Desenvolvimento motor e características empreendedoras em crianças. Que relação?

O objetivo do estudo é verificar e compreender a relação entre o desenvolvimento motor da criança e suas características empreendedoras. A relevância do estudo resulta do carácter inovador devido à escassez de trabalhos científicos que relacionam, em crianças, o desenvolvimento motor e o empreendedorismo. Não será relevante compreender como ocorre o desenvolvimento de competências empreendedoras nas crianças e como promovê-las? Será possível, a longo prazo, melhorar a qualidade de vida dos cidadãos evitando comportamentos sedentários adquiridos na infância, bem como promover a autonomia e responsabilidade perante uma sociedade que se tornará mais sustentável do ponto de vista social, económica e financeira.

Innovation in “low-tech” industries: Portuguese footwear industry

ICEIM – International Conference in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Roma, 17-18 de setembro de 2015.

Crowdfunding e resiliência das comunidades: estudo de caso

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão de Sistemas de Informação

Facilitadores e obstáculos do empreendedorismo: o caso das muambeiras de Lubango

Dissertação de mestrado em Estudos de Gestão

Análise de ciclo de vida de empreendimentos Turísticos no PNPG

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Civil

Estudo sobre os determinantes dos projetos financiados por crowdfunding: o caso do PPL Crowdfunding

Dissertação de mestrado em Economia Social

Empresas sociais em Portugal: que realidade?

Dissertação de mestrado em Economia Social

Sistemas de controlo de gestão, empreendedorismo corporativo, estratégia e performance : contraste entre empresas familiares e não familiares

Mestrado em Contabilidade, Fiscalidade e Finanças Empresariais

DESARROLLO DE UN MODELO DE NEGOCIO BASADO EN ESTUDIOS OPTIMIZACIÓN Y CONTROL EN PLANTA PILOTO PARA LA PRODUCCIÓN DE GÍRGOLAS.

La organización de la producción, procesamiento, comercialización, y financiamiento de las operaciones involucradas en la oferta de hongos comestibles se caracterizan por tener Puntos de Equilibrio (PE) diferentes. El PE más alto se constituye en la restricción a salvar al momento de considerar la inversión en un emprendimiento nuevo. En la mayoría de las situaciones estos PE críticos terminan por desalentar la inversión. Se dice que el cultivo de hongos representa una industria biotecnológica importante que se ha ampliado considerablemente en todo el mundo en las últimas décadas; se enfatiza que los hongos sirven como delicias para el consumo humano y como nutracéuticos (alimentos que curan), que los cuerpos fructíferos de los hongos contienen sustancias de varios reinos muy valoradas por sus propiedades medicinales, sabores y perfumes. Sin embargo, el potencial económico de los hongos está lejos de ser aprovechado. El problema hasta ahora es que solo algunas especies pueden ser inducidas a fructificar en cultivos, y si bien el cultivo de las setas es una tecnología adaptable a diferentes condiciones que van desde una escala comercial de importancia hasta una forma rústica de traspatio en comunidades rurales, con substratos agroindustriales o bien con solo material vegetal, cada uno de estos casos presenta dificultades cuando son traspasados a nuestra región; o bien no son rentables porque la escala de producción manejable está mas allá de las capacidades de pequeños y medianos productores o bien porque las inversiones iniciales exceden las posibilidades del mercado. Si analizamos las causas que ha llevado al fracaso de emprendimientos productivos de hongos encontraremos las mismas que se esgrimen al comienzo. Lo que puede hacer que sea un cultivo sustentable es la búsqueda de nuevas alternativas tecnológicas y de trabajo. Este Proyecto de Investigación Orientado (PIO) plantea como objetivo general estudiar un Modelo de Negocio que sirva para salvar las restricciones impuestas por la existencias de PE mínimos en producción, comercialización, financiamiento, investigación y desarrollo para la diversificación, y entrepreneurship optimizando la disponibilidad de recursos existentes. Para alcanzar este cometido el PIO propuesto busca articular en red las áreas de Economía de los Negocios y las Organizaciones (ENO), la Ingeniería Química (IQ), la Ingeniería en Telecomunicaciones (IT), y la Microbiología (Mic). Cada una de ellas se concentraría en la búsqueda de alternativas técnicas para bajar los PE implicados en este tipo de negocios. Retomando el objetivo general de este PIO podemos afirmar que el objetivo particular de este PIO es elaborar y divulgar un modelo de negocio para la producción y comercialización de hongos comestibles a pequeña escala y para la coordinación de pequeños productores, a partir de la optimización de los diversos procesos y actividades económicas internas de producción, de manera tal que se minimice el punto de equilibrio con el fin que pequeños inversores puedan iniciarse en la producción de en forma rentable y sustentable generando mayor riqueza para la región incrementando el ingreso y creando oportunidades de empleo.

The Phenomenon of international new ventures, global start-ups, and born-globals: what do we know after a decade (1993-2002) of exhaustive scientific inquiry?

