The 2008 global financial crisis caused the collapse of business key sectors,
declines in consumer wealth and a fall in economic activity resulting in a global
recession. In some European countries, the 2008 crisis contributed to a sovereign-debt
crisis which had a strong impact in Southern European countries. The construction
sector was particularly affected, with budget cuts disturbing public investment and no financing available for private constructors.
This report intends to explain how Mota-Engil, faced this situation of low
growth, and which strategies were adopted by the management to overcome the difficult
economic conjecture, mainly in its domestic market: Portugal.
The report is organized as a case-study. The first part, the case narrative, is subdivided
into 6 parts, and the second part is the teaching note. The teaching note is
constituted by the four questions and their respective responses.NSBE - UN