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Prof. Alcina Nunes
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

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Alcina Nunes has a PhD in Economics, and is currently a Coordinating Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal. She is pedagogically responsible for the bachelors degree in International Business Management (European Degree), and is an integrated member of UNIAG, a research unit funded by FCT. She was a researcher at the Office of Strategy and Studies of the Ministry of Economic (Portugal), where she worked in business demography. She collaborates with several higher education institutions and scientific journals, participates in research projects, and has published scientific articles in conference proceedings, indexed scientific journals and book chapters.

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Journal article
Published: 30 June 2021 in Sustainability
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Tourists’ demand for outdoor sport-related activities has been growing in the last decade, leading to the recognition of the outdoor tourism potential of the development of rural and urban areas where the activities could take place. While the literature has recognized this potential, its features and the existing conditions for its practice are often not fully comprehended, mainly due to the lack of measurement systems and performance indicators. This study addresses this gap by proposing a wide-ranging assessment matrix of nine outdoor-related activities, employing northern Portugal as a study area. Based on an exploratory qualitative analysis employing semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders (public, private and third sector), the main contribution of this study lies in the development of the outdoor tourism assessment matrix (OTAM) to collect data. The OTAM matrix aims to identify and assess the conditions, namely the infrastructure and resources, for the practice of outdoor and sport tourism-related activities within the sustainable development pillars. The nine matrices comprising the OTAM allow the identification of the places where the outdoor activities can be practiced, and the conditions under which they can contribute to the definition of the development strategies of outdoor tourism.

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Goretti Silva; Alexandra Correia; Susana Rachão; Alcina Nunes; Elvira Vieira; Sónia Santos; Luís Soares; Manuel Fonseca; Fernanda Ferreira; Cláudia Veloso; Paulo Carrança; Paula Fernandes. A Methodology for the Identification and Assessment of the Conditions for the Practice of Outdoor and Sport Tourism-Related Activities: The Case of Northern Portugal. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7343 .

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Goretti Silva, Alexandra Correia, Susana Rachão, Alcina Nunes, Elvira Vieira, Sónia Santos, Luís Soares, Manuel Fonseca, Fernanda Ferreira, Cláudia Veloso, Paulo Carrança, Paula Fernandes. A Methodology for the Identification and Assessment of the Conditions for the Practice of Outdoor and Sport Tourism-Related Activities: The Case of Northern Portugal. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7343.

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Goretti Silva; Alexandra Correia; Susana Rachão; Alcina Nunes; Elvira Vieira; Sónia Santos; Luís Soares; Manuel Fonseca; Fernanda Ferreira; Cláudia Veloso; Paulo Carrança; Paula Fernandes. 2021. "A Methodology for the Identification and Assessment of the Conditions for the Practice of Outdoor and Sport Tourism-Related Activities: The Case of Northern Portugal." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7343.

Conference paper
Published: 20 November 2020 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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This study aims to investigate, through the visitor’s perception, the degree of adoption of the QR Code technology and how much it can contribute to keeping the local memory and culture alive. A quantitative research methodology has been adopted using an exploratory descriptive and inferential analysis of the data. Data has been collected using a non-probabilistic sample to which has been applied a questionnaire survey, in October and November 2019, under an intercultural study between the cities of Bragança (Portugal) and Salvador (Brazil). Out of the 503 respondents, 84.5% know the QR Code and 85.3% have already used this technology. Visitors demonstrate receptivity to the adoption of the QR Code applied to culture by positively agreeing to use it for this purpose, even though the sample less frequently used it in tourist visits. It was found that the use of this technology can collaborate with the promotion of local tourism and social inclusion.

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Ives Gutierriz; Isabel Maria Lopes; Vanessa Rodriguez; Alcina Nunes. The QR Code as a Communication Tool in Cultural Valorization: Intercultural Study Between the Cities of Bragança (Portugal) and Salvador (Brazil). Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 251 -265.

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Ives Gutierriz, Isabel Maria Lopes, Vanessa Rodriguez, Alcina Nunes. The QR Code as a Communication Tool in Cultural Valorization: Intercultural Study Between the Cities of Bragança (Portugal) and Salvador (Brazil). Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():251-265.

