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The goal of the study is to investigate the influence of dynamic capabilities on organizational performance and the role of marketing capabilities as a mediator in this relationship in the context of private HEIs in Brazil. As a research method we carried out a survey with 316 IES and data analysis was operationalized with the technique of structural equation modeling.The results indicate that the dynamic capabilities have influence on organizational performance only when mediated by marketing ability. The marketing capability has an important role in the survival, growth and renewal on educational services offerings for HEIs in private sector, and consequently in organizational performance. It is also demonstrated that mediated relationship is more intense for HEI with up to 3,000 students and other organizational profile variables such as amount of courses, the constitution, the type of institution and type of education do not significantly alter the results.

Purpose Considerable research has been performed to understand green consumption behavior. Given the emergence of this discussion, the purpose of this paper is to apply network analytical techniques to identify the main theoretical relationships regarding green consumption in the most relevant journals between 2000 and 2016. Design/methodology/approach This paper applies a fit-for-purpose systematic review using network analysis, which includes a screening of 4,049 articles published in 39 journals in the business and marketing subjects, ranked by the Q1 extract of SCImago Journal & Country Rank, accessed between March and July 2017. From 2000 to 2016, 216 articles were selected in 24 journals. The explored variables formed 21 categories. Findings Five network groups emerged according to the background theories used by green consumption studies: “Consumers’ and companies’ characteristics and actions,” “Consumer intentions, perceptions and their cognitive mechanisms,” “Environmental concern effects,” “Attitudes toward green expertise” and “Behavioral control”. The findings showed what variables have a central relevance to the network, being essential to explain green consumption phenomenon, exploring relations and pointing out gaps for future studies. Practical implications Based on the strongest connections between the network groups, practical implications are offered for marketers interested in developing actions promoting green consumption. Originality/value This paper identifies the main categories related to green consumption in a network analysis, showing its antecedents and consequents grouped in five clusters. These results indicate that there are relationships still awaiting further investigation.

This article aimed at answering the following research question: How do institutional pressures influence the engagement of organisations with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic? To address it, we applied a survey with Brazilian organisations in late 2020. From group analysis and the comparison of means (test-t), we conclude that, in the pandemic scenario, organisations from various sectors and industries are affected mainly by coercive pressures but also by normative and, to a lesser extent, mimetic pressures. Furthermore, this study has shown that while opportunities are arising from normative and mimetic institutional pressures, it is in the coercive pressures that the guidance lies for the re-establishment of economic, social, and environmental development and prosperity in a post-pandemic scenario. Thus, despite some optimistic results, achieving the purpose outlined by the 2030 Agenda seems to be distant or at least needs an even more substantial effort if its responsibility rests solely with legislative and governmental forces.

This study aims to verify the procrastination influence on undergraduate students’ academic performance, regarding the sense of power as a moderator variable. A descriptive research was carried out from a survey sample of 469 students registered in Accounting Sciences, Economic Sciences, Administration, Marketing and Tourism courses, enrolled in a private undergraduate institution. The data collected was analyzed through descriptive statistics, multivariate tests and structural equations modeling. Results indicated that procrastination exerts a negative and significant influence on students’ academic performance (H1). In order to broaden understanding, a moderation analysis of the model was conducted and it was found that the direct negative effect occurs under limited conditions, since the procrastination influence happens only among subjects with a low sense of power (H2). Therefore, the present results enhance the study of procrastination influence on academic performance by highlighting its relation with the moderating role of the sense of power.