At the last National Conference of Industrial Sociology in Portugal (in March 1999) was presented a paper on the topic of “foresight as a technology and employment policy instrument” (A.B. Moniz) where there was a reference to the need of development of this kind of tools and instruments....

At the last National Conference of Industrial Sociology in Portugal (in March 1999) was presented a paper on the topic of “foresight as a technology and employment policy instrument” (A.B. Moniz) where there was a reference to the need of development of this kind of tools and instruments....

Os criterios de avaliacao sao declaradamente importantes para o desempenho escolar dos alunos. Apesar da diversidade dos criterios de avaliacao pelos quais os alunos, habitualmente, passam ao longo da sua formacao escolar, nao sao, geralmente, analisadas as diferencas nos resultados escolares...

Desenvolvendo-se inicialmente como um serviço de apoio à navegação aérea, no alvorecer da aviação civil, os serviços de Controlo de Tráfego Aéreo passaram - no contexto do sistema operacional - por um período de dependência total da componente Humana , isto é, das capacidades...

This paper aims to explore the relevance of the Asymmetric Information and the Theory of Argumentation TA in the complex area of financial crises. Specifically, we investigated the scope of the phenomenon of persuasion in advertising. It examines advertisements in publications notable economic...

This research considers a mathematical model for pricing the procrastination option. The concept of procrastination will be discussed from the point of view of Psychology, Economy, Finance and Strategy. The maximum limit of the strategy of procrastination will be investigated, considering the...

In the present article we reinterpret the routine activities model trying to incorporate some elements of rational choice model. The empirical analysis estimates the probability of victimization. The data base is a victimization survey conducted by FIA/USP and ILLANUD, in 2002. The survey was...

From a methodological perspective, the paper aims to introduce a relativization of the dilemma stability versus unstability in the economic science. Although it was announced by Vercelli (1991), it is not well developed in Economics. While the mainstream regards the economic system as having an...