PhD Dissertations
2025
Economic and environmental sustainability in drinking water and wastewater services providers
António Luís Pereira do Amaral
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Coordinated management of stocks subject to obsolescence
Antonio Ricardo Afonso
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Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Economic Growth
Derick Almeida
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Excellence and Performance: the role of Environmental Sustainability and Total Quality Management
Joana Marques Morgado Ferreira de Oliveira
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Team learning in organizations: mapping evidence, exploring antecedents and temporal dynamics
Margarida Pinheiro
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The importance of strategic planning for the effectiveness of municipal spending
Sandra Sofia Morais dos Santos Matos
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2024
Assessing the impact of the accession to the OECD and other international drivers in the future of the Brazilian Electricity Sector
Alex Sandro Feil
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Re-thinking electricity markets in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of the West African power pool
Amadou Mounirah Bissiri
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The antecedents of radical and incremental creativity in employees and teams
Avilton Júnior
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Social Entrepreneurship in Colombia: Determinants of Performance
Bertha Ines Villalobos Toro
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Governance effects in the context of OSFL´s management and its relationship with fundraising: a mixed-method approach
Igor de Freitas Medeiros
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Exploring leaders´ trust in subordinates in the workplace
Karma Lhaden
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Determinants of national innovation: The moderating effect of culture and diversity
Marcelo Pereira Duarte
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2023
How CSR challenges firms: from fostering strategic alliances to green innovation and sustainable performance
Beatriz Lopes Cancela
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Stakeholders reactions towards corporate greenwashing: the perspective of suppliers and customers
Célia Maria Ferraz dos Santos
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The (In)Stability of Creative Destruction: Industrial Dynamics and Productivity Growth in Portugal over the Last Four Decades
Ernesto Nieto-Carrillo
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Social enterprise and EU: legal concept in construction (CES/FEUC PhD Program in Law and Justice)
Maíra Fajardo Linhares Pereira
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Customer Experience in Health Tourism Marketing
Maria Isabel Simões Miguel
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Production of advanced biofuels from biomass: Maritime sector as potential consumer
Vinicius Andrade
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2022
Return Predictability and Portfolio Selection
Ana Sofia Melo Monteiro
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The Value of Information in the Context of Mobile Network Management
António Jorge Sousa Mendes
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Compressed Air Energy Storage Potential in Portugal and its Economic Analysis
Catarina Matos
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The impact of corporate social responsibility on higher education institution: The students’ perceptions
Cláudia Márcia Lessa Vieira Costa
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Happiness and Education: Exploring people’s perceptions in search of happiness in life and in the higher education environment
Elvisnei Camargo Conceição
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Leadership, performance and wellbeing: The role of ethics and mindfulness for managing teams in public hospital services
Filipa Raquel Cartaxo dos Santos
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The impact of dynamic capabilities on the competitiveness of companies: a study of SMEs in Portugal
Jorge António Barbosa Ferreira
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Location models for pre-hospital emergency responses
José Carlos Galvão Baptista Nelas
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Essays on Debt Contracts: Determinants and Prespedtives for Contract Design and Borrower Behavior
José Valente de Lima Filho
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Prediction of Financial Crisis in Southern Europe
Miguel Leite Gouvêa
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Essays on Occupational Feminization and the Gender Wage Gap
Ronize Cruz
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The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Employee´s Performance: The role of individual virtues and national cultural
Sara Marina Oliveira Ramos
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Sustainable Development in Higher Education in Business Sciences: A Multidimensional analysis in the Portuguese context
Sónia Ferreira Gomes
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2021
Enforcement mechanism and the quality of the financial information
Adriana Filipa de Jesus Silva
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International strategic management of small and medium-sized enterprises: the role of the international top managers’ psychological characteristics and networking behaviors in the firms’ international strategy and international performance
Ângelo Cabral
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Essays on the Eurozone banking performance: Profitability, risk, remuneration end efficiency
Catarina Proença
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Resource optimization concerning demand for road transport in organizations
Filipe Silva Monnerat