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Ives Gutierriz; Isabel Maria Lopes; Vanessa Rodriguez; Alcina Nunes. 2020. "The QR Code as a Communication Tool in Cultural Valorization: Intercultural Study Between the Cities of Bragança (Portugal) and Salvador (Brazil)." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 251-265.

Conference paper
Published: 25 November 2019 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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The northern region of Portugal, in the last years, has experienced the enhancement of tourism demand, which may induce the emergence of an over tourism phenomenon in some particular subregions of the North of Portugal. This phenomenon may cause significant destruction of the living conditions of residents, landscapes, seascapes, air and water quality, causing economic inequalities and social exclusion. The aim of this research paper is to understand if the phenomena of over tourism is present in the North of Portugal and if it changed overtime. The concentration of tourism activity in different municipality subregions can be measured with the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index a well know economic concentration measure. Using as variables the number guest and their expenditure in accommodation, to measure the demand, and the number of establishments, bedrooms and lodging capacity to measure the supply was possible to follow the concentration of tourism demand and supply in the 8 NUTIII regions located in the North of Portugal. The results showed that a specific subregion–Area Metropolitan do Porto–concentrates both the tourism demand and supply in the years 2014 and 2017, despite the increasing values found for all the variables in the 8 subregions. When it is observed a decrease in the levels of concentration are the subregions near by the most concentrate one that increase the share of tourism demand and supply. More rural and less populated areas need more targeted and specific policies measures to attract even more visitors.

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Paula Odete Fernandes; Alcina Maria Nunes; Cláudia Miranda Veloso; Eleonora Santos; Fernanda A. Ferreira; Manuel José Fonseca. Spatial and Temporal Concentration of Tourism Supply and Demand in Northern Portugal. Application of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2019, 263 -273.

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Paula Odete Fernandes, Alcina Maria Nunes, Cláudia Miranda Veloso, Eleonora Santos, Fernanda A. Ferreira, Manuel José Fonseca. Spatial and Temporal Concentration of Tourism Supply and Demand in Northern Portugal. Application of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2019; ():263-273.

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Paula Odete Fernandes; Alcina Maria Nunes; Cláudia Miranda Veloso; Eleonora Santos; Fernanda A. Ferreira; Manuel José Fonseca. 2019. "Spatial and Temporal Concentration of Tourism Supply and Demand in Northern Portugal. Application of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 263-273.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2019 in Global Business and Economics Review
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The concept of business closure is one of the most important in business demography. Traditionally, firms' closure has been associated with regional factors. Still, a region can have different from the nation aggregate rate of activity because it has a different mix of industries and/or because it enjoys comparatively more favourable local conditions. Thus, business closure may be driven by the business cycle, industrial composition as well as a regional advantage. So, the present work is dedicated to analyse the factors that may drive business closure in European Union countries between 2010 and 2014, and to find out which of them has/have been the most important one(s). For this purpose, a shift-share decomposition analysis of business closure will be applied. The results proved that regional component had the highest impact on firms' deaths during the investigated period of time for almost all countries included in the analysis.

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Kseniia Shinkarenko; Alcina Nunes; Tatiana Khvatova. National, regional or industrial explanation for firms' deaths in the European Union since 2010 until 2014 - a shift-share application. Global Business and Economics Review 2019, 21, 346 .

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Kseniia Shinkarenko, Alcina Nunes, Tatiana Khvatova. National, regional or industrial explanation for firms' deaths in the European Union since 2010 until 2014 - a shift-share application. Global Business and Economics Review. 2019; 21 (3/4):346.

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Kseniia Shinkarenko; Alcina Nunes; Tatiana Khvatova. 2019. "National, regional or industrial explanation for firms' deaths in the European Union since 2010 until 2014 - a shift-share application." Global Business and Economics Review 21, no. 3/4: 346.

Journal article
Published: 31 July 2015 in Tourism & Management Studies
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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. A evolução da concentração sectorial em Portugal entre 1995 e 2006: a perspetiva do índice de Herfindahl-Hirschman. Tourism & Management Studies 2015, 11, 146 -158.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento, Alcina Nunes. A evolução da concentração sectorial em Portugal entre 1995 e 2006: a perspetiva do índice de Herfindahl-Hirschman. Tourism & Management Studies. 2015; 11 (2):146-158.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. 2015. "A evolução da concentração sectorial em Portugal entre 1995 e 2006: a perspetiva do índice de Herfindahl-Hirschman." Tourism & Management Studies 11, no. 2: 146-158.

