Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can be investigated by observing the role of the underground economy in shaping the productivity of firms. Indeed, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt...

Beginning with ’90 years in Romania have been created more and more private enterprises, which today form a consistent sector of so called “small and mid-sized enterprises” (SMEs). Focusing on profit and being in favorable conditions with a high market require, the SMEs not always pay...

This paper relates to the experimental draft of the model of collaborative management of ICT practices for use in SME, developed as part of a project of the Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor. This model aims to propose to SME an optimized management of their respective information system in...

This paper relates to an R&D project – called NOEMI – aiming to propose to SME’s a collaborative management of their respective information systems in terms of quality, reliability and cost. The targeted SME are those without IT dedicated internal staff. The model developed in the project...

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...

This paper studies the interlinks between innovation inputs and outputs and between innovation outputs and economic development. Using a panel data-set from 31 regions of China, we show that the difference in regional innovation output can be significantly explained by R&D manpower and...

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...