340

181

2011

75

343

1,510

1,024

2012

83

444

2,187

1,406

2013

118

1,208

11,946

6,006

2014

146

1,978

17,440

10,503

2015

140

1,750

15,074

9,508

            In Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 is shown a graph of the amount of hits that the journal received between January 1 2014 and August 31 2015; these data are based on information provided by the Google analytics.

Figure 3: amount of hits between 2014 and 2015

            The Figure 4 shows the comparison of the number of cities, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 4: Amount of cities between 2014 and 2015

            The Figure 5 shows the averages of views on the journal in the period between the years of 2014 and 2015.

Figure 5: Amount of average between 2014 and 2015

            The Figure 6 shows the comparison of the number of countries, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 6: Amount of countries between 2014 and 2015

            The Figure 7 shows the comparison of the number of users, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 7: Amount of users between 2014 and 2015

            The Figure 8 shows the comparison of the number of viewers, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 8: Amount of Viewers between 2014 and 2015

            We appreciate the intense participation of all colleagues, which has made our journal become a place of wide dissemination of knowledge.

            The following content will be presented with the titles, authors and the pages of all of the articles published in this edition issue.

EDITORIAL: VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3 (I-VIII)

Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues, Carlos Antonio Pizarro Louzada

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.298

KICS: A MODEL OF MOTIVATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS (585-602)

John N. N. Ugoani  

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp. v6i3.302

BUSINESS INTERNATIONALISATION IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY, DOES PUBLIC FINANCING INFLUENCE IN THE RESULTS? (603-622)

Enara Zarrabeitia Bilbao, Izaskun Álvarez Meaza

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.305

REASONS AND BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH ISO 9001 CERTIFICATION FOR SUGAR AND ETHANOL COMPANIES (623-642)

Caio Stockler Ferreira, Eduardo Gomes Salgado, Carlos Eduardo Sanches Silva, Carlos Henrique Pereira Mello, Paulo Sampaio

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ ijmp.v6i3.301

PATTERNS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS: EVIDENCES FROM A COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING IN BRAZIL (643-666)

Marcus Vinicius Lopes Balla, Fernando Oliveira de Araujo

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.303

USE OF BPM TO REDESIGN THE CONTAINER HANDLING PROCESS: A BRAZILIAN RETROPORTUARY TERMINAL CASE (667-686)

André Andrade Longaray, Paulo Roberto Munhoz, Alexandre Simão Albino, Tiago Machado Castelli

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.294

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (687-710)

John N. N. Ugoani, Grace I. Ibeenwo Ibeenwo

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.308

KINEMATICS AT THE MAIN MECHANISM OF A RAILBOUND FORGING MANIPULATOR (711-729)

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu, Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.235

THE LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT IN THE SIZING OF THE FLEET OF CONTAINERS PER SHIPS IN DEDICATED ROUTE - THE USE OF COMPUTER SIMULATION: A BRAZILIAN SHIPPING COMPANY CASE (730-757)

Delmo Alves de Moura, Rui Carlos Botter, João Ferreira Netto

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.312

THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN THE COMPETITIVENESS OF BRAZILIAN ORGANIC PRODUCTS (758-772)

Adriana Miniussi, Paolo Edoardo Coti-Zelati, Davi Lucas Arruda de Araújo

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.315

MACHINE MOTION EQUATIONS (773-802)

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu, Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.318

ANALYSIS OF NON-CIRCULAR MEMBERS SUBJECTED TO TWISTING LOADS: A FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROACH (803-812)

Chaitanya Goteti, Reddy Sreenivasulu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.323

UNDERSTANDING THE LOW OCCURRENCE OF SYMBIOSIS INDUSTRIAL IN BRAZIL (813-826)

Iara Tonissi Moroni Cutovoi

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.321

INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE MECHANISM AND CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA (827-836)

Emenike Kalu Onwukwe

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.317

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CERTIFICATION BY INMETRO IN THE METAL WORK INDUSTRY (837-849)

Sergio Luis Kyrillos, Francisco J.S. Milreu, José B. Sacomano, José B. Souza, Ridnal João do Nascimento

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.309

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRE AND POST MERGER AND ACQUISITION BANKING INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA (850-865)

Christian U. Amu, Ezeji Emmanuel Chigbu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v6i3.313

 

 

September 1, 2015

 

Prof. Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

Chief Editor

 

Prof. MSc. Carlos Antonio Pizarro Louzada

Section Editors