Book chapter
Published: 24 February 2015 in The Shift to the Entrepreneurial Society
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Alcina Nunes; Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Jean Bonnet; Marcus Dejardin; Antonia Madrid-Guijarro. Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Survival Analysis. The Shift to the Entrepreneurial Society 2015, 1 .

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Alcina Nunes, Elsa De Morais Sarmento, Jean Bonnet, Marcus Dejardin, Antonia Madrid-Guijarro. Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Survival Analysis. The Shift to the Entrepreneurial Society. 2015; ():1.

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Alcina Nunes; Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Jean Bonnet; Marcus Dejardin; Antonia Madrid-Guijarro. 2015. "Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Survival Analysis." The Shift to the Entrepreneurial Society , no. : 1.

Book chapter
Published: 24 February 2015 in The Shift to the Entrepreneurial Society
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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes; Jean Bonnet; Marcus Dejardin; Antonia Madrid-Guijarro. Employer Enterprises in Portugal: Size Distribution Dynamics. The Shift to the Entrepreneurial Society 2015, 1 .

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento, Alcina Nunes, Jean Bonnet, Marcus Dejardin, Antonia Madrid-Guijarro. Employer Enterprises in Portugal: Size Distribution Dynamics. The Shift to the Entrepreneurial Society. 2015; ():1.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes; Jean Bonnet; Marcus Dejardin; Antonia Madrid-Guijarro. 2015. "Employer Enterprises in Portugal: Size Distribution Dynamics." The Shift to the Entrepreneurial Society , no. : 1.

Book chapter
Published: 01 January 2015 in Natural Computing Series
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Using a cross-section database that observes the Portuguese labour market in two different phases of the business cycle, the present paper aims to address the issue of the segmentation of the Portuguese labour market taking into account the heterogeneity resulting from different unemployment characteristics observed along the Portuguese geographical space and applying two optimization clustering methods: the k-means and the spectral methods. The k-means is a traditional optimisation clustering method applied to cluster data observations. Spectral clustering is an alternative method based on the computation of the dominant eigenvectors of a matrix related with the distance among data points. The results obtained by the two methods are not identical but are very close and show that, apart the economic phase of the cycle, Portugal presents two very different profiles of registered unemployment. One of them can be considered problematic because it presents a higher percentage of unemployed women, long duration unemployed and unemployed with low levels of formal education—these are the groups that present more difficulties in the labour market and for which is more difficult to find a job after losing one. The segmentation of the labour market is a reality and the labour market is not adjusting to the business cycle.

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Carlos Balsa; Alcina Nunes; Elisa Barros. Clustering Techniques Applied on Cross-Sectional Unemployment Data. Natural Computing Series 2015, 71 -88.

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Carlos Balsa, Alcina Nunes, Elisa Barros. Clustering Techniques Applied on Cross-Sectional Unemployment Data. Natural Computing Series. 2015; ():71-88.

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Carlos Balsa; Alcina Nunes; Elisa Barros. 2015. "Clustering Techniques Applied on Cross-Sectional Unemployment Data." Natural Computing Series , no. : 71-88.

Book chapter
Published: 01 January 2015 in Natural Computing Series
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An important strategy for data classification consists in organising data points in clusters. The k-means is a traditional optimisation method applied to cluster data points. Using a labour market database, aiming the segmentation of this market taking into account the heterogeneity resulting from different unemployment characteristics observed along the Portuguese geographical space, we suggest the application of an alternative method based on the computation of the dominant eigenvalue of a matrix related with the distance among data points. This approach presents results consistent with the results obtained by the k-means.

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Carlos Balsa; Alcina Nunes; Elisa Barros. Optimization Clustering Techniques on Register Unemployment Data. Natural Computing Series 2015, 19 -35.

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Carlos Balsa, Alcina Nunes, Elisa Barros. Optimization Clustering Techniques on Register Unemployment Data. Natural Computing Series. 2015; ():19-35.

