A5055353584- Firm Innovation and Growth
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Regional Development and Policy
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Global Health Care Issues
- Innovation Policy and R&D
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Global trade and economics
- Regional resilience and development
- International Business and FDI
- Social and Economic Solidarity
- Global Trade and Competitiveness
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
2013-2024
Nanium (Portugal)
2022
Polytechnic Institute of Porto
2022
Universidad EAFIT
2022
University of Coimbra
1999-2016
University of Aveiro
2015
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
2012
The present study aimed to evaluate whether a 14-day period of balneotherapy influences the inflammatory status, health-related quality life (QoL) and sleep, underlying overall health state, clinically relevant benefits patients with musculoskeletal diseases (MD). QoL was evaluated using following instruments: 5Q-5D-5L, EQ-VAS, EUROHIS-QOL, B-IPQ, HAQ-DI. sleep by BaSIQS instrument. Circulating levels IL-6 C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured ELISA chemiluminescent microparticle...
Tourists’ demand for outdoor sport-related activities has been growing in the last decade, leading to recognition of tourism potential development rural and urban areas where could take place. While literature recognized this potential, its features existing conditions practice are often not fully comprehended, mainly due lack measurement systems performance indicators. This study addresses gap by proposing a wide-ranging assessment matrix nine outdoor-related activities, employing northern...
The relationship between a country's level of activity in the construction industry and its stage economic development is complex one. Several studies over last forty years, based mainly on cross sectional data, found positive association national income several measures activity. early were concerned with role sector, as part physical capital, promotion growth development. dominant paradigm that later emerged ‘Bon curve’ or inverted U-shaped pattern More recent research, longitudinal...
Background Non-communicable diseases are a global health problem. The metric Disability-Adjusted Life Years was developed to measure its impact on systems. This makes it possible understand disease’s burden, towards defining healthcare policies. research analysed the effect of expenditures in evolution disability-adjusted life years for non-communicable European Union between 2000 and 2019. Methods Data were collected all 27 countries from Global Burden Disease 2019, Health Expenditure,...
No ano lectivo de 2004/2005, a Declaração Bolonha inspirou introdução uma nova metodologia ensino num dos cursos leccionados por instituição superior em Portugal. Assim, seguindo as lições da literatura avaliação microeconométrica, adopta-se Fropensity Score Matching para realizar um processo do impacto filosofia no sucesso escolar alunos ela sujeitos. Os resultados mostram que melhorou taxas aprovação sujeitos medida tem na base presença e participação obrigatória nas aulas, porque implica...
We address the post-entry performance of new Portuguese firms by investigating structural characteristics hazard and survival functions, using semi-parametric analysis.It is based on application entrepreneurship definitions methodology "Manual Business Demography Statistics" (OECD/Eurostat, 2007) to Quadros de Pessoal dataset.The main contribution this work a recent internationally comparable for provide multidimensional overview firm dynamics over period eighteen years, while guaranteeing...
The Portuguese economy underwent a process of growth and structural transformation during the twentieth century, while last two decades conveyed period considerable creative destruction firms. Indeed, following rapid economic expansion in second half 1990s, deterioration situation felt since 2001 contributed to deceleration growth, which has also had an impact on firm turbulence. Using Quadros de Pessoal Eurostat OECD methodology (Manual Business Demography Statistics), this article...
The thermal tradition plays an important role for society by naturally promoting and improving individuals' well-being. Thermal treatments help cure diseases prevent pathologies, including mental social ones, providing users with a better quality of life. At the same time, such wellness activity introduces leisure components resulting from more holistic perspective on health Given importance this topic, which just recently started to be object empirical studies in Portugal, present study...
It is sometimes argued that nations differ in their underlying entrepreneurial spirit. So, recent years, more researchers started being interested the analysis of entrepreneurship across regions. Associated with comes concept innovation. Innovation allows creation new firms and/or ensures survival existing ones, and both cases, generates growth. Applying statistical technique cluster to a country dataset gathered by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) this paper groups countries into four...