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Governance of the general councils of public non-higher education institutions
Isabel Cristina Guerreiro Pimentel Maia
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Social Networks in Decision Support - A model for the analysis of specific contexts
Manuela Freire
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Analysis and perceptions of workers behaviour within the entrepreneurial social responsibility
Pedro Miguel Duarte Gaudêncio
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The influence of administrative reforms on public organizations: Mechanisms for improving government performance
Samuel Castelo
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Psychological Traits and Workplace Informal Learning Strategies: The Mediating Role of Intrinsic Motivation
Sergio Santoro
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2020
Corporate taxation in Portugal: A study on the perception of the impact of autonomous taxation
Ana Cristina dos Santos Arromba Dinis
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Factors constraining the development level of Guinea-Bissau
Eulino Mendes
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Financial Development and Consumption
Joshua Duarte
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Determinants of the performance of Brazilian banking institutions
Letícia da Costa e Silva Mourão
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Mindfulness, Job Relational Characteristics and Creativity
Luís Miguel Machado
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The impact of sustainability practices on organizational performance
Pedro Tiago Gonçalves Fontoura
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Robust optimization - application to the field of portfolio selection
Sandra Caçador
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2019
Market dynamics of electric vehicles in Portugal: Coupling preference modeling and diffusion analysis
Gabriela Oliveira
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Integrative Evaluation of Multidimensional Performance and Multicriteria Decision
Galba Freire Moita
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Assessment of Policy, Technology, and Business Model Adaptation for Smart and Sustainable Electricity Distribution
Guillermo Pereira
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Significance curating in the creative economy: a business model (FLUC PhD Program in Contemporary Studies)
Israel Alves Jorge de Souza
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2018
The impact of compensation and benefits management on hapiness and organizational commitment: the mediating role of the psychological contract
Ana Isabel Loureiro de Sousa Virgolino Silva
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E-commerce impact on the success of agricultural firms
Carla Sofia Vicente Negrão
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Integrating Multi Criteria Decision Analysis in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
Chongyang Du
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Externalties Foreign Direct Investment Backward and Forward Spillovers: Evidence from Portugal
Eleonora Andrea Costa Santos
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Strategic Determinants of Adaptability
José Manuel Marques Pinheiro
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An inquiry into the validity of technical analysis in financial markets with the use of evolutionary techniques
Luís Manuel Lobato de Macedo
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Spirituality in the workplaceand its impact on the individual and organisational performance
Maria Joel Lopes Gonçalves
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2017
Essays on Prevention of Diseases Related to Alcohol and Tobacco Use: A Contribution to a Financially Sustainable NHS
Ana Maria Carraco Patrão dos Reis
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Frax® Adaptation and validation for portuguese population (Frax®-Port) with socio-economic study and evaluation of the utility of the instrument to the patient (FMUC PhD Program in Health Sciences)
Andréa Ascensão Marques
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Blending Optimization of biodiesel produced with waste and virgin oils
Carla Sandra Patinha Caldeira
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Management accounting systems and SME Performance: information characteristics and contingent factors
Elsa do Carmo Santos Pedroso
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Multidimensional analysis of airports performance
George Bezerra
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Electricity market integration and spot price convergence in a context of high penetration of renewables
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Carvalho Figueiredo
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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions completion: The effect of institutional distance
Nuno Reis
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Population-based metaheuristics for multiobjective and bi-level optimization models
Pedro Miguel Carrasqueira
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New Ways of Measuring and Dealing with Risk and Return in Portfolio Optimization
Rui Pedro Brito
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2016
Sentiment and returns in stock markets
Carla Manuela da Assunção Fernandes
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Assessment of carbon market effects on the Portuguese-Spanish electricity market
Carlos Jorge Pereira Freitas
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Determinants and consequences of love for a brand: an empirical study
Cristela Maia Bairrada
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Multi-criteria support to consensus building: an application to sorting problems
Francineide Morais Bezerra
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Monetary and budget policies and economic cycles in emerging markets
