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Vieira, Pedro Cosme Costa - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto

Este livro é um guia de apoio a Microeconomia contendo dois pontos programáticos. No 1.º capítulo, apresento o mercado desagregado em três Leis da Natureza: i) que as pretensões dos vendedores se agregam na função de oferta; ii) que as pretensões dos compradores se agregam na função de...

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A cross-country evaluation of cheating in academia: is it related to ‘real world’ business ethics?

Rocha, Maria Fátima; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006

Today’s economics and business students are expected to be our future’s business people and potentially our tomorrow’s economic leaders and politicians. Thus, their beliefs and practices are likely to affect the definition of acceptable economics and business ethics. The empirical...

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Unbounding entrepreneurial intents of university students: a multidisciplinary perspective

Teixeira, Aurora A.C.; Forte, Rosa Portela - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2009

Entrepreneurial activities are seen as key drivers of innovation, job creation, and economic growth. Recent efforts are being pursued by several entities, including governments to promote entrepreneurial skills amongst the youngest. However, to design effective programs, policy makers have to...

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College cheating in Portugal: results from a large scale survey

Rocha, Maria de Fátima; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2005

The phenomenon of cheating among academics is of overwhelming importance in that the students engaging in it are most unlikely to have the skills necessary for their future professional life. Despite its relevance, the empirical evaluation of college cheating has been almost exclusively focused...

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Structural and technological change in the European periphery: The case of Portugal

Pessoa, Argentino - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013

In the past Portugal managed to grow at a significant rate, but the pace has getting slower and slower from decade to decade, until becoming practically stagnant in the first decade of the 21st century. This stumpy growth together with the current debt crisis has fed the rhetoric of structural...

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The impact of population ageing on economic growth: an in-depth bibliometric analysis

Nagarajan, Renuga; Teixeira, Aurora A.C.; Silva, Sandra T. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013

The phenomenon of population ageing and its influence on the economic growth of countries has long been the focus of major concern for both governments and the scientific community. Considering the scientific contributions that have been published on the matter in recent years, it seems timely...

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E3 Models Revisited

Silva, Susana; Soares, Isabel; Afonso, Óscar - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2010

This article analyses the contribution of E3 models to fully understand the complex relationship between the environment, economics and the energy sector. We present a survey of the literature on these models, analyzing the assumptions, features and scope of the main kinds of methodological...

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Are Academic Spin-Offs necessarily New Technology-Based firms?

Cunha, Dina; Silva, Sandra T.; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013

New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) have gained increasing economic relevance, supported by the recognition that they play an important role in national economies in the appearance of both new, high technology products and of new and emerging industries. Despite their economic importance, a...

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Export variety, technological content and economic performance: The case of Portugal

Rebelo, Francisco; Silva, Ester Gomes da - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013

Although the analysis of the relationship between international trade and economic growth has an important tradition in the economic literature, the specific focus on a related matter, the link between export variety and economic growth, remains a relatively unexplored field of research....

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The Knowledge Multiplier

Silva, Mário Alexandre Patrício Martins da - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2012

The paper develops a formal model of external knowledge and identifies the role of knowledge multipliers. Social … interactions and knowledge multipliers play a crucial role in the determination of the rate of technological change. The analytical … identification of the knowledge multiplier expression constitutes a key step in the appreciation of the crucial role of knowledge …

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