A inovação assume-se cada vez mais como um factor chave da competitividade empresarial. Várias abordagens teóricas, desenvolvidas nos últimos anos, sustentam que a inovação não é algo que resulta da acção isolada de um único actor, mas é vista como um processo não linear, complexo,...

En España, los primeros ejemplos "formales" de spin-offs académicas surgen a finales de los años 90 al igual que las primeras estructuras y programas de apoyo a la creación de empresas innovadoras basadas en el conocimiento científico. En la presente década este fenómeno ha empezado a...

Purpose – The transfer of knowledge is a source of competitive advantage, and in particular, transfer between organisations through cooperation between firms via a joint venture. This paper aims to discuss some of the issues Design/methodology/approach – The hypotheses were contrasted via a...

A exportação constitui o principal tipo de envolvimento internacional das empresas portuguesas. Neste artigo é apresentado um estudo empírico, levado a cabo no principal sector exportador industrial português, o sector têxtil. A investigação tem por objectivo principal, identificar as...

This article seeks to determine whether the innovative capabilities of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) do actually differ from other industries through comparing the innovation capacities and financial performance of KIBS with firms operating in other sectors (non-KIBS). Based upon...

Despite innovation's importance in firm strategy and competitiveness, most innovation research fails to examine some important questions relating to innovation. This study focuses on two innovation management issues: Identification of determinants of the innovation management process and the...

This study intends to measure student's satisfaction with Portuguese higher education, through the estimation of an explicative model of the student's opinion formation process. In terms of conclusions, it was verified that the student satisfaction index of Portuguese public higher education is...

To establish long-term relationships with their students, higher education institutions need above all to satisfy them. Although to find their students' satisfaction level they need to find effective ways to measure it. This study presents a way to measure the construct satisfaction in higher...

Reflecting the level of priority currently attributed to public university financing in ongoing discussions, the objective of this article is to debate alternative forms of attracting resources from stakeholders not normally associated with the financing of public universities. We begin by...

O crescimento do número de organizações não lucrativas a operar num mercado limitado, associado a mudanças económicas, políticas e sociais, colocam novos desafios a estas organizações. A orientação para a marca e a envolvente do processo de criação da marca no sector não lucrativo,...