Gilson Manuel Gomes Pina
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Entrepreneurship at country level and company level: the role of intrapreneurship in the internationalization of Portuguese companies
Gonçalo Rodrigues Brás
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How commuting influences urban economies and the environment: a commuting satellite account applied to the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
João Pedro Ferreira
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Decision support methodology for national energy planning in developing countries: An implementation focused approach
Nathan Coenen Lee
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2015
Determinants of economic growth: an application to small countries with emphasis on Cape Verde
João António Furtado Brito
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Economic Evaluation of Emerging Biofuel Technologies: the microalgae case study
Lauro Ribeiro
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Corporate reputation: antecedents and impact on performance from a stakeholders perspective
Maria da Graça Marques Casimiro Almeida
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Emotional intelligence and creativity: an empirical study
Maria do Céu Colaço Santos
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Dynamic location under uncertainty: models and solving techniques
Maria do Céu Lourenço Marques
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Fiscal simplification in Portugal: design and perception concerning the simplified regime for SMEs
Maria Goreti de Jesus Dâmaso
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Agency costs of debt and performance in the context of unlisted limited liability and public limited firms: An application in the Portuguese case
Marquinha Teixeira Zinga
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Software piracy in the European Union: a theoretical and empirical analysis
Nicolas Dias Gomes
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Determinants of online loyalty: the almedina.net case
Pedro Manuel do Espirito Santo
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Terminal or continuing value in the evaluation of firms
Pedro Manuel Nogueira Reis
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Multicriteria spatial decision support system for the location of biogas plants
Sandra Cristina Gonçalves da Silva
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2014
Determinants of tax morale in Portugal: an analysis based on a structural equations model
Cristina Isabel Branco de Sá
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Antecedents and consequences of organizational creativity
Diogo Zapparoli Manenti
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Exports performance and its antecedents: a study of exporting firmsin the South of Brazil
Renato Pedro Mugnol
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The Demand for Preventive Health Care and Health Insurance: evidence for Portugal
Sandra Margarida Bernardes de Oliveira
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Psychic distance and its effects on exports from Brazilian states
Tereza Maria de Oliveira
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2013
Decision support process using the VIP Analysis system
Alecsandra Alves Veras Ventura
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The strategic importance of function designing in a cal center context
Ana Cristina dos Anjos Grilo Pinto de Sá
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The Interrelations Between Health, Human Capital and Economic Growth. Empirical Evidence From The OECD Countries and Portugal
Ana Isabel da Silva Alves Poças
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Banking relations, corporate governance and performance
António Pedro Pinto
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Disclosure of environmental information: a study of electrical sector companies in Portugal, Spain and Brazil
Célia Maria Braga Carneiro
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Performance measurement systems in SME: factors influencing implementation and use
César Faustino da Silva Bastos
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A Retrofit Decision Support Approach for Improving Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality in Buildings
Ehsan Asadi
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Budgetary decentralization and sub-national public debt - an application to Portuguese municipalities
Flora Hermengarda de Pinho e Cunha Lobo
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Determinants of the involvement of Brazilian academics in the creation of spin-offs
Gelso Pedrosi Filho
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Evaluation of R&D projects in the telecommunications sector
Joana Rita Silva Fialho
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Modeling and Numerical Analysis in Option Market With Memory
Júlio Cezar Alves Thomaz
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The impact of outsourcing on productivity: a study in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Maria Aleuda Fernandes
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Internal determinants of innovation and exportation performance in industrial Brazilian companies
Maria da Penha Braga Costa
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Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Firm Value: Evidence from Euronext Non-Financial Firms
Maria João da Silva Jorge
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The recreational use value of a national forest
Paula Marisa Nunes Simões
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Dutch Disease in Macau: Theoretical Modeling, Empirical Diagnosis and Treatments
Susana Baptista Mieiro
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Perceptions of corporate social responsibility and psychological capital as antecedents for commitment and performance
Susana Cristina Henriques Leal
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