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Carlos Balsa; Alcina Nunes; Elisa Barros. 2015. "Optimization Clustering Techniques on Register Unemployment Data." Natural Computing Series , no. : 19-35.

Book chapter
Published: 15 December 2014 in Entrepreneurship Education at Universities
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Economies that thrive most on their ambitions, innovative and productive firms are due to grow and develop. Our motivation is thus to uncover who are these fast-growing firms and where they operate. These interrogations provide the foundation for an exploration into what are the different choices for policy, and an opportunity to engage afresh with why and if they ought to receive support in the first place, infusing the discussion as to when and how it could be provided and what could the intended results be. We use the dataset Quadros de Pessoal to provide a stronger twofold measurement, according to the employment and turnover growth criteria. We find among Portugal’s distinctive characteristics its high share of SMEs in the population of fast-growing firms, the narrowing down of the difference between measurements according to the employment and turnover criteria and the disproportionate amount of employment generated by the largest segment of fast-growing firms. We find that gazelles are outstanding job creators, having a disproportionately larger impact in job creation than high-growth firms. Accordingly, it is the rapid growth of a few large firms, combined with the entry of a higher number of firms of a higher average size that generates positive net job creation in Portugal. A more thorough understanding of fast-growing firms ought to lead to adjustments in government policies to heighten their exceptional contribution to economic growth. We provide a conceptual framework for tapping into how to design policies for firms which are growing at a faster pace and a roadmap for tackling some of its most controversial issues.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, and Growth in Fast-Growing Firms in Portugal: Is There a Role for Policy? Entrepreneurship Education at Universities 2014, 31, 333 -386.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento, Alcina Nunes. Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, and Growth in Fast-Growing Firms in Portugal: Is There a Role for Policy? Entrepreneurship Education at Universities. 2014; 31 ():333-386.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. 2014. "Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, and Growth in Fast-Growing Firms in Portugal: Is There a Role for Policy?" Entrepreneurship Education at Universities 31, no. : 333-386.

Journal article
Published: 01 March 2014 in Journal of Enterprising Culture
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Portugal has some of the highest business entry rates when compared to other countries, according to Eurostat, Statistics Portugal and the OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme. We look at business creation in Portugal, from 2000 to 2007, by approaching two other complementary data sources, the World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey, based on official Portuguese business register's and the universe of active employer enterprises, obtained by applying to the dataset Quadros de Pessoal, the methodology and definitions of the Eurostat/OECD's "Manual on Business Demography Statistics". This allows us to address entrepreneurship indicators comparability issues and exploit complementarities to support entrepreneurship patterns and trends previously identified by other national and international sources. We highlight the importance of considering information other than business registries, in particular when calculating business entry rates. Datasets where economically active units can be identified provide a better proxy for the true level of business creation and activity in Portugal.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. Business Creation in Portugal: A Viewpoint on Data Comparison. Journal of Enterprising Culture 2014, 22, 111 -132.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento, Alcina Nunes. Business Creation in Portugal: A Viewpoint on Data Comparison. Journal of Enterprising Culture. 2014; 22 (1):111-132.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. 2014. "Business Creation in Portugal: A Viewpoint on Data Comparison." Journal of Enterprising Culture 22, no. 1: 111-132.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2013 in International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development
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It is sometimes argued that nations differ in their underlying entrepreneurial spirit. So, in recent years, more researchers started being interested in the analysis of entrepreneurship across regions. Associated with entrepreneurship comes the concept of innovation. Innovation allows the creation of new firms and/or ensures the survival of the existing ones, and in both cases, generates growth. Applying the statistical technique of cluster analysis to a country dataset gathered by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) this paper groups countries into four clusters regarding their entrepreneurial activity and the aspirations of national entrepreneurs concerning innovation, business growth and international orientation of their activities. This is particularly important not only because the achievement of a relevant national entrepreneurship rate depends on the social and economic business environment but also because it is not known if there are particular regions where the entrepreneurial activity is characterised by special patterns of entrepreneurship aspirations.

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Alcina Nunes; Carlos Balsa. Clustering entrepreneurship aspirations: innovation, growth and international orientation of activities. International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development 2013, 5, 165 .

