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This paper empirically assesses the validity of a model which combines organisational ecology and evolutionary theory to analyse human capital accumulation decisions at firm level. The main argument of the model is that factors underlying the process of plants’ reproduction, especially the...
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aplicação das respectivas preferências à situação macroeconómica de Portugal. Começa-se por estimar os parâmetros da função … para reflectir a sua natureza pequena e aberta e, com dados para Portugal 1999:I-2007:II, estima-se esse modelo em … o observado em 1999:I-2007:II. Em resumo, conclui-se que a política monetária adequada a Portugal teria envolvido taxas …
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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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and particularly in Portugal. The Southern European welfare regime (Leibfried, 1993; Ferrera, 1996; Bonoli, 1997 …; Matsaganis et al, 2003), which includes Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, has been seen as less developed and less generous in … covering social risks. Despite different country profiles, in what Portugal present some distinctive features, South European …
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This article uses the investment development path to analyse the evolution of Portugal’s competitiveness in recent … of the Portuguese IDP confirms previous claims that Portugal has joined other late industrialising countries as a 'stage …
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Direct Investment. So, the main purpose of this paper is to discuss the positioning of Portugal – a small open economy in the …, this hypothesis is estimated empirically for Portugal and other 24 countries in different stages of development, between …
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The purpose of this study is to analyse the current accounting practices for financial instruments by Portuguese companies and compare them to the measurement, recognition and disclosure requirements stipulated in IAS 32 and 39. In order to attain our objective, we drew up a list of 120...
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century, Portugal did not suffer, apparently, from further trade imbalances due to the increasing openness - the Balance of … at the end of the XXth century, Portugal relies crucially on European economic integration to benefit from technological …
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In the context of the CESR and of the Portuguese market regulator recommendations regarding the disclosure of the impacts of the transition to IFRS, this paper analyses the content of those disclosures by Portuguese listed companies. We found a high degree of variability among the disclosure...
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This paper examines the growth of Portuguese industry throughout the XXth century, focusing on the dynamics of its productivity, measured by the ratio of value added to labor force. The analysis consists of: (i) construction of productivity indices for the Portuguese industrial sector and...
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