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Unveiling entrepreneurial action: A meta-synthesis on effectuation and bricolage
Scazziota, V. V.; Andreassi, T.; Serra, F.; Esperança, J.; Guerrazzi, L.Although bricolage and effectuation are the most cited theoretical approaches in the field of entrepreneurship, their research remain inconclusive with regard to their respective antecedents. In this study, we used meta-synthesis as a way to push the boundaries of both approaches and to reconcile the rich and fragmented evidence provided by case studies. This study extends the current theory by demonstrating wh...
What drives foreign direct investment: the role of language, geographical dista...
Ly, A.; Esperança, J.; Davcik, N. S.This paper sheds new light on the impact of linguistic and technological similarities between countries on foreign direct investment (FDI), using an extended gravity model. The model includes technological commonality, as measured by the aggregate production of intellectual property, at the country level. An analysis of 71,309 pairs of FDI relationships, from 2000 to 2012, showed that language is positively ass...
Gambling behavior: Instant versus traditional lotteries
Brochado, A.; Santos, M.; Oliveira, F.; Esperança, J.This study sought to determine the main attributes of the frequency of participation by gamblers in different types of lotteries (i.e., traditional vs. instant). The results are based on a survey of occasional or regular buyers of lottery tickets. The data were collected from 748 voluntary respondents while they were gambling in stores. The present study used the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis metho...
Foreign direct investment patterns of global hotel chains
Santos, M.; Brochado, A.; Esperança, J.The hotel industry is a key sector in the twenty-first century. Even in the context of a global financial crisis, the hotel industry is consolidating global brands, expanding geographically, and diversifying its services offer. American and French traditional powerhouses have consolidated their position, although emerging economies in Asia and Latin America have also enabled the creation of powerful hotel chain...
Board performance in strategic monitoring: Evidence from Portugal
Carvalheira, V.; Amaral-Baptista, M.; Esperança, J.; Melo, M.; Macedo-Soares, T.Despite the growing interest in the performance of boards of directors, most studies in the field concentrate on board structure instead of the ways they actually work. Few studies have shed light on how the work practices of boards may influence their performance on strategic tasks. In particular, no studies have analysed the Portuguese context in this regard. This paper analyses the influence of non-structura...
Top executive compensation in less developed capital markets
Pereira, I.; Esperança, J.Purpose – This paper aims to study the determinants of variable compensation for top Portuguese executives (chief executive officers, chief financial officers and commercial directors). Design/methodology/approach – Data from 101 firms were collected through an email questionnaire sent to the human resource directors of 500 largest and best Portuguese firms of Exame, a business newspaper. A Tobit regression ana...
O papel das parcerias na internacionalização das empresas portuguesas
Carvalho, R.; Pereira, I.; Esperança, J.Este estudo analisa os determinantes da formação de parcerias em processos de internacionalização, em particular para mercados emergentes. O estudo confirma um impacto positivo da procura de competências no processo de formação de parcerias. Ficou também demonstrado que o estabelecimento de parcerias está negativamente relacionado com o grau de aprendizagem resultante dos processos de investimento direto estran...
Desmistificação do diferencial de remunerações nas empresas. A segregação como ...
Duarte, C.; Esperança, J.; Curto, J.; Santos, M.Este artigo analisa as determinantes da remuneração entre géneros dos colaboradores das empresas portuguesas. A metodologia proposta para a análise do diferencial de remuneração é inovadora, dado que se estimam, separadamente para homens e mulheres, modelos econométricos Tobit (com a mesma estrutura de variáveis dependentes e independentes) em vez de se utilizar a decomposição de Oaxaca-Blinder. A segregação ex...
Modelos de crescimento e governação das transacções no sector das embalagens: t...
Ferreira, M. P.; Lopes, M.; Esperança, J.No sector português das embalagens identificámos três casos de modelos estratégicos distintos de crescimento e governação das transacções. Apesar do longo debate sobre onde desenhar as fronteiras da empresa, persiste a ausência de consenso, e diferentes teorias propõem diversas soluções. Este estudo contribui para o debate com o estudo de três casos portugueses. Os modelos estratégicos adoptados pelas três empr...