In this work it was intended to carry through an analysis of the European venture capital market in the last eight years. Also it was done a summary of the venture capital industry history, carrying through a comparison between U.S.A. and Europe. In the European venture capital market analysis...

To better comprehend the growth trajectory of Brazilian agriculture, it is necessary to understand the productivity movement of different classes of producers within the country, that is, to verify whether poorer producers are converging in productivity with larger ones. Stochastic frontier...

The present study tries to answer if labor or capital is more intense in the productive attainment of the Services Sector. The objective is to use panel data econometric techniques, whose mathematical model is based on the Cobb-Douglas production function, to find the coefficients that weight...

The present study tries to answer if labor or capital is more intense in the productive attainment of the Services Sector. The objective is to use panel data econometric techniques, whose mathematical model is based on the Cobb-Douglas production function, to find the coefficients that weight...

The objective of this paper is to use the techniques of Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) to estimate the increase or decrease of inefficiencies through time, as well as the linear programming procedure Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist index in order to analyze the sources of...

One of the major tasks facing a transition economy is to create the competitive environment of a properly functioning market economy. This paper attempts to analyze the relationship of market structure, market imperfections and corporate performance by mark-up pricing. There is clear evidence...

To better comprehend the growth trajectory of Brazilian agriculture, it is necessary to understand the productivity movement of different classes of producers within the country, that is, to verify whether poorer producers are converging in productivity with larger ones. Stochastic frontier...

Atualmente, as organizações enfrentam vários desafios, por exemplo, as suas transações organizacionais crescem em volume e complexidade e estão a viver em ambientes de negócios altamente regulamentados. Portanto, os mecanismos de controlo e monitorização são necessários para avaliar e...

This document, intended to be discuss and criticized, aims for the implementation on the city of Barreiro, Portugal, of a Local Investment Agency. The final objective of such project is to allow entrepreneurs and investors to build in the city new ventures that can create employment, build an...

The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 changed the landscape of financing a business, affecting all projects that are looking for growth based on access to capital. Non-bank finance and new forms of equity access started to emerge not only for attractive born-global start-ups but also for...