Cooperation and collaboration between companies represents a key issue within the conceptual framework developed by the IMP Group. However, little attention has been paid to a phenomenon which can result from such collaboration, i.e. collective action. This involves cooperative activities...

O artigo identifica as actividades empreendedoras e os municípios empreendedores em Portugal. Cerca de metade dos municípios portugueses respondentes possuem e/ou têm em curso actividades e iniciativas empreendedoras. A vasta maioria afirma ter obtido e/ou se candidatado a fundos de...

A área ‘internacional’ é frequentemente estudada a partir de perspectivas isoladas como a da Economia ou a das Relações Internacionais. No entanto, a respectiva multidisciplinaridade exige uma abordagem múltipla e combinada que raramente é encontrada na literatura científica. Em...

We built a general equilibrium endogenous growth model in which final goods are produced either in the relatively skilled-labour intensive exports sector or in the relatively unskilled-labour intensive domestic sector. We show that, by affecting the technological-knowledge bias, subsidies...

O crescimento quer em número quer em diversidade e popularidade dos chamados “Festivais de Verão”, a que temos assistido nos últimos anos em Portugal, justifica a oportunidade e o interesse de uma análise sobre a eficácia dos seus patrocínios e, consequentemente, sobre o impacto nas...

Foi prometido que Portugal, ao pertencer à Zona Euro, iria convergir rapidamente com os restantes países da UE e que teria taxas de juro muito baixas. No entanto, uma década de descontrolo económico levaram o país para uma situação de taxas de juro proibitivamente elevadas o que tem um...

Export Promotion Agencies (EPAs) have been in operation in developed countries since the beginning of the 20th century to improve the competitiveness of firms by increasing knowledge and competences applied to export market development. Some studies exists on the influence of organizational...

Despite the fact that a very significant proportion of the human population is living with financial difficulties and other constraints typical of poverty, scientific studies in the areas of Economics and especially in International Economics that address the issue of poverty and of poor...

Academic and political interest in Academic Spin-offs (ASOs) has increased significantly in Portugal in the last few years. Although these firms, created to exploit the results of scientific research, are considered important contributors to employment and wealth creation, in the Portuguese...

As the global economy becomes more integrated, the international fragmentation of the value chain activities becomes regular. Despite the recent wave of domestic and cross-border vertical disintegration, vertical integration of R&D remains a decision for some firms. The aim of this paper is to...