In this paper, 27 studies from the last decade which deal more or less explicitly with the International New Venture, global start-up or born-global phenomenon are first identified, and then fully examined and critically assessed as a basis for obtaining an adequate view of the state-of-the-art of this increasingly important research avenue in the field of International Entrepreneurship (IE). The methodology used for this synthetic review allow us to analyze a number of recent, purposefully-chosen studies that are systematically compared along the following criteria: 1) main objective and type of research; 2) theoretical framework/s of reference, 3) methodological issues, and 4) main findings and/or conclusions. As a result of this literature review, a critical assessment follows in which the most relevant benefits and contributions as well as potential drawbacks, limitations or major discrepancies in the research activities conducted so far are discussed. Finally, some suggestions and implications are provided in the form of future research directions.

Testing the entrepreneurial intention model on a two-country sample

This paper tests the Entrepreneurial Intention Model -which is adapted from the Theory of Planned Behavior- on a sample of 533 individuals from two quite different countries: one of them European (Spain) and the other South Asian (Taiwan). A newly developed Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (EIQ) has being used which tries to overcome some of the limitations of previous instruments. Structural equations techniques were used in the empirical analysis. Results are generally satisfactory, indicating that the model is probably adequate for studying entrepreneurship. Support for the model was found not only in the combined sample, but also in each of the national ones. However, some differences arose that may indicate demographic variables contribute differently to the formation of perceptions in each culture.

From creative ideas to new emerging ventures: the process of identification and exploitation among finnish design entrepreneurs

This study focuses on identification and exploitation processes among Finnish design entrepreneurs (i.e. selfemployed industrial designers). More specifically, this study strives to find out what design entrepreneurs do when they create new ventures, how venture ideas are identified and how entrepreneurial processes are organized to identify and exploit such venture ideas in the given industrial context. Indeed, what does educated and creative individuals do when they decide to create new ventures, where do the venture ideas originally come from, and moreover, how are venture ideas identified and developed into viable business concepts that are introduced on the markets? From an academic perspective: there is a need to increase our understanding of the interaction between the identification and exploitation of emerging ventures, in this and other empirical contexts. Rather than assuming that venture ideas are constant in time, this study examines how emerging ideas are adjusted to enable exploitation in dynamic market settings. It builds on the insights from previous entrepreneurship process research. The interpretations from the theoretical discussion build on the assumption that the subprocesses of identification and exploitation interact, and moreover, they are closely entwined with each other (e.g. McKelvie & Wiklund, 2004, Davidsson, 2005). This explanation challenges the common assumption that entrepreneurs would first identify venture ideas and then exploit them (e.g. Shane, 2003). The assumption is that exploitation influences identification, just as identification influences exploitation. Based on interviews with design entrepreneurs and external actors (e.g. potential customers, suppliers and collaborators), it appears as identification and exploitation of venture ideas are carried out in close interaction between a number of actors, rather than alone by entrepreneurs. Due to their available resources, design entrepreneurs have a desire to focus on identification related activities and to find external actors that take care of exploitation related activities. The involvement of external actors may have a direct impact on decisionmaking and various activities along the processes of identification and exploitation, which is something that previous research does not particularly emphasize. For instance, Bhave (1994) suggests both operative and strategic feedback from the market, but does not explain how external parties are actually involved in the decisionmaking, and in carrying out various activities along the entrepreneurial process.

Barriers to innovation and public policy in Catalonia

The present paper analyses the link between firms’ decisions to innovate and the barriers that prevent them from being innovative. The aim is twofold. First, it analyses three groups of barriers to innovation: the cost of innovation projects, lack of knowledge and market conditions. Second, it presents the main steps taken by Catalan Government to promote the creation of new firms and to reduce barriers to innovation. The data set used is based on the 2004 official innovation survey of Catalonia which was taken from the Spanish CIS-4 sample. This sample includes individual information on 2,954 Catalan firms in manufacturing industries and knowledge-intensive services (KIS). The empirical analysis reveals pronounced differences regarding a firm’s propensity to innovate and its perception of barriers. Moreover, the results show that cost and knowledge barriers seem to be the most important and that there are substantial sectoral differences in the way that firms react to barriers. The results of this paper have important implications for the design of future public policy to promote entrepreneurship and innovation together.

Toward a comprehensive conceptualization of business organizations and their members from a sensemaking perspective. Lessons learned from Picassoâeuro?s cubism

Until recently, much of the discussion regarding the type of organization theory needed in management studies focused on normative vs. descriptive roles of management science. Some authors however noticed that even a descriptive theory can have a normative impact. Among others, management theories are used by practitioners to make sense of their identity and roles in given contexts, and so guide their attitude, decision process, and behavior. The sensemaking potential of a theory might in this view represent an important element for predicting the adoption of a theory by practitioners. Accordingly, theories are needed which better grasp the increased complexity of today's business environment in order to be more relevant for practitioners. This article proposes a multi-faceted perspective of organizations. This implies leaving a simplistic view of organizations and building a 'cubist' conception. Picasso's cubism paintings are characterized by the use of multiple perspectives within a single drawing. Similarly, I argue here that managers must learn not only to add multiple responsibilities in their work, but to develop an integrated conception of their managerial identity and of their organizations in which the multiple social and economic dimensions are enmeshed. Social entrepreneurship is discussed as illustration of typical multi-faceted business.