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- Vitiviniculture, environment and biodiversity: sustainability actionsPublication . Figueiredo, Antonio; Rodrigues, António; Vicente, Margarida; Antunes, Maria JoséThe rational use of resources is currently a widely discussed topic in any organization, although it takes on greater importance in those of productive scope. Measures of different levels − strategic, tactical or operational − are increasingly being implemented, so it is pertinent to analyze their effect on the distinct dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economic and social. Any strategic process must go through those that are considered the four crucial stages: analysis, formulation, implementation and control. The perfect knowledge of the environment and its emerging needs and concerns along with an in-depth survey of the internal situation of the organizations will allow us to achieve truly differentiating levels of excellence. This research, carried out in a wine-producing organization – Adega Cooperativa de Mangualde – identifies its crucial activities, the main strategic, tactical and operational actions that have been implemented in the last eight years, fits them into the above-mentioned dimensions of ustainability and determines its relative weights. Particular emphasis is placed on grapes suppliers − the capital holders −, as regards their mode of production and its impact on biodiversity and the environment. Raising public awareness of this issue is of great importance and people should be encouraged to alter their behaviour by changing some attitudes in everyday life. This awareness to achieve sustainable development becomes even more important insofar as it is a cooperative institution with a management model of well-defined specific characteristics.
- Crises in tourism: travel agencies' perceptions of the Covid-19 pandemic crisisPublication . Duque, Ana Sofia; Vicente, Margarida; Loureiro, CristinaA indústria do turismo é extremamente vulnerável a inúmeras crises, como desastres naturais, terrorismo, epidemias e pandemias. Os destinos turísticos e as próprias empresas devem de estar bem preparados para combater uma crise e desenvolver estratégias de recuperação. O presente trabalho identifica, a partir das perceções das agências de viagens e turismo, as dimensões do impacto da crise pandémica Covid-19. É desenvolvido um instrumento de avaliação das várias dimensões relacionadas com o impacto da pandemia. O método escolhido foi o inquérito por questionário, que foi enviado por email a 318 agências de viagens da região Centro de Portugal, localizadas nos distritos que integram este território: Aveiro, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Leiria, Guarda e Viseu. Os resultados mostram que o impacto da crise Covid-19 pode medir-se através de seis dimensões: psicológica, carreira, contabilística, económica, procura e trabalho em rede. Assim, o impacto da Covid-19 deixa de ser entendido como um conceito geral e passa a ser percebido como um conjunto de seis fatores específicos. O desenvolvimento de um instrumento de avaliação das várias dimensões do impacto da crise pandémica Covid-19 permitirá a estas empresas orientar a sua estratégia e desenvolver as ferramentas necessárias para combater crises e diminuir os seus danos.
- Motivations to Visit Jerusalem, Santiago De Compostela And Fatima As Sacred Destinations: A Generational ApproachPublication . Silva, Carla; Abrantes, José Luís; Hernstein, Ram; Reis, ManuelThe present study analyses in a holistic and multidisciplinary approach the motivations that tourists have to visit sacred places. The goal is to find out what are the key motivational factors that determine their choice. It supplies an extensive literature review focusing on the concept of motivations, which allows us to identify the main reasons that draw people to sites. The fieldwork of this study includes pilgrims and or tourists at three sacred sites: Fátima (Portugal), Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and Jerusalem (Israel). Fieldwork includes surveys of 633 tourists from different religions visiting these symbolic places who belong to generations of Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. The results show the existence of a multidimensional scale that incorporates three dimensions of motivation to visit sacred places as tourist destinations: (1) Faith, (2) Personal enrichment and (3) Calling. However, due to the differences of generations - Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials - the importance and significance of each of those motivations for the tourists who visit these sacred places is different. The present study has important implications for the marketing and planning of sacred destinations, particularly in the development of strategies of segmentation, targeting and positioning, through the disclosure of the differentiated characteristics valued by each age group of tourists.
- Erasmus students in Portugal: from students to tourists and advocatesPublication . Amaro, Suzanne; Barroco, Cristina; Martins, Carmen; Antunes, JoaquimAlthough there are several studies examining the benefits of the Erasmus student mobility programme on student’s professional career and academic development, there is scarce literature focusing on how they are similar to tourists and can promote tourism in the country where they did Erasmus. This study interviewed 16 students from 10 different nationalities that have done Erasmus in Portugal, in order to examine their travelling behaviours and how they may contribute in promoting Portugal. The findings reveal that Erasmus students are similar to tourists, contributing to Portugal’s Tourism not only by their travelling behaviour, but also by the visitors they receive and because of the posts of Portugal on social media. Furthermore, after their Erasmus experience, they become advocates, recommending Portugal to family and friends.
