The urban tourism is a segment with a relevant expansion, assuming an important role in the revitalization and in the promotion of economic development in cities. The following communication tries to explore some crucial issues in the analysis of the urban dimension and its interconnections with...

Today the importance of networks between actors and institutions is growing. There are several benefits that these networks can create, from the greater dissemination of information through sharing of resources to access to specialized assets. Networks facilitate the sharing of best-practice and...

According to international law, straddling fish stocks should be managed cooperativelythrough Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs).This paper analyzes the stability and success of these organizations through agame in partition function form based on the classical Gordon-Schaefer...

This paper considers the prospects for cooperative multilateral management of the North Atlantic bluefin tuna fisheries in accordance with the United Nations (UN) Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks signed in December 1995. A three-players characteristic function...

The restoration of seagrass meadows for the recuperation of macro and micro habitats in the area of Portinho da Arrábida is the objective of BIOMARES project, during 2007 and 2011, co-financed by Life-Nature European Commission Programme. But what is the added value of this initiative? This...

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play a crucial role in the world today. Globalization as we know it and the emergence of so-called Information and Knowledge Society are the direct consequence of radical technological innovations that led to the development of the Internet...

Innovation has come to play an evermore-prominent role in Territorial Policies because is a crucial aspect to Economic Development. The present study reflects on the theoretical models of Innovation and the paradigm of Regional Innovation Systems. Through the analysis of 175 regions of the EU 15...

Innovation has come to play an evermore-prominent role in Territorial Policies because is a crucial aspect to Economic Development. The present study reflects on the theoretical models of Innovation and the paradigm of Regional Innovation Systems. Through the analysis of 175 regions of the EU 15...

Innovation has assumed an increased importance in Regional Development theories. This communication hopes to contribute to the understanding of the Algarve Regional Innovation Systems, a peripheral region in the National and European framework, where an economic growth is supported by Tourism,...

The essay will try to debate about the institutional theory, confronting the emergence of institutionalism with the limits of neoclassical theory. The initial old institutionalism and the new institutionalism ideas will be discussed trying to underline what distinguishes the ideas of Coase and...