organization, technology, infrastructures, product design). On the other hand, the capacity of innovation can be perceived by the … Portugal and other European countries, over all, during the decade of 90. An analysis for sector is made still. One verifies … Portugal, concluding that Portugal presents an enterprise structure predominantly based on small and very small companies, a …

Portugal in the period 1998-2009, we find that women have a lower probability of upward mobility and a higher probability of …

less industrialized member states of the European Union, specifically the case of Portugal, based on the report for the … considerations related to the socioeconomic factors affecting the prospects and conditions for APS in Portugal. APS is defined as a … stress the trends for the implementation and development of anthropocentric production systems in Portugal. …

After a decade of steady growth, the tourism sector in Portugal is facing its most acute challenge in modern times, in … the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As inbound visitors return to Portugal, the tourism workforce will need digital skills …

This paper broadly addresses the financing problems of the innovation process, by analysing the extent to which … financial constraints hinder firms' investment in R&D and innovation, as well as investigating the role of public financial … perverse effect upon R&D investment and innovation, there is no evidence that subsidies mitigate such constraints. Accordingly …

Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …

Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …

Even though innovation subsidies and financial constraints are two closely related lines of research, the link between … them is rather unexplored. This paper is, to our knowledge, the first to explicitly analyse both the allocation of … innovation subsidies and their role in alleviating firms’ financial constraints. It is not the purpose of the paper to question …

convergence period during which growth in the Portuguese economy accelerated and Portugal grew faster than the EU14 average; and a …, with Portugal falling behind relative to the EU14 in recent years as far as the former are concerned. In order to better … empirical model where innovation and imitation provide two potential sources of productivity growth for countries behind the …