Os serviços prestados pelos ecossistemas são essenciais para a atividade econômica. Todos os produtos econômicos decorrem, em algum grau, da transformação de matérias-primas originadas na natureza (Farley, 2012). As empresas, ...

Literature on modularity acknowledges its relevance to innovation, but it rarely addresses the relationship between modularity and the structure of competition in technological markets. In this dissertation, I seek to ...

Many changes are expected because of the climate change, especially from the agricultural activities done in the tropics. This thesis focuses on two aspects. The first one is to gather knowledge of environmentally sustainable ...