The decision to incinerate hazardous industrial waste in cement plants (the so-called 'co-incineration' process) gave rise to one of the most heated environmental conflicts ever to take place in Portugal. The bitterest period was between 1997 and 2002, after the government had made a decision....

<title>Abstract</title> Easy access to organizational knowledge is fundamental in dynamic environments that demand continuous firm adaptation. In that scenario we believe that mentors have a key role as access facilitators to knowledge in the change periods. We have developed this study aiming to explore the...

This paper tests for beta-convergence and sigma-convergence in the corporate governance models, using a sample of corporate governance ratings for 198 European corporations listed on the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index. A piecewise linear regression is deployed to select a model and the Poisson...

This study examines the evolution of Portuguese exports to Spain and its determinants in the period 2004-2008, based on a sample of the 97 largest exporters to Spain. The econometric study, using panel data and a static and dynamic analysis, considers as theoretically relevant explanatory...

As empresas privadas são apresentadas pela teoria económica como sendo superiores às públicas, relativamente à sua eficiência produtiva, mas estas últimas com a vantagem de, em mercados não concorrenciais, geraram maior eficiência de afectação. Ao percorrermos as razões apontadas,...