Dado o dinamismo imposto pelo ambiente empresarial, as empresas se veem impelidas a aperfeiçoar constantemente seu funcionamento, de forma a serem mais eficientes e produtivas. Diante desse cenário, o enfoque desta pesquisa foi avaliar a possibilidade de aplicação da metodologia COSO de controle interno ao setor de almoxarifado de uma empresa de médio porte, do segmento de transporte de passageiros e cargas. Para tanto, este estudo avaliou se os princípios da metodologia COSO são utilizados no controle interno do setor de almoxarifado de uma empresa de transportes, além de sugerir melhorias para o aperfeiçoamento do controle interno deste setor com base na referida metodologia. A pesquisa se deu por meio da pesquisa-avaliação, coletando dados a partir de observação direta e entrevistas. Os achados evidenciam que os controles são condizentes com a metodologia proposta; contudo, existem algumas melhorias a serem observadas quanto à comunicação corporativa interna e externa, bem como também em relação à qualificação e treinamento dos colaboradores.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of local public health expenditure in a decentralized health system, taking into account the electoral calendar and the effect of central and local elections, besides spatial interaction among municipalities and political alignment. The authors state that the expenditure in public health at the local level is positively influenced by vicinity and by elections calendar. Design/methodology/approach The authors performed a Spatial Durbin Model with a balanced panel using the data from 399 Brazilian municipalities from 2005 to 2012. The authors use a distance-based spatial matrix, whose choose was based on simplicity and relevance of Moran’s I and Geary’s C coefficients for spatial autocorrelation. The authors also cluster the data in the estimations, according to the distribution of regional facilities in the entire period and considering the occurrence of regionalization in public health services. Findings The empirical contribution lies in four issues: first, the authors demonstrate a positive spatial effect in the public health expenditure. Second, the estimations show that election-year shifts public spent, as a response for vote-seeking incumbents’ behavior. Third, reelected mayors increase local public health allocations, as well as single candidates and incumbents from the same party of central governments. Finally, populational concentration directly decreases health expenditure (even if those municipalities represent a lower unit cost of acquiring votes, the optimization of public health infrastructure and mobility in achieving public health services negatively affect health spent). Originality/value This study supports the statement that public health spent at local level is positively influenced by vicinity and by occurrence of elections.

This study discusses political and electoral reasons for the allocation of intergovernmental transfers in a federal state. We tested the influence of political alignment with the federal government and deputies, and the effects of elections and changes in alliance status upon Brazilian discretionary transfers. We performed a panel data analysis encompassing 2,856 municipalities from 1999 to 2011. The results suggest that the federal government buys support in Congress by awarding grants to deputies. Moreover, the alignment between the municipal and federal chief executives is central to the allocation of grants, and a negative correlation exists when the mayor is affiliated with an opposition party and when an opposition deputy has a strong support base within the municipality. Furthermore, changes in alliance status between the budget‐voting and budget‐implementation stages influence the number of transfers. The federal government also increased the allocation of grants in years featuring municipal and federal elections, particularly the latter.

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