The research aims to show a comparative analysis regarding the performance of the economic and financial indicators of the financial statements prepared by the Brazilian mining company Vale S / A listed in Brazil, Bolsa e Balcão (B3) in the period of 2014 and 2018, therefore to To reach this purpose, the study was made possible through a documentary research through a survey of secondary data, the indicators used in the research were those of liquidity, profitability and indebtedness. The results present relevant data for the mining segment, mainly the liquidity indicators, where they showed that the entity can afford its debts in the short term, whereas the entity's indebtedness indicators showed that its debts are controlled. Finally, the profitability indicators, in some years, suffered from low values, but showed a slight increase in the last analyzed periods.

This paper aimed to identify which elements related to the corruption impact the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regarding developed and developing countries. In order to achieve this purpose, the member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) were analysed. It was a quantitative and descriptive survey, with a sample of 78 countries and secondary data from 2012 to 2017. The results were estimated by Logistic Regression and Multiple Linear Regression, with Random Effects (RA), chosen by the Breusch-Pagan (1980) and Hausman (1978) tests. It was suggested that the corruption does not impact the inflow of FDI; however, being a developed country, with positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates, and institutional quality, have positive impacts on the inflow of the FDI. Moreover, it showed that it is possible to accept, with 95% confidence, the following statement, the more developed a country is, the smaller its Capital inflow of FDI.

Análise dinâmica de capital de giro no segmento de comércio e distribuição de alimentos de 2014 a 2018 utilizando o modelo fleuriet Dynamic analysis of working capital in the food trade and distribution segment from 2014 to 2018 using the fleuriet model