- Determinants of intentions to use a pilgrimage app: a cross-cultural comparisonPublication . Amaro, Suzanne; Duarte, Paulo Alexandre de Oliveira; Antunes, AngelaThe main aim of this study is to examine which features pilgrims from six nationalities walking the Camino de Santiago most value in a pilgrimage app and to determine which ones most influence intentions to use it. Data were collected through an online questionnaire. The 911 responses were analysed using ANOVA and PLS-SEM. The features related to general information are the strongest predictor of intentions to use a pilgrimage app and there is only one significant difference among nationalities regarding the determinants of intentions to use it. The findings of the study are useful for the development of pilgrimage apps.
- Wine routes: Development of wine regions and local communitiesPublication . Lopes, André; Seabra, Cláudia; Silva, Carla; Abrantes, José LuísWine tourism an emerging tourism product, has an increasingly important role in the wine regions’ development and promotion (Bras, 2010). Wine tourism was born from the union of two completely different industries (Hjalager & Richards, 2002): wine industry which is typically oriented to the product and for the wine production and tourism which works to accommodate the tourist. Each wine-growing region has been developing various forms of wine tourism, through wine fairs and festivals, the constitution of wine museums and enoteca / interpretation centers, visits to wineries and cellars, visits to vineyards and farms, wine tastings, wine-growing spas, wine-growing villages and wine routes (Costa, 2014). Wine routes are privileged instruments for the organization and dissemination of wine tourism (Correia, 2005), were created in Europe from the post-war period (Hall & Mitchell, 2000) and comprise one or more signaled pathways that run through a wine region (Brás, Costa, & Buhalis, 2010). Wine routes can help redesign the economies of rural areas (Scherrer, Alonso, & Sheridan, 2009), are an important tourist product in the world (Correia, Passos Ascenção, & Charters, 2004). The National Tourism Strategic Plan (2012), have on the analysis of the great trends of international demand, identified the gastronomy and the wine as one of the ten strategic products for the development of the national tourism (MEE, 2012). The cultivation of vines and the consumption of wine in Portugal are older than their own nationality (Hall & Mitchell, 2000). Wine consumption is associated with relaxation, social interaction and hospitality (Barber, Taylor & Deale, 2010). Portugal is one of the largest wine producers in the world (IVV, 2014). Wine production is one of the activities that have contributed most to the development of the economy (Guedes, 2006). The wine routes are one of the most visible aspects of the practice of wine tourism in Portugal (Simões, 2008). They were created by the initiative of wine producers in 1993 to increase the promotion and sale of their products and to develop the tourism potential of the different wine-growing regions in several areas, such as: culture, history, traditions, built heritage and landscape (Costa & Kastenholz, 2009). Wine routes are nowadays considered as a tourism product with great potential for the development of tourist destinations (Jurincic & Bojnec, 2009). This work aims at analyzing wine routes as a means of developing wine-growing regions, economically, socially and environmentally, and as an opportunity to promote positive images of wine-growing regions, using as a methodological support a literature review. It is also intended to propose an empirical study of the two aspects of wine routes in Portugal: (i) supply, in particular the characteristics and conditions of the routes; and (ii) search, specifically the profile of the wine tourist, his motivations, image of the wine tourism destinations and their degree of satisfaction.
- Industry 4.0: a challenge of competitionPublication . Antunes, Joaquim; Pinto, António; Reis, Pedro; Henriques, CarlaIntroduction: The value creation in industry in developed countries is being driven by the fourth stage of industrialization, denominated by Industry 4.0. The new industrial revolution will be motivated by next-generation information technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, Big Data and data analysis, robotics, mobile computing, simulation and modelling, cyber-physical systems, among others. This opens new horizons for industry, but the challenges are countless creating difficulties for companies in the adoption of these technologies. Objectives: To make a powerful and deep literature revision pursuing a technical analysis of the Industry 4.0 requirements. Methods: We will address the main risks and challenges associated with IoT and define the regional attractiveness measures as growth drivers that leaders must put in place to appeal for companies chasing 4.0. Results: IoT joins the digital world and the physical world being considered the next generation network or the future Internet. It allows to give life and communication capacity either to living beiings or to inanimate objects. IoT's intervention in Industry 4.0 im extreme, with a continuous interconnection of the digital and physical domain. Conclusions: Portugal's growth prospects will increasingly depend on policies that enable the economy to compete successfully and create new income opportunities. At the moment, there are structural bottlenecks that continue to curb growth and exacerbate vulnerabilities. Solving some of these problems will now lay the foundation for solid growth in the coming years, but this calls for a renewal of the impetus for structural reforms. Industry 4.0, can contribute significantly to reducing regional asymmetries. But in the longer term, skills will need to be improved to foster development and reduce the high levels of such inequalities.