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Alcina Nunes, Carlos Balsa. Clustering entrepreneurship aspirations: innovation, growth and international orientation of activities. International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development. 2013; 5 (2):165.

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Alcina Nunes; Carlos Balsa. 2013. "Clustering entrepreneurship aspirations: innovation, growth and international orientation of activities." International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development 5, no. 2: 165.

Journal article
Published: 13 December 2012 in Notas Económicas
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The Portuguese economy underwent a process of growth and structural transformation during the twentieth century, while the last two decades conveyed a period of considerable creative destruction of firms. Indeed, following a period of rapid economic expansion in the second half of the 1990s, the deterioration of the economic situation felt since 2001 contributed to the deceleration of economic growth, which has also had an impact on firm turbulence. Using Quadros de Pessoal and the Eurostat and OECD methodology (Manual on Business Demography Statistics), this article describes employer enterprise dynamics in Portugal over 1985-2007, and discusses the main stylized facts related to firm creation, performance, and firm size distribution by region and sector.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. The dynamics of employer enterprise creation in Portugal over the last two decades: a firm size, regional and sectoral perspective. Notas Económicas 2012, 6 -22.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento, Alcina Nunes. The dynamics of employer enterprise creation in Portugal over the last two decades: a firm size, regional and sectoral perspective. Notas Económicas. 2012; (36):6-22.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. 2012. "The dynamics of employer enterprise creation in Portugal over the last two decades: a firm size, regional and sectoral perspective." Notas Económicas , no. 36: 6-22.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2012 in The 7th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2012". Selected papers
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Alcina Nunes; Carlos Balsa. Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Entrepreneurship Around the World: A Cluster Analysis Approach. The 7th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2012". Selected papers 2012, 1 .

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Alcina Nunes, Carlos Balsa. Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Entrepreneurship Around the World: A Cluster Analysis Approach. The 7th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2012". Selected papers. 2012; ():1.

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Alcina Nunes; Carlos Balsa. 2012. "Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Entrepreneurship Around the World: A Cluster Analysis Approach." The 7th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2012". Selected papers , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 14 April 2011 in International Journal of Strategic Property Management
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The relationship between a country's level of activity in the construction industry and its stage of economic development is a complex one. Several studies over the last forty years, based mainly on cross sectional data, found a positive association between national income and several measures of the construction industry activity. early studies were concerned with the role of the construction sector, as part of physical capital, in the promotion of economic growth and development. a dominant paradigm that later emerged is the ‘Bon curve’ or the inverted U-shaped pattern of development. More recent research, based on longitudinal analysis, has also pointed to the non-linear relationship between the share of construction in GDP and the level of income per capita. Using time-series data drawn from the United nations, this study applies an econometric methodology to assess the validity of the underlying propositions in a low-middle income economy-Cape Verde—over the long period of 38 years. The findings are in line with the assumptions that in the upward growth trend in developing countries, the pattern of the construction industry tends to follow that of the general economy. Santrauka Ryšys tarp šalies aktyvumo statybos pramonėje lygio ir jos ekonominės plėtros stadijos yra kompleksinis. Keliais per pastaruosius keturiasdešimt metų atliktais tyrimais, paremtais daugiausia tarpsektoriniais duomenimis, nustatyti teigiami ryšiai tarp nacionalinių pajamų ir kelių statybos pramonės aktyvumo priemonių. Ankstyvieji tyrimai buvo susiję su statybos sektoriaus, kaip fizinio kapitalo dalies, vaidmeniu skatinant ekonominį augimą ir plėtrą. Vėlesnis pavyzdys yra „Bon kreivė” arba apverstos U raidės formos plėtros modelis. Naujausi tyrimai, paremti longitudine analize, taip pat buvo orientuoti į nelinijinius ryšius tarp statybosdalies BVP ir pajamų, tenkančių vienam gyventojui, lygio. Naudojantis Jungtinių Tautų duomenimis, šiame tyrime taikoma ekonometrinė metodika, kuria siekiama įvertinti pagrindinius projektus mažas ir vidutines pajamas gaunančioje valstybėje—Žaliajame Kyšulyje—per 38 metų laikotarpį. Išvados atitinka prielaidas, kad besivystančių šalių augimo tendencija, statybos pramonės modelis yra linkę sekti bendros ekonomikos tendenciją.

