DSpace Collection:http://hdl.handle.net/10884/2602024-01-08T17:36:08Z2024-01-08T17:36:08ZALIANCAS ESTRATEGICAS: CONDICIONANTES DAS VANTAGENS COMPETITIVAS SUSTENTÁVEISSANTOS, MARIOhttp://hdl.handle.net/10884/13502019-01-04T10:30:46Z2015-10-01T00:00:00ZTitle: ALIANCAS ESTRATEGICAS: CONDICIONANTES DAS VANTAGENS COMPETITIVAS SUSTENTÁVEIS
Authors: SANTOS, MARIO
Abstract: Simply stating that rural development programmes are in place, that there is innovation, co-operation and expertise or even simply acknowledging that behaviour and attitude is to be changed, are quite insufficient. It is vital to turn them into real actions, and concrete deeds, by sharing information and knowledge as well as adopting new procedures and models, trading forms, marketing and value distribution. The management and organization methods should be correctly applied. New forms of intervention in the production (precision agriculture, strengthening of export levels, increase organic production) must be reached and applied in a strenuous and collective way. The objectives and attitudes will have to strengthen up the interventions as well as practical and business applications, therefore gaining importance and recognizing the results and its evolutions. Its theoretical nature (based on learning and innovativeness) is essential and critical, and contributes for the evolution and change. Ideas and projects have existed but must be put into practice with consistency turning themselves into concrete decisions and actions before a real economy. In order to tackle the globalization issue, it will be critical to reinforce confidence levels and competitiveness. Quality and excellence issues are already mastered in Portugal, they now need to be complemented with the reinforcement of scale economies and by adding value to the agricultural and industrial that present connection to the sector.
The sector is too hermetic within its limits and needs entrepreneurial renewal. Younger farmers have to be attracted, existing ones have to change their way of approaching the business and the reality; this should happen whilst shielding the organizations that show high levels of coordinatination, technical and training efficiency, those that are well connected (national and internationally), and sharing the already acquired knowledge. Seemingly this is not yet the case in the “Região do Oeste”, at least with the dynamics that a region like this should have, a region that leads the national statistics in number of producing units as well as in horticultural (fruit and vegetable) production growth rates.2015-10-01T00:00:00ZA influência da logística na competitividade das empresas: o caso das empresas grossistas de distribuição em Portugal"Marçal, Joséhttp://hdl.handle.net/10884/6352016-04-06T17:03:22Z2006-07-17T00:00:00ZTitle: A influência da logística na competitividade das empresas: o caso das empresas grossistas de distribuição em Portugal"
Authors: Marçal, José
Abstract: Operando as empresas num mercado cada vez mais competitivo e global, os sistemas logísticos desempenham um papel estratégico na vida das mesmas. O valor criado pela logística radica assim numa dupla vertente: por um lado, a eficiência dos sistemas logísticos promove baixos custos (que se podem reflectir no preço); por outro, um desempenho logístico de acordo, ou que supere, as expectativas dos clientes pode ser um elemento diferenciador face à concorrência. O estudo realizou-se com base numa amostra de empresas grossistas do ramo alimentar que responderam a um questionário elaborado para o efeito, referente ao periodo de 1995 a 2005. Os dados a partir dos quais se procedeu à análise, utilizando técnicas estatísticas com recurso ao SPSS, permitiram, no essencial, comprovar a eficácia das práticas logísticas utilizadas e o impacto do seu desempenho nas empresas. Na sequência da análise das componentes principais construimos um modelo que permite explicar a influência da logística na competitividade das empresas inquiridas, designdamente em termos de prazos de entrega, nível de serviço, outsourcing, custos logísticos e novas tecnologias.2006-07-17T00:00:00ZA Convergência do Mercado Bancário na União EuropeiaPiriquito Costa, José Manuelhttp://hdl.handle.net/10884/4362016-04-06T17:00:31Z2008-04-01T00:00:00ZTitle: A Convergência do Mercado Bancário na União Europeia
Authors: Piriquito Costa, José Manuel
Abstract: The European Union (EU) has implemented prescribed uniform rules to be adopted
by its state members, relatively to the banking activity, with bigger relevance since the
beginning of the Nineties.
One admits that those prescribed uniform rules have contributed for the convergence
of the banking activity in EU state members.
On the other hand, one admits that the economies’ globalization has also contributed
for similar convergence.
In the present work, an empirical research is made about the convergence of 12 state
members and 4 not communitarian with developed financial systems, relatively to
operational costs and income, financial structure, efficiency and profitability.
Data relative to years 1993 to 2003 have been used.
The methodology used consisted in the average comparison, through variance
analyses and the usual β-convergence and σ-convergence in macroeconomics
convergence studies between countries and between regions.
Having found evidence of differences between the three segments of the sample
communitarian banks (commercial banks, cooperative banks and savings banks), joint
and separate analyses for segment have been made.
Evidence of convergence in income and operational costs and in the financial
structure was found (this last one more in the cooperative banks and savings banks).
Was also found evidence that the commercial banks in the EU have initiated the
convergence movement before the other segments of the EU and also before the not
communitarian commercial banks.2008-04-01T00:00:00Z