- O comércio tradicional como fator de atração turística. O caso do eixo urbano do DouroPublication . Fragata, Anabela; Teixeira, Helena; Antunes, Joaquim; Trindade, CátiaO comércio tradicional desempenha um papel fundamental e estruturante na vida das cidades, com especial destaque para as cidades intermédias do interior. Estas atividades económicas são dinamizadoras dos centros urbanos, sendo fundamentais para sustentar o desempenho da atividade turística. Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal perceber a gestão das dinâmicas na área do comércio tradicional, no que se refere a fatores de sustentabilidade das empresas que estão no ativo há, pelo menos, 15 anos, na região do Eixo Urbano do Douro. Um novo instrumento de pesquisa foi construído, com base na literatura e em entrevista com profissionais do Observatório Económico e Social da Associação de Municípios Douro Alliance. A metodologia utilizada teve por base a inventariação do total de empresas ligadas ao comércio tradicional, seguida da aplicação do questionário a uma amostra de 173 empresas. Os resultados permitiram constatar que estas empresas se encontram num nível atrasado de utilização de novas tecnologias, não valorizam os créditos bancários, utilizando fundos próprios para o seu desenvolvimento, preocupam-se com os prazos de pagamento dos clientes, apresentam baixo nível de outsourcing e de participação em associações comerciais ou empresariais e procuram adaptar os produtos/serviços às alterações da procura de residentes e turistas.
- Why do firms live longer than others? The elixir of (eternal) life of blue chip American companiesPublication . Reis, PedroPurpose: Why do certain companies live longer than others? The average lifespan of a listed north and South American company is over 33 years and in Europe the average age of a company is 52 (Note 1). In 1288, Stora Enso a big pulp and paper company from Sweden issued its first share. According to credit rating agency Tokyo Shoko Research, in Japan, there are more than 20,000 companies with more than 100 years’ old. Through a sample of blue ship American listed oldest companies and quarter panel data from 1988-2013 this article identifies more than 8 significant explanatory variables and ascertains relevant factors related with longevity. Methodology: A new robust standard errors for panel regressions with cross-sectional dependence based on Driscoll-Kraay estimator is applied. This method (stata xtscc) is heteroskedasticity consistent and the standard error estimates are robust to general forms of cross-sectional and temporal dependence surpassing the deficiencies of traditional panel data statistical approaches. Findings: The sample of blue ship companies and panel regressions with Driscoll-Kraay estimator shows that the most relevant factors to induce longevity are related with growth opportunities perspective and horizon, cash liquidity, profitability and shareholders remuneration whether from dividends or repurchases, capital structure, strong claims-compliance-liability structure department, innovation and firm size. Originality: This paper’s topic considers for the first-time age as a dependent variable and not a control one. Also, the large time period of study, including quarterly observations is new, as well as the original approach to estimation applied to this theme, considered as an alternative to traditional panel data methods. Practical implications: With these determinants identified, professionals and academics can use them as benchmarking and a recipe to endure and assuring bigger lifespan for other mature and young companies.
- Avaliação Económica de um Sistema de Produção Fotovoltaico para AutoconsumoPublication . Fialho, Joana Rita Silva; Pinto, António Pedro Soares; Gomes, Ana Lúcia CostaA escassez de recursos naturais, o aumento de necessidades energéticas, os incentivos recentes em termos legislativos e uma preocupação crescente com as questões ambientais, desencadearam uma procura crescente de fontes alternativas de energia. Este estudo pretende analisar a viabilidade económica de um sistema fotovoltaico (FV) de produção de eletricidade para autoconsumo, no Campus Politécnico de Viseu. A avaliação foi efetuada, tendo por base a criação de 3 cenários para a potência de ligação do sistema FV, com métricas tradicionais (valor atual líquido e payback)e complementada com o recurso a técnicas de opções reais (árvores de decisão), que permitem integrar, na avaliação, fontes de incerteza e flexibilidade operacional. Em termos globais, o investimento revela interesse económico e o payback é inversamente proporcional ao valor da tarifa suportada na aquisição de energia à rede.