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Jorge Lopes; Alcina Nunes; Carlos Balsa. THE LONG-RUN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IN CAPE VERDE / ILGALAIKIAI RYŠIAI TARP STATYBOS SEKTORIAUS IR NACIONALINĖS EKONOMIKOS ŽALIAJAME KYŠULYJE. International Journal of Strategic Property Management 2011, 15, 48 -59.

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Jorge Lopes, Alcina Nunes, Carlos Balsa. THE LONG-RUN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IN CAPE VERDE / ILGALAIKIAI RYŠIAI TARP STATYBOS SEKTORIAUS IR NACIONALINĖS EKONOMIKOS ŽALIAJAME KYŠULYJE. International Journal of Strategic Property Management. 2011; 15 (1):48-59.

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Jorge Lopes; Alcina Nunes; Carlos Balsa. 2011. "THE LONG-RUN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IN CAPE VERDE / ILGALAIKIAI RYŠIAI TARP STATYBOS SEKTORIAUS IR NACIONALINĖS EKONOMIKOS ŽALIAJAME KYŠULYJE." International Journal of Strategic Property Management 15, no. 1: 48-59.

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Published: 01 January 2011
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We address the post-entry performance of new Portuguese firms by investigating the structural characteristics survival, using both non-parametric methods and semi-parametric methods, for the seven regions of Portugal (NUT II). We also provide a disaggregated analysis by sector and size class, for the period 1985-2007. In order to approach the prevalence of some stylized facts and determinants of new firm survival, a new entrepreneurship database was produced, using the administrative data of Quadros de Pessoal, a linked employed-employee micro-dataset, following the Eurostat/OECD's (2007) internationally comparable business demography methodology "Manual of Business Demography Statistics". This has the advantage of international comparability, in line with the "Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme" (OECD/Eurostat 2008 and 2009). We thus obtained a specific subsample, consisting only of the population of active enterprises with at least one paid employee, the so-called employer enterprise population. In the non parametric estimation, we use Kaplan-Meier survival functions and the Nelson-Aalen hazard rates. The semi-parametric estimation (log-log complementary model and Cox proportional model) relates the survival capacity with seven explanatory variables and sector and year dummies. The explanatory variable are: firms' start-up size, the number of employees reported at the year of measurement, firm's entry rate, degree of concentration, growth, Entry Rate times Growth and Turbulence. The use of the proportional Cox Model allows us to observe an increase in the risk in the evolution of firm survival over time, when compared to the non-parametric estimation of Kaplan-Meier. By correcting heterogeneity with a different specification model, we obtain stronger magnitudes of the hazard ratios found previously. The main contribution of this work is the application of a recent internationally comparable methodology for entrepreneurship to provide a multi

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Elsa Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. Survival dynamics in Portugal, a regional perspective. 2011, 1 .

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Elsa Morais Sarmento, Alcina Nunes. Survival dynamics in Portugal, a regional perspective. . 2011; ():1.

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Elsa Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. 2011. "Survival dynamics in Portugal, a regional perspective." , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 January 2011
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Do Inquérito ao Empreendedorismo do Banco Mundial (WBGES 2008) resultou uma extensa base de dados de cerca de uma centena de países, baseada em dados dos registos notariais. Com base nesta fonte de informação, exploram-se as trajectórias de evolução da criação de empresas entre 2000 e 2007 entre dois países geográfica e economicamente próximos, Portugal e Espanha, e destes países relativamente à União Europeia e à OCDE, bem como a outros países e fontes de informação. Análises anteriores, com base noutras fontes de informação, apontam para taxas de criação de empresas em Portugal superiores às de Espanha. Os dados do WBGES permitem validar essas conclusões. Porém, Portugal evidencia uma volatilidade superior no registo de empresas. Em 2001, o elevado acréscimo no registo de novas empresas representa um fenómeno isolado e específico para Portugal, não havendo paralelo nem nos países europeus da coesão, nem ao nível da média da União Europeia. O projecto Empresa na Hora não teve um impacto visível a nível do registo de empresas, considerando a evolução ao longo deste período. Por outro lado, Espanha detém uma densidade empresarial considerável, não só do total de empresas registadas, mas também do registo de novas empresas, apesar de Portugal apresentar taxas de crescimento médias superiores do registo de novas empresas, indiciando maiores taxas de sobrevivência empresarial que as existentes em Portugal. No entanto, de acordo com os dados dos registos de criação de empresas, apesar de Portugal e Espanha apresentarem densidades empresariais superiores à média da União Europeia e da OCDE, possuem taxas de registo de novas empresas relativamente mais baixas, o que leva a concluir por uma relativa menor dinâmica empresarial na criação de novas empresas. Finalmente, constata-se que as taxas de criação de empresas baseadas no WBGES 2008 são menos elevadas do que as obtidas quando se considera o universo de empresas economicamente activas. Este facto indica que análises comp

