Drilling deeper: understanding trade in Angola

The present study analyzes Angola’s trading partners from 2005 to 2015 in order to understand the main drivers of Exports and Imports growth. Departing from a gravity model, foreign GDP growth and real exchange rate fluctuations were interpreted as demand and supply disturbances on Exports. While nominal and real exports both increase with demand expansions, they react differently to supply shocks. Imports are growing at the same rate as Angola’s economy while exchange rate fluctuations capture the wealth effect of Oil price in the economy

DESENVOLVIMENTO DO MAPA ESTRATÉGICO BALANCED SCORECARD PARA UM CAMPUS UNIVERSITÁRIO TEMÁTICO METAL-MECÂNICO

Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento do mapa estratégico Balanced ScoreCard (BSC) para um campus temático metal-mecânico de uma universidade regional, comunitária e de direito privado. O objetivo é facilitar a utilização do Balanced ScoreCard como modelo de gestão estratégica em universidades filantrópicas através do desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta auxiliar chamada de mapa estratégico BSC. O mapa estratégico BSC é construído a partir dos objetivos e das estratégias definidos no plano de desenvolvimento institucional (PDI) da instituição ou unidade, estruturado na forma das perspectivas adotadas no modelo BSC e permitindo a visualização da cadeia de causas e efeitos que pode levar ao sucesso da gestão. Prevê-se a modelagem BSC e o seu desdobramento em estratégias de mudança com visão competitiva

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IN THE TOOL MANAGEMENT USED BY THE CUT AND CNC MACHINES OF THE ORNAMENTAL ROCKS INDUSTRY

In the ornamental stone industry, improving production processes is a constant challenge for managers looking for solutions that improve the competitiveness of the companies. The management of cutting and computerized cut command machine tools is one of the areas where this improvement in management processes can have a positive effect on the competitiveness and productivity of companies. With this purpose, a model based on business intelligence methodologies was developed to systematize and automate the management process. The proposed model consists of the following layers: acquisition, extract, transform and load, storage and access and analysis. The acquisition layer consists of the interface with data available in various formats. The extract, transform and load process aims to extract data from these repositories and load them into a data warehouse. While the access and analysis phase is based on the use of software tools with graphical user interface with advanced analysis reporting features. The technology infrastructure is supported by the open source Tibco Jaspersoft Community Edition software package, which provides tools for the practical implementation of the defined model. With this work, it is hoped to implement the defined business intelligence model thus giving answers to the problems identified by providing information for the decision-making that corresponds to the needs of the managers.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Integrating formal and informal learning through a FLOSS-based innovative approach

It is said that due to the peculiar dynamics of FLOSS communities and their projects, effective participation in them is a privileged way to acquire the relevant skills and expertise in FLOSS development. Such is probably the reason for a number of higher education institutions to include in their curricula in Software Engineering some form of contact with the FLOSS reality. This paper explores such a perspective through an on-going case study on university students collaboration in FLOSS projects. The aim of this research is to 1) identify what should be learnt about software development through regular participation in a FLOSS project/community, and 2) assess the didactic potential of this kind of non-standard learning experiences. To this aim we resorted to a participatory research action approach and qualitative methods, namely case studies combining direct observation and interviews.This work is supported by Macao Science and Technology Development Fund (MSTDF), File No. 019 / 2011 / A1, as well as the ERDF - European Regional Development Fund through the COMPETE Programme (operational programme for competitiveness), by National Funds through FCT - the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, within project FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-010047

Predicting High-Value Customers in a Portuguese Wine Company

Wine companies operate in a very competitive environment in which they must provide better-customised services and products to survive and gain advantage. The high customer turnover rate is a problem for these companies. This work aims to provide wine companies with new knowledge about customers that help to retain the existing ones. The study applies a collected dataset from a transaction database in a medium-sized ortuguese wine company to determinate: (1) customer lifetime value; (2) cluster customer value as output (customer loyalty). The measurement of the customer lifetime value (CLV) was analysed using the Pareto/NBD model and gamma-gamma model. Clustering techniques are employed to segment customers according to Recency, Frequency, and Monetary (RFM) values. Study findings show that exists three clusters with different interest to the marketing strategies, identifying the high-value customers, to target using marketing to increase their lifetime value effectively. The implications for the marketing strategy decisions is that using techniques based on the RFM model can make the most from data of customers and transactions databases and thus create sustainable advantages.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Maternal death and delays in accessing emergency obstetric care in Mozambique

