Business Management Professional with over 20 years of international experience in sales, business development, commercial team management, and business consulting. He has worked in the conference, trade fair, corporate intelligence, and foreign trade sectors across Europe, the United States, Asia, and Brazil. In addition to his corporate career, he is a professor and researcher, with publications on internationalization, foreign trade, and business strategy.
EDUCATION
• PhD in Business Administration: Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• Master’s Degree in Production Engineering: Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• MBA in International Business: Cardiff Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration: Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Business and International Management, Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, General Business, Management and Accounting
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Scholar Citations
12
Scholar h-index
15
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
The concept of pivotal helix in internationalization ecosystems and the role of export promotion agencies JF da Costa Júnior, DL Macedo, S Calazans, APV de Andrade, ... Internext 21 (1) , 2026 2026
Reestruturação sustentável do processo de socialização organizacional: aplicando a metodologia MASP em uma instituição do setor de saneamento básico IR de Oliveira, DL Macedo, S Calazans, JF da Costa Júnior Sustentabilidade: Diálogos Interdisciplinares 6 , 2025 2025
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and remote work: an autoethnographic exploration in the era of telecommuting SLD de Medeiros, JF da Costa Júnior Saber Humano: Revista Científica da Faculdade Antonio Meneghetti 15 (27), 40-60 , 2025 2025
Análise da Cadeia de Valor como Fonte de Vantagem Competitiva: Estratégias Aplicadas ao Comércio Varejista de Joias IAN Santos, JF da Costa Júnior Revista de Casos e Consultoria 16 (1), e39351 , 2025 2025
Priority setting in critical care: a multicriteria approach to ranking access to Intensive Care Unit beds AFA Dos Santos, LA Dos Santos, TDC Frazão, AG de Assis, ... BMC Health Services Research 25 (1), 1294 , 2025 2025
The Evolving Role of Export Promotion Agencies (EPAs) in Internationalization Ecosystems:: From Governmental Support to Pivotal Helix J Costa, DMC Bezerra, LT Fernandes Revista Gestão & Tecnologia 25 (3), 119-148 , 2025 2025
Multicriteria decision model for ranking the performance of remote work activities: Case study in a call center company in Brazil AB da Silva, AB Marques, JF da Costa Junior, RP de Souza Work 80 (4), 1900-1912 , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Internationalization ecosystems: a systematic literature review in search of a new theoretical framework JF da Costa Júnior, DLM Calazans, AG de Araújo Revista Ibero-Americana de Estratégia 23 (3), e25609-e25609 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
BORN GLOBALS REVOLUCIONANDO O TURISMO: UM ESTUDO DE CASO SOB A ÓTICA DAS TIPOLOGIAS DE FERNANDES E SEIFERT FG Gouveia, JF da Costa Júnior DESTARTE 13 (1), 1-22 , 2024 2024
Internationalization ecosystems: a framework proposal for the international business theory JF da Costa Júnior, DL Macedo, S Calazans, APV de Andrade, ... Internext 19 (2) , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Um estudo sobre o uso da escala de Likert na coleta de dados qualitativos e sua correlação com as ferramentas estatísticas JF COSTA JÚNIOR, ELS Cabral, RC SOUZA, DMC BEZERRA, ... Contribuciones a Las Ciencias Sociales, São José dos Pinhais 17 (1), 360-376 , 2024 2024 Citations: 44
O “soft power” nas estratégias de projeção internacional adotadas pelo Qatar: Uma revisão sistemática RS de Mendonça, RNC Gomes, RC Parisi, JF da Costa Júnior 2024
Optimization models for operations and maintenance of offshore wind turbines based on artificial intelligence and operations research: a systematic literature review ELS Cabral, MOA Gonzalez, PCJ Vidal, JFC Junior, RM de Vasconcelos, ... International Journal of Business and Management 19 (3) , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Guidelines to enhance the apexbrasil export qualification program for service and digital businesses JF da Costa Júnior, DMC Bezerra, EL dos Santos Cabral, ... International Journal of Scientific Management and Tourism 10 (1), 26-49 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Anti-Procrastination Strategies, Techniques and Tools and Their Interrelation with Self-Regulation and Self-Efficacy. JF da Costa Júnior, DMC Bezerra, AG de Araújo, ASM Ramos Journal of Education and Learning 13 (1), 72-91 , 2024 2024 Citations: 25
Estudos sobre ecossistemas de internacionalização: agenda de pesquisa, estrutura conceitual e dinâmicas Institucionais JF Costa Júnior Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte , 2023 2023
O gosto amargo da produtividade: análise autoetnográfica de um indivíduo com tdah e sua experiência com trabalho remoto SLD de Medeiros, AR Soares, DR de Medeiros Florentino, ... OBSERVATÓRIO DE LA ECONOMÍA LATINOAMERICANA 21 (12), 25576-25597 , 2023 2023
ASTUDY ON THE INTERNATIONALIZATION BARRIERS FACED BY TECHNOLOGY-BASED SMEs JF da Costa Júnior, ELS Cabral, AG Araújo Revista Eletrônica de Estratégia & Negócios 15 (3), 91-117 , 2023 2023
