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Leveraging AI and generative AI in urban design and planning: Unveiling advanta...
Çipi