Como estabelecer com sucesso uma Unidade de Referência Tecnológica em sistema silvipastoril.

Este documento constitui-se em importante contribuição para a instalação de projetos de demonstração relacionados a sistemas silvipastoris, apresentando idéias e sugestões para o sucesso dessas iniciativas. Na perspectiva do desenvolvimento rural sustentável, a integração e a interação dos componentes pecuário, agrícola e florestal são de vital importância, de maneira a contemplar as questões pertinentes à mitigação de seus impactos no meio ambiente e ensejar a máxima biodiversidade possível, o uso conservacionista do solo, a produção e a conservação da água. Assim, a introdução do componente florestal nos sistemas de produção deve se dar num enfoque que não admita mais a separação entre agricultura, pecuária e floresta, mas sim, que promova a integração desses componentes no meio rural, em prol da qualidade de vida, da sustentabilidade e da estabilidade da produção. A compreensão da forma como o componente florestal contribui ou poderia contribuir, nos sistemas de produção existentes, permite o desenvolvimento de trabalhos técnicos para a introdução e/ou melhoramento de práticas florestais e/ou agroflorestais nas propriedades rurais; constituindo-se fundamento para a gestão de boas práticas ambientais. Este documento colabora também para o fortalecimento da competência técnica de profissionais e pessoas vinculados ao desenvolvimento rural, ao apontar estratégias para ações de difusão de tecnologia capaz de mitigar impactos da produção animal de grande porte em condições de pastagem.bitstream/item/190288/1/doc83F.pd

Family business succession: Analysis of the drivers of success based on entrepreneurship theory

This study explores family business succession. In this study, succession is compared to the concept of opportunity versus necessity entrepreneurship. The motivations of successors when they enter the succession process are examined to identify different conditions for family business success and sustainability. The influence of context is also considered. This study is based on multilevel research and a multidisciplinary perspective. Fuzzyset qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is applied to a sample of 383 observations from 6 countries (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria) spanning 2 regions: southern European Mediterranean countries (Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus) and southern Slavic countries (North Macedonia and Bulgaria). The interplay between personal characteristics of the successor, organizational characteristics of the family business, and context produces different patterns that lead to different outcomes in the succession processes of family businesses. The results are important to strengthen family business theory and identify the conditions that best promote the future growth and sustainability of family businesses. The results are also important to promote country-specific public policies that may create better conditions for successors in family businesses to succeed.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Braneworlds in bumblebee gravity

We investigate the thick braneworld scenario within the five-dimensional bumblebee gravity in the presence of a real scalar field. Since the contribution of the bumblebee field is expected to be weak, we solve the field equations in the small-parameter regime. In this situation, we develop a first-order framework to describe the brane. The results show that the function which drives the bumblebee field may engender a lumplike structure whose shape depends on the parameters. On one hand, the effect of the non-minimal coupling, controlled by $\xi$, between the bumblebee field and gravity shifts the field from the vacuum expectation value. On the other hand, the aether parameter, $\beta$, is responsible for modifying the solution inside the brane.Comment: 6 pages, double column, 2 figure

Leadership characteristics and digital transformation

Digital transformation (DT) is essential for all companies and industries, depending crucially on systems, IT, strategy, and people. In this research, we analyse how firms’ characteristics, associated with management characteristics, promote DT in Portuguese companies. The model considers the relationship between digital strategy and corporate and business strategy, according to firm and management characteristics. We use a multilevel analysis, applying fsQCA to data obtained from 47 Portuguese firms. The results represent an important step forward in the knowledge of the conditions to promote higher stages of DT, especially regarding leadership and management associated with certain firms’ characteristics. The conclusions support the crucial role of leadership and especially the importance of managers’ coherence towards companies’ mission to promote more advanced stages of DT. At the same time, it contributes to develop knowledge about the best possible combination of firms’ and management characteristics to promote DT.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio