The second book of the collection "Latin America: Thoughts" presents Carlos Teixeira's texts written between 1999 and 2015, previously published in Vitruvius, architecture portal in Brazil. This republication is not a simple collection, but rather a curated selection that defines a coherent and articulate narrative with texts previously isolated, illuminating some simple themes - social segregation, spatial fragmentation, car-oriented urbanism - and some unusual ones- the grass, the void, the reverse, the stilts.
Innovations do not have to be radical or limited to technological and product innovations. The authors successfully build upon the notion that the creativity of all employees in an organization can be harnessed to improve overall productivity and give the organization a competitive advantage. Not only, do incremental innovations in sum have an enormous impact on a company's bottom line, but they also have the power of engaging the entire workforce. The authors explore how an "horizontal innovation" strategy can transform an organizational culture into one in which employees feel empowered and are inspired to think out-of-the-box on a daily basis." (Hazel Gruenewald – Professor in ESB Business School at Reutlingen University) Horizontal Innovation is a new expression that aims to reflect a new situation in terms of innovation management. The word `horizontal` carries both the organizational aspects represented by lean structures and preferably lateral communications and an approach in which the quantity of innovations from all organization's personnel is an essential element for its characterization. This and other questions related to this new form of understanding innovations will be discussed in detail in the eight chapters of this book.
In Brazil, the United States, and the South American Subsystem: Regional Politics and the Absent Empire, Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira challenges several typical assumptions on U.S.-Latin American relations, beginning by questioning the very usefulness of the concept of Latin America for the field of international relations. Instead of concentrating upon the instances when the United States pursued imperial policies in Latin America, this study seeks to explain the instances when it did not. Teixeira accomplishes this by shifting the focus of the research from the United States to Brazil and the regional dynamics of South America. Brazil, the United States, and the South American Subsystem is a unique investigation of how Brazil has been a status quo power in the region, increasing the benefits of limited U.S. involvement in South American affairs.
Even though the Portuguese are relatively new to Canada, they have made major contributions to the cultural mosaic of the country. Containing many new essays, this second edition of The Portuguese in Canada updates the work that filled a gap in the scholarly literature of multiculturalism in Canada. The contributors come from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, geography, history, literature, linguistics, sociology, and urban planning - and are from Portugal, Canada and the United States. Essays examine the history of the Portuguese diaspora, the Portuguese presence in Newfoundland and its fisheries, language and identity, urban experiences (especially in Montreal and Toronto), and history and literature. This second edition of The Portuguese in Canada conveys the multi-faceted contributions the Portuguese have made to Canada and considers possible future growth and development of Portuguese-Canadian culture and heritage.
Immigration has expanded dramatically in both traditional and emerging receiving nations. This worldwide boom has profoundly altered urban areas as new arrivals have transformed inner cities and suburbs alike into bastions of new ethnic economic activity. Examining the essential role of space in assisting and modifying ethnic business activity, this book considers how ethnic economies are reshaping the urban landscape in the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Each chapter explores the significance of urban space and local context in the development of an ethnic economy and how, in turn, ethnic economies have helped to recreate urban neighborhoods. With its international scope and rich case studies, this book will be invaluable for scholars and students alike in the fields of ethnic studies, urban studies, economic development, geography, and sociology.
Entre" is the Portuguese word for "in-between". Yet it conjures up in the Romance language, connotations that far exceed its English equivalent. Indeed the "in-between" is physical, spatial, temporal: a more abstract and far reaching notion, that holds the true essence of the work explored in this book. In retaining the Portuguese term in this new English edition, Entre signals both Vazio S/A's indebtedness to Brazilian culture and also attempts to maintain intact this original notion, for which, strikingly, there seems to be no satisfactory English translation.
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