This paper begins with a conceptual approach to the third sector, followed by a review of the relationship between investment and growth. The empirical component focuses on Portuguese NUT III Douro and Alto Trás-os-Montes regions, which are said to be less developed, and have been the...

Cet article propose une analyse de l’intégration économique locale des entreprises et des territoires ruraux, en s’appuyant sur des données d’enquêtes réalisées auprès d’entreprises non agricoles localisées dans 12 zones d’études françaises et portugaises composées d’un...

Is there a relation between entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship and local sustainability? The studied region (Vale do Sousa North of Portugal) presents very low levels of entrepreneurship but the results for local sustainability are very interesting. Results are based on a questionnaire presented...

Objetivo. Explicar o impacto do desequilíbrio espacial português e o seu impacto na acessibilidade aos cuidados de saúde, desenvolvimento e qualidade de vida. Métodos. inquiriram-se 1021 indivíduos, com tratamento estatístico através de análise inferencial, fatorial e de regressão....

The main purpose of this paper is to analyse patterns of innovations in Agricultural and agro-based industries (like agricultural products, food products, textiles, leather, paper, publishing and printing), Mineral based industries (like chemicals, rubber and plastic products, basic metals,...

This paper begins with a conceptual approach to the third sector, followed by a review of the relationship between investment and growth. The empirical component focuses on Portuguese NUT III Douro and Alto Tras-os-Montes regions, which are said to be less developed, and have been the recipients...

El objetivo de este trabajo es discutir el papel que juega la inversión como condicionante en el proceso de crecimiento de las regiones menos desarrolladas. Las teorías del crecimiento hablan de distintos motores e se basan en modelos que permiten diferentes interpretaciones sobre la...

El objetivo de este artículo es describir el resultado de la investigación de doctoramiento en gestión sobre el impacto de la Calidad de Vida en el Trabajo, en la productividad/facturación de las empresas metalúrgicas del Estado de Pará-Brasil. Se realizó la aplicación de cuestionarios...

One of the great challenges of contemporary society is the unceasing search for ways of generating, incorporating and diffusing innovation – and this is true of the most widely varying sectors of human activity, ranging from finance, through the arts to social welfare. Looking at society today...

This paper analyzes the local economic integration of rural firms and areas, in using data from survey carried out to French and Portuguese non-agricultural firms located in 12 small or medium-sized towns and their hinterland. The analysis of their sales and purchases and the location where they...