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Landownership in the countryside of Portugal and wildfires: a qualitative approach
2020-01Every year in the summer, the news about wildfires happening somewhere in Portugal reaches the world through the media (RTP, 2017; Publico, 2019), and when the winter arrives, everything is fine again, but the cycle repeats ... -
The influence of a company's communicated CSR initiative on private consumer behavior
2019-12-19The aim of this research is to determine if and how the communication of a company’s CSR initiative influences private consumer behavior. Hereby it is also considered whether the consumers’ support of the issue at hand ... -
Service process and outcome quality: a study on Brazilian municipalities' education service
2019-12-19This study aims to analyse the impact of ten dimensions of the education service process in the municipalities of São Paulo, Brazil, on students’ performance (the education service outcome) – assessed by the IDEB scores. ... -
Toward agriculture 4.0: opportunities and threats of the agribusiness sector: an analysis of the risk management strategies developed by Brazilian SMEs to cope with commodity price risk
2019-12-13This paper aims at demonstrating the importance of the adoption of risk management strategies by companies operating in the agribusiness sector. The future evolution of the sector requires the change of operations and the ... -
The effect of region of origin on the individual brands in the region: a study about São Roque and Vinícola Goés
2020-01Regional marketing is an exercise that regions develop so that they can benefit from the region’s unique advantages and distinguish themselves from other regions. It happens in regions all around the world and with this ... -
Impacts of shared mobility services on urban mobility: a comparative approach between Lisbon and São Paulo
2019-12-17The emergence of shared mobility services in cities around the globe, such as shared bicycles, cars, scooters, and ridesharing, caused impacts on urban mobility, requiring actions from local authorities, altering people’s ... -
Mining companies and sustainability: role of CSR in Canadian mining companies in Brazil
2020-01Given the rising interest in corporate social responsibility and tighter scrutiny in environmental regulation compliance, mineral extraction companies have encountered more challenges in their internationalization process. ... -
A debt crisis rooted in colonialism: a historical analysis of how the U.S.- Puerto Rico relationship contributed to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis
2019-12-10This research will explore how the colonial administration built by the United States in Puerto Rico contributed to the root causes of the debt which, I argue are a colonial- capitalist economy that developed under U.S. ... -
Digital platforms and sustainable business models: a study about food waste recovery
2019-12-05The United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that one third of all the food produced for human consumption is wasted each year (FAO, 2017). In that respect, increasing attention has been paid to the ... -
Franchising as a catalyst for conscious capitalism in retail: an exploratory study on the benefits in franchising chains
2020-01-17Franchising is an internationally implemented business model characterized by a great partnership and responsibility between the parties, being compared in some studies to a marriage relationship, due to the high degree ... -
Legal outsourcing in the shipping industry
2019-12-16The issue that this thesis addresses is the rationale behind the outsourcing decision of legal activities. To address this problem, the purpose of this study has explored what strategy Multinational Enterprises from the ... -
Is money buying better results at PISA and INVALSI tests? The Italian case
2019-12-04“More effort of the South is needed. You need to work hard. This is needed.” So spoke the Italian Minister of Education in the province of Naples. He did so when asked whether Southern Italy would receive more funds to ... -
Using deep learning in stock price forecasting
2019-11-18The following paper investigates the possibility of using artificial intelligence, in particular a long short-term memory Network (LSTM), to forecast stock prices. As input data 59 different variables are chosen based on ... -
Are African low-cost operators on the trail of Ryanair? How is their business model structured with regards to costs, connectivity, and fleet structure?
2019-11-22This paper examines the business models of Sub-Saharan African low cost carriers with regards to costs, connectivity and fleet structure in an effort to find out to what extent they exhibit the peculiarities of a classic-case ... -
The clean meat narrative: a case study
2019-12Histórias sempre foram a linguagem da experiência humana, mas adquiriram importância sem precedentes na atualidade, dessa vez na forma de narrativas. À medida que o mundo se torna cada vez mais tecnológico, digital e ... -
The impact of private equity and venture capital investments on industry performance: evidence from Latin America
2019-11-19The growth of the private equity industry over the last decades has risen the importance of understanding how private equity investments impact the overall economy. While the existing research has mainly focused on the ... -
Compensation effects in a Socially Responsible Investment context
2019-11-22A central idea of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is that investors accept a loss in financial returns if they are compensated by non-financial utility that they derive from their sustainable investment. This study ... -
Implications of digital transformation related industry evolution on the strategy of Walmart, as an example of a U.S. grocery retailer
2019-09-30The thesis studies the evolution of the grocery retail industry in the United States and its impact on the strategy of established firms in that industry. It builds upon a set of strategic concepts and frameworks, most ... -
The influence of information technology on sustainable supply chain management: a multicase approach
2019-09-20Sustainability became a trend topic for business strategy, and companies are considering it as a central concern, enforcing activities that affect positively the environment and the society besides economic performance. ... -
M&A announcements on stock returns: evidence from private takeovers in Latin America
2019-09-18This master thesis aims to analyze the impact of private takeovers announcements on acquires’ stock prices in Latin American countries, such as Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Peru. I gathered data from 161 ...
