Este trabalho examina o tratamento normativo e jurisprudencial da prescrição da obrigação tributária no ordenamento jurídico português, destacando as incongruências geradas pela aplicação de normas do Código Civil para regular o regime da prescrição tributária. A análise das decisões judiciais revela um ativismo judicial que extrapola os limites semânticos da norma do artigo 327.º do Código Civil, criando no di...
A crescente massificação das zonas urbanas tem conduzido ao despovoamento das pequenas cidades e zonas rurais, já fragilizadas pela diminuição das infraestruturas e carência de competências digitais, colocando em causa o desenvolvimento sustentável dos territórios. O conceito de smart city, associado à capacidade das cidades aumentarem a eficiência, o desenvolvimento económico, a sustentabilidade e a qualidade ...
This study aims to understand how companies address and integrate sustainability challenges in packaging design, as well as the motivations and processes that influence managers’ decisions when adopting sustainable practices. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with managers from five major Portuguese companies to gather qualitative data on the motivations and processes related to sustainable packaging st...
This study examines the impact of consumption values on vegan food purchase intentions through a cross-cultural comparison between India and Portugal, two culturally distinct countries with divergent food traditions and value systems. Using the Theory of Consumption Values (TCV) as the framework, we analyze how functional, emotional, social, epistemic, conditional, and ecological values impact vegan purchasing ...
The use of insects as food is a proposed solution for the increased demand for food worldwide, but it lacks acceptance because of restrictive emotional factors. This article aims to understand better customers’ emotions’ role in considering and consuming insect-based food. Design/methodology/approach – To assess their acceptance, an experiment was developed with 38 participants living in Portugal to identify ho...
Este artigo analisa os conceitos de Grande Jogo e de Novo Grande Jogo que, apesar de separados temporalmente, captam a nossa atenção para uma região de extrema importância no sistema internacional: a Ásia Central. Inicialmente, fará alusão às origens do Grande Jogo, que outrora opôs o império russo ao britânico na disputa pelo controlo da Ásia Central. Posteriormente, abordará a noção de Novo Grande Jogo. Que a...
This research assesses how adult consumers perceive and behave concerning ethical practices, aiming to comprehend the obstacles that hinder ethical and sustainable consumption. Employing a modified version of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) alongside the Ethically Minded Consumer Behavior-Scale (EMCB), a sur- vey was conducted with 372 participants from Germany, young and educated, to reveal and compare th...
Environmental concerns drive corporate and consumer focus on sustainable packaging. Research explores key factors influencing consumer intent, emphasizing the importance of strategic integration for enhanced purchase intentions and environmental goals. A comprehensive literature review identifies factors such as perceived value, willingness to pay, environmental concern, and attitude toward sustainable packagin...
Despite extensive research on the effect of ad appeals on sustainable fashion consumption (Dhir et al., 2021; Grazzini et al., 2021; Legere & Kang, 2020; Rausch & Kopplin, 2021), reliance on explicit self-report measures limits understanding of consumers' implicit mental processes, leaving a gap in linking attitudes to real behavior (Hassan et al., 2016; Rausch & Kopplin, 2021). This study advances prior resear...
Centrioles are part of centrosomes and cilia, which are microtubule organising centres (MTOC) with diverse functions. Despite their stability, centrioles can disappear during differentiation, such as in oocytes, but little is known about the regulation of their structural integrity. Our previous research revealed that the pericentriolar material (PCM) that surrounds centrioles and its recruiter, Polo kinase, ar...