Economic and financial crises have brought the rise of unemployment, reduction of economic growth and emergence of global imbalances and tensions as countries and regions have suffered the effects of a variety of internal and external shocks. In this context of constant disruption, the...

Portuguese strategic choices led, during the last two decades, to an overall situation of some positive achievements in which the regions of Lisbon and Algarve have been the only ones to converge towards the European average growth rate. Regarding the other Portuguese regions, and despite...

The present paper addresses the dynamics of innovation, by extending the analysis beyond a static - economic perspective. It offers a dynamic - institutional mapping of relational capacities to dynamically innovate. Its main goal is to contribute to the above-mentioned research theme by...