Global restructuring and its effects on occupations: towards a new division of labor?

The following contribution considers whether global restructuring creates new forms of the division of labor. On the basis of empirical data from a comparative project in 14 European countries, the author supports the hypothesis that in addition to the ongoing process of the internationalization of work, there are ‘hidden’ effects at the local level. From the perspective of three occupational clusters, dynamics can be observed which have differing impacts on the occupational groups. Thus, there is a simultaneous process of restructuring and redefining skills, labor processes and the working organization which forms the daily reality of working men and women.

Modelo de iluminação global por radiação (radiosidade)

Dissertação apresentada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, para a obtenção Engenharia Informática

Are societal changes new? Questions or trends and future perceptions on knowledge-based economy

With the emergence of a global division of labour, the internationalisation of markets and cultures, the growing power of supranational organisations and the spread of new information technologies to every field of life, it starts to appear a different kind of society, different from the industrial society, and called by many as ‘the knowledge-based economy’, emphasizing the importance of information and knowledge in many areas of work and organisation of societies. Despite the common trends of evolution, these transformations do not necessarily produce a convergence of national and regional social and economic structures, but a diversity of realities emerging from the relations between economic and political context on one hand and the companies and their strategies on the other. In this sense, which future can we expect to the knowledge economy? How can we measure it and why is it important? This paper will present some results from the European project WORKS – Work organisation and restructuring in the knowledge society (6th Framework Programme), focusing the future visions and possible future trends in different countries, sectors and industries, given empirical evidences of the case studies applied in several European countries, underling the importance of foresight exercises to design policies, prevent uncontrolled risks and anticipate alternatives, leading to different ‘knowledge economies’ and not to the ‘knowled

A evolução da população ao longo do séculoXIX. Uma perspectiva global

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Europa - política comum de segurança e defesa ou potência civil? o contributo do processo europeu para a “governança” global

Tese de Doutoramento em Relações Internacionais

Monitoring morphisms to support sustainable interoperability of enterprise systems

Dissertation to obtain the Master degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

A influência da manutenção industrial no índice global de eficiência (OEE)

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

Associativismo e voluntariado: comunicação e festa na aldeia global

O Tema da Festa tem uma enorme importância comunicacional para o sector social do associativismo e voluntariado. É na Festa e pela Festa que se afirmam muitos dos valores simbólicos e factores materiais que condicionam a vida das organizações; Estado, empresas e associativismo. Desde logo convém recordar que uma percentagem muito significativa das populações dos países mais desenvolvidos investem uma parte importante do seu tempo e dinheiro nas Organizações Não Govemamentais (ONGs ) por várias razões. Como forma de celebrar e glorificar certas entidades colectivas, certas datas, certos rituais. As Grandes Festas Religiosas sempre foram formas de Celebrar e Glorificar momentos importantes da vida colectiva. No Natal e na Páscoa por exemplo, milhões de pessoas por todo o Mundo e centenas de milhares de organizações celebram estas Festas com um grande investimento simbólico e material na solidariedade humana e no Amor ao Próximo. Neste aspecto podemos interrogar-nos; constituem estas e outras grandes Festas momentos de Relações Públicas para pessoas e organizações ou verdadeiros momentos de transformação social e espiritual? Todas as Grandes Religiões prometeram e prometem uma Nova Civilização plena de Amor e de Harmonia que seria o contraponto do Antigo e Actual mundo materialista impregnado de ódio, violência e desejos materialistas.

Microtheories for SDI - Accounting for diversity of local conceptualisations at a global level

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.

The born global phenomenon: The Portuguese case

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Price linkages in pharmaceutical markets

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Patterns in financial markets: Dynamic time warping

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Internationalization strategy of ABotoa/Skypro shoes to United States of America

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

What are the effects of mass retailers on Lisbon’s municipal markets?

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Parametric portfolio policies: An application for a global tactical asset allocation model

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics