Nowadays, before starting any goods or service production process, one tries to learn something about their quality. This is an issue the customers segment is confronted with when choosing from the supply at one’s disposal. The quality movement’s main idea is that all goods and services must...

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...

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...

The first step will be to measure the firms sales and purchases economic impact based on small and medium-sized towns and to calculate their degree of integration into the local economy, comparing the local economic integration of small and medium-sized towns within three types of rural area, in...

Small and medium-sized towns in rural areas are of particular interest at this stage in the evolution of the European CAP. Serious consideration is being given to mechanisms that could transfer resources from the agricultural sector into a more diversified rural economy in order to safeguard the...