This research focuses on how consumers behave when they shop in supermarkets. It aims at understanding the relationship between hedonic and utilitarian motivations, cultural dimensions and satisfaction with life in context. Most researchers have studied how motivations and cultural dimensions...

Purpose – The paper aims to develop an understanding of the port wine sector from a relational, holistic, and dynamic perspective. Design/methodology/approach – The research adopted a qualitative methodological approach. Primary data were collected through semi‐structured interviews. The...

A crise da União Europeia (UE) é analisada à luz do resgate de Portugal. Aplicando o método histórico, são explicadas as causas da situação portuguesa no quadro da Globalização e da evolução da União Europeia. A crise financeira mundial explicitou as debilidades da construção...

A VAT Laffer Curve is estimated for the EU-27 countries in the period 2000-2010. Results show that countries such as Portugal are already in the prohibitive range of the curve. Structural differences exist between low growth years and high growth years. Collected VAT revenue is smaller in low...

Despite the widespread use of trust as a determinant of successful relationships, limited empirical evidence exists to substantiate a positive relationship between trust and performance. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the antecedents of trust and to examine the...