Competitividade e Produtividade numa abordagem sistémica aplicada à Academia

Este estudo, baseado na colaboração universidade-indústria, visa contribuir para o reforço do Sistema Nacional de Investigação e Inovação. Considerando como fatores críticos o Capital Humano e a Qualidade da Investigação, explora ainda os fatores de equilíbrio e reforço que não só superam os constrangimentos de educação/formação entre a universidade e a indústria, mas também são úteis para aumentar a competitividade das empresas e melhorar a sua produtividade. O modelo de reforço desenvolvido destaca os resultados que surgem depois de melhorar a educação/formação e a qualidade da investigação, revelando o impacto destes fatores cruciais para o crescimento económico e para o aumento da competitividade e produtividade das empresas, complementado pela melhoria na qualidade de vida e na construção/fortalecimento de uma sociedade mais desenvolvida e próspera

Entrepreneurial Intentions on Higher Education Students

Entrepreneurship is an issue that causes a lot of controversy. Some people assert that becoming an entrepreneur is a solution for young students; some others argue that this statement is not so obvious, since the implementation of a business demands investment and requires capital, capital that is not easy to obtain. This article looks at a sample of 275 college students in Portugal and seeks to investigate if there is any relationship of entrepreneurial intentions of university students and some variables as training areas, higher education institutions, gender, age and family influences. To achieve this goal, a survey was carried out to college students, trying to understand how the training schools encouraged the creation of an entrepreneurial culture, in what extent students were motivated to entrepreneurship and what are their intents for the future. The results demonstrate that entrepreneurial education is the basis of cultivating the entrepreneurial spirit in college students. The training areas, the ambition of having his/her/own business, having a great idea and having family´s history of entrepreneurial characteristics are the main causes that influence entrepreneurial intentions in college students

IPCA’s Student Entrepreneurial Profile from the 6th Edition of Master on Bussiness Organizational Management

The success of small and medium enterprises largely depends on the human capital of their entrepreneurs. Many authors and researchers defend that the success of an entrepreneur is correlated to his profile, but there is no consensus about the degree among various characteristics inherent to an entrepreneur. The present study is based on primary data collected directly from 15 Master’s degree students on Business Organizational Management in the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), Portugal, during 2014/2015. Descriptive statistic was used to summarize the data and present a simple model to evaluate entrepreneurial profile of students and highlight strategy to (re)define curricula

ICTs and human capital obsolescence in the health sector : the case of portuguese family physicians

Tese de mestrado. Mestrado em Inovação e Empreendedorismo Tecnológico. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 200