Gestão acadêmica, isolamento social e procrastinação: um estudo com pós-graduandos em administração durante a pandemia de Covid-19 RC de Sousa, PT de Freitas, JF da Costa Júnior, ASM Ramos Revista De Gestão E Avaliação Educacional 12 (21), e84007 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
LEAN HEALTHCARE: AN APPROACH TO OPTIMIZING PHARMACEUTICAL STOCKS IN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL MSC Oliveira, AFA Santos, LA Santos, RP Souza, JFC Júnior Authorea 2023 (0720) , 2023 2023
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Ergonomics and telework: A systematic review TAM de Macêdo, ELS Cabral, WR Silva Castro, CC de Souza Junior, ... Work 66 (4), 777-788 , 2020 2020 Citations: 214
Response time in the emergency services. Systematic review ELS Cabral, WRS Castro, DRM Florentino, DA Viana, JF Costa, ... Acta cirurgica brasileira 33 (12), 1110-1121 , 2018 2018 Citations: 179
Multi-criteria analysis in the health area: selection of the most appropriate triage system for the emergency care units in natal DGG Camilo, RP de Souza, TDC Frazão, JF da Costa Junior BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 20 (1), 38 , 2020 2020 Citations: 51
Um estudo sobre o uso da escala de Likert na coleta de dados qualitativos e sua correlação com as ferramentas estatísticas JF COSTA JÚNIOR, ELS Cabral, RC SOUZA, DMC BEZERRA, ... Contribuciones a Las Ciencias Sociales, São José dos Pinhais 17 (1), 360-376 , 2024 2024 Citations: 44
A Matriz SWOT e suas Subdimensões: Uma Proposta de Inovação Conceitual ELS Costa, J. F. Jr.. Cabral, DMC Bezerra, RCP Moreno, AKS Pires RESEARCH, SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT 10 (1), 1 - 14 , 2021 2021 Citations: 32
Application of the QFD-fuzzy-SERVQUAL methodology as a quality planning tool at the surgical centre of a public teaching hospital JBG Junior, HR Hékis, JAF Costa, ÍGM de Andrade, EL dos Santos Cabral, ... BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 22 (1), 8 , 2022 2022 Citations: 29
Anti-Procrastination Strategies, Techniques and Tools and Their Interrelation with Self-Regulation and Self-Efficacy. JF da Costa Júnior, DMC Bezerra, AG de Araújo, ASM Ramos Journal of Education and Learning 13 (1), 72-91 , 2024 2024 Citations: 25
The Impact of Big Data on SMEs Strategic Management: A Study on a Small British Enterprise Specialized in Business Intelligence JF da Costa Júnior, JFD de Rezende, EL dos Santos Cabral, ... JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY 9, 10-21 , 2018 2018 Citations: 20
A study on the internationalization barriers to incubated companies: defining the constructs to develop an effective research instrument JF Costa, E Lucas, E Cabral, W Ricardo, S Castro, D Rogério, D Rezende European Journal of Scientific Research 152 (3), 334-359 , 2019 2019 Citations: 19
Priority setting in the Brazilian emergency medical service: a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) TDC FRAZÃO, ANAFADOS SANTOS, DGG CAMILO, ... BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 21, 151 , 2021 2021 Citations: 13
Gestão da Internacionalização para Incubadoras e Empresas Incubadas JFJ COSTA 2020 Citations: 13
Model to support intervention prioritization for the control of A e d e s a e g y p t i in Brazil: a multi-criteria approach LA Dos Santos, AFA Dos Santos, AG de Assis, JF da Costa Júnior, ... BMC Public Health 22 (1), 932 , 2022 2022 Citations: 12
Um estudo sobre as barreiras no processo de internacionalização das empresas incubadas em Natal/RN JFJ COSTA Brasil , 2018 2018 Citations: 12
Inventory and multi-criteria: Systematic review AG de Assis, ELS Cabral, WRS Castro, JF da Costa Junior, RP de Souza, ... Intelligent Decision Technologies 13 (4), 453-462 , 2019 2019 Citations: 11
UM ESTUDO SOBRE OS PRINCÍPIOS NORTEADORES DO CICLO DE VIDA DE GERENCIAMENTO DE PROJETOS A STUDY ON THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIFECYCLE JF da Costa Júnior, DMC Bezerra, JV de Medeiros Júnior, ... Revista de Gestão e Projetos 13 (1) , 2022 2022 Citations: 10
ARQUÉTIPOS DE PROCRASTINAÇÃO ACADÊMICA: FRAMEWORK BASEADO NOS CONCEITOS DE AUTORREGULAÇÃO, AUTOEFICÁCIA E PERFECCIONISMO JF da Costa Júnior, DMC Bezerra, ASM Ramos, AG Araújo InterSciencePlace 18 (2), 128-152 , 2023 2023 Citations: 8
A research agenda proposal on the influence of ApexBrasil on export, internationalisation and foreign trade JF Costa Júnior, JMM Cavalcanti, LT Fernandes, AG Araújo Revista Eletrônica de Negócios Internacionais (Internext) 17 (3), 349-363 , 2022 2022 Citations: 8
Ergonomics and telework: A systematic review TA Marques de Macedo, EL dos Santos Cabral, WR Silva Castro, ... WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION 66 (4), 777-788 , 2020 2020 Citations: 8
INTERNATIONALIZATION THROUGH PROJECT MANAGEMENT: CONSIDERATIONS ON HOW TO UTILIZE THE LCC MODEL® TO SUPPORT THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF INCUBATED COMPANIES JF Costa, JF Rezende, JV Medeiros, M Veras Iberoamerican Journal of Project Management 10 (2), 15-50 , 2019 2019 Citations: 8
Inclusive Digital Technologies in the Classroom: A case study focused on students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the final years of elementary school FAF de Melo, KP Soares, EM de Barros, EL dos Santos Cabral, ... Research, Society and Development 11 (6), e10211628759-e10211628759 , 2022 2022 Citations: 6