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. Criação de empresas em Portugal e Espanha: análise comparativa com base nos dados do Banco Mundial. 2011, 1 .

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento, Alcina Nunes. Criação de empresas em Portugal e Espanha: análise comparativa com base nos dados do Banco Mundial. . 2011; ():1.

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Elsa De Morais Sarmento; Alcina Nunes. 2011. "Criação de empresas em Portugal e Espanha: análise comparativa com base nos dados do Banco Mundial." , no. : 1.

Conference paper
Published: 12 May 2010 in The 6th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2010". Selected papers
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Alcina Nunes; Elsa Sarmento. A semi-parametric survival analysis of business demography dynamics in Portugal. The 6th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2010". Selected papers 2010, 1 .

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Alcina Nunes, Elsa Sarmento. A semi-parametric survival analysis of business demography dynamics in Portugal. The 6th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2010". Selected papers. 2010; ():1.

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Alcina Nunes; Elsa Sarmento. 2010. "A semi-parametric survival analysis of business demography dynamics in Portugal." The 6th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2010". Selected papers , no. : 1.

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We address the post-entry performance of new Portuguese firms by investigating the structural characteristics of the hazard and survival functions, using semi-parametric survival analysis for the total economy and its broad sectors. In order to approach the prevalence of some stylized facts and determinants of new firm survival, a new entrepreneurship database was produced, using the administrative data of Quadros de Pessoal, following the Eurostat/OECD´s internationally comparable business demography methodology. In line with the literature, we find that firms that start small and experience faster post-entry growth, face a higher probability of survival. Firm’s current size dimension matters particularly for the Services sector probability of survival. In industries characterized by high entry rates, post-entry survival is more difficult. This happens mostly in Agriculture and the Construction sectors in Portugal. We find a different result from the literature, for the effect of industry growth in survival rates. Firms operating in industries which are growing faster, seem to suffer from a higher probability of failure. The combined effect of turbulence and entry and growth variables help explaining this unexpected effect of industry growth on survival probabilities. By correcting heterogeneity, we obtain stronger magnitudes of the hazard ratios found previously.

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Alcina Nunes; Elsa Sarmento. Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Semi-Parametric Survival Analysis. 2010, 1 .

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Alcina Nunes, Elsa Sarmento. Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Semi-Parametric Survival Analysis. . 2010; ():1.

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Alcina Nunes; Elsa Sarmento. 2010. "Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Semi-Parametric Survival Analysis." , no. : 1.

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We address the post-entry performance of new Portuguese firms by investigating the structural characteristics of the hazard and survival functions, using non-parametric survival analysis. In order to approach prevalence of some stylized facts and determinants of new firm survival, we produced a new entrepreneurship database, using the administrative data of Quadros de Pessoal, following the Eurostat/OECD´s internationally comparable business demography methodology. This allowed the computation of a comprehensive array of entrepreneurship indicators on employer enterprise and survival dynamics in Portugal, over a period of 18 years, disaggregated in dimensions such as sectors, regions and size classes.

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Alcina Nunes; Elsa Sarmento. Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Survival Analysis. 2010, 1 .

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Alcina Nunes, Elsa Sarmento. Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Survival Analysis. . 2010; ():1.

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Alcina Nunes; Elsa Sarmento. 2010. "Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Survival Analysis." , no. : 1.