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.

Politics, Commerce, and Colonization in Angola at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em História Moderna e dos Descobrimentos

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

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

Cluster analysis and segmentation of Global M&A transactions

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

Emissões de CO2 e aquecimento global: desenvolvimento de tecnologias de captura e armazenamento de CO2

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Energia e Bioenergia

EDP - the making of a global green brand

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

The tight grip of a debt based global economy: A study on banking regulation and the implementation of the Basel II Accord in Portugal

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

The politics of growth: Can lobbying raise growth and welfare?

This paper aims at analyzing the effects of lobbying over economic growth and primarily welfare. We model explicitly the interaction between policy-makers and firms in a setup where the latter undertakes political contributions to the former in exchange for more restrictive market regulations which induce exit and enhance the profitability of the market. In a sectorial equilibrium, despite stimulating growth, lobbying restricts the market structure and reduces welfare when compared to the free-entry outcome. However, once general equilibrium considerations are taken into account, we find that lobbying may improve welfare over a welfare maximizing free-entry equilibrium, by means of an expansion in aggregate demand. This introduces a new paradigm in the literature about the effects of lobbying over economic performance.

Business development in Siemens global shared services delivery center Portugal

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

The internationalization process of born global firms in high-tech and low-tech industries: Is there any difference?

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

Macroeconomic impacts of politics and policy: Applications to financial and real markets

A PhD Dissertation, presented as part of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the NOVA - School of Business and Economics

How to improve supply chain performance of a specialized retailer: Managing landed costs of Zippy’s global supply chain

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