%0 Journal Article %T Gest£¿o de processos, indicadores anal¨ªticos e impactos sobre o desempenho competitivo em grandes e m¨¦dias empresas brasileiras dos setores da ind¨²stria e de servi£¿os %A Ladeira %A Marcelo Bronzo %A Resende %A Paulo Tarso Vilela de %A Oliveira %A Marcos Paulo Valadares de %A McCormack %A Kevin %A Sousa %A Paulo Renato de %A Ferreira %A Reinaldo Lopes %J Gest£¿o & Produ£¿£¿o %D 2012 %I Universidade Federal de S?o Carlos %R 10.1590/S0104-530X2012000200012 %X this article compiles the main findings of a study that aimed to investigate the nature of the relationships between business process orientation (bpo) constructs, analytical indicators, and competitive performance from a sample of 368 large and midsized brazilian companies that are present in different sectors of industry and services operations within the brazilian economy. by means of a survey, this research involved the use of hypothesis testing and bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques. tests were carried out to measure the internal consistency of the research tool scales as well as to assess the model structure using structural equation modeling. both the scales and the model were validated. the results show the strategic importance of bpo factors and analytical indicators as predictors of competitive performance of companies. through the structural equation model, these predictive factors explained 66.3% of the variation in performance of the companies in the sample, and the direct effects (path coefficients) found among bpo constructs, analytical indicators, and performance were also significant. %K analytical indicators %K business process orientation (bpo) %K performance %K process management %K structural equation modeling. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-530X2012000200012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en