Innovation through virtual communities of practice: motivations and constraints in the knowledge-creation process

This paper appears in International Journal of Projectics. Vol 4(1), pp. 39-49

Age constraints on the late cretaceous alkaline magmatism on the West Iberian margin

Cretaceous Research 30 (2009) 575–586

Multiple sequence alignment correction using constraints

Trabalho apresentado no âmbito do European Master in Computational Logics, como requisito parcial para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Computational Logics

Modeling assembly program with constraints. A contribution to WCET problem

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Lógica Computacional

The determinants of SMEs capital structure: Overcoming supply constraints

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

A lenda de "O fantasma que pede boleia" ("The vanishing hitchhiker") em dois folhetos de cordel brasileiros

A crença em fantasmas (pessoas que morreram e regressam momentaneamente do Outro Mundo a este ou que, então, não conseguem sair deste mundo e passar para o outro) é provavelmente uma crença universal. É pelo menos, sem dúvida, uma crença atestada em numerosíssimos países de todos os continentes, desde as épocas mais recuadas até hoje em dia, quer na literatura escrita quer sobretudo na literatura oral. Trata-se de uma lenda muito estudada por autores de vários países e que foi, aliás, a primeira das chamadas lendas urbanas ou contemporâneas a ser alvo de um estudo monográfico, publicado em 1942 e 1943, por dois folcloristas norte-americanos, Richard K. Beardsley e Rosalie Hankey, com base em 79 versões recolhidas no seu país.

Attractiveness of European masters under Bologna constraints: The South American case

This paper studies strategies to attract students from outside Europe to European preexperience masters. We characterize the value added by such masters through interviews with key players at the universities and multinational recruiting corporations. We considered a strategy for segmenting international students in the US and extended it to the European market. We have analyzed data from international applications to Nova SBE as a proxy for applications in European institutions. Based on that analysis we conclude with recommendations to attract suitable candidates from outside Europe. In particular we also provided three different solutions to attract students from the southern hemisphere: we conclude that European institutions should (a) increase the spring semester intake, (b) provide bridging courses for some students, or (c) could place some accepted candidates in internships before starting classes.