Background: Despite declining trends maternal mortality remains an important public health issue in Mozambique. The delays to reach an appropriate health facility and receive care faced by woman with pregnancy related complications play an important role in the occurrence of these deaths. This study aims to examine the contribution of the delays in relation to the causes of maternal death in facilities in Mozambique. Methods: Secondary analysis was performed on data from a national assessment on maternal and neonatal health that included in-depth maternal death reviews, using patient files and facility records with the most comprehensive information available. Statistical models were used to assess the association between delay to reach the health facility that provides emergency obstetric care (delay type II) and delay in receiving appropriate care once reaching the health facility providing emergency obstetric care (delay type III) and the cause of maternal death within the health facility. Results: Data were available for 712 of 2,198 maternal deaths. Delay type II was observed in 40.4% of maternal deaths and delay type III in 14.2%.and 13.9% had both delays. Women who died of a direct obstetric complication were more likely to have experienced a delay type III than women who died due to indirect causes. Women who experienced delay type II were less likely to have also delay type III and vice versa. Conclusions: The delays in reaching and receiving appropriate facility-based care for women facing pregnancy related complications in Mozambique contribute significantly to maternal mortality. Securing referral linkages and health facility readiness for rapid and correct patient management are needed to reduce the impact of these delays within the health system

Professores/as de coragem: a escola nas disputas sobre o governo dos corpos

O presente artigo é resultado de uma pesquisa de mestrado que analisou como a escola tem se tornado um local de crescentes disputas sobre gênero e sexualidades. As fontes de pesquisas foram grupos focais com professores/as e um breve levantamento bibliográfico para contextualização e fundamentação das análises. A perspectiva teórica dialogou com as noções de discurso, governo e regime de verdade em Michel Foucault, bem como noções de gênero e reconhecimento em Judith Butler. As análises indicaram que a despeito da LGBTfobia presente nas escolas pesquisadas e dos ataques que sofrem professores/as acusados/as de propagar uma suposta “ideologia de gênero”, muitos/as deles/as, assumindo uma posição de coragem, têm sido importantes articuladores/as da resistência ao recrudescimento do discurso antigênero

PREVISÃO DO TEMPO DE PERMANÊNCIA EM DOIS LARES DO DISTRITO DE SANTARÉM

A previsão do tempo de permanência por parte dos utentes de lares, baseada na análise dos dados existentes, constitui um indicador da maior importância para os gestores deste tipo de equipamentos ajudando-os a planear os recursos necessários. Neste estudo desenvolveu-se uma análise para determinar o tempo de permanência de um idoso num lar e quais são as variáveis que influenciam esse tempo de permanência. Os dados foram analisados tendo por base o modelo de regressão de Cox onde se verificou que as variáveis faturação acumulada, Idade e distância da residência ao lar têm impacto no tempo de permanência. Na aplicação do teste log-rank encontramos diferenças na sobrevivência nas variáveis faturação acumulada e idade. Os resultados obtidos podem ser úteis para avaliação do tempo que decorre até ao abandono e dessa forma permitir planear os recursos necessários para acompanhar os utentes dos lares.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The Insertion of the Tool Balanced Scorecard in the Strategic Planning of a Growing Company: A Case Study in the Company Metadil Metalúrgica Indústria e Comércio Ltda

The aim of this study was to analyze how the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) can assist in the building the strategic planning of a small growing company, in order to achieve its strategic targets. For this purpose, it was carried out a study in a small company of the furniture segment, with a view to identify the benefits derived from the use of BSC at the organization. The following departments were analyzed: Human Resources, Marketing/Customers, Finances, and Production, and identified as BSC perspectives, they assisted in meeting the strategic targets of the company. In this study, it was adopted the qualitative methodology, with exploratory and descriptive nature, through case study. By the close analysis of BSC use, it was noticed, that there should be greater interaction among the different areas, with effective acting from HR area, regarding improvement in the company learning and growth, such as training and motivation programs; at the Production section, indicators were created in order to meet the increasing demand; concerning Marketing/Customers section, it was identified, through indicators at customers perspective, their real needs, in order to keep them satisfied with products and services; and, regarding to Finances, indicators were created to manage the investments and the minimization of production costs