“…BAR, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, v. 15, n. 4, art. 4, e180028, 2018 www.anpad.org.br/bar Data collection followed the procedures adopted by Bloom and Van Reenen as well as by studies that have already replicated those authors' research in Brazil (Brito & Sauan, 2016;Mauro & Brito, 2011;Padrão et al, 2009). Based on those studies, we evaluated seven topics: Management Operations, Human Resources and Incentives, Goals, Performance Control, Sustainability, Technological Innovation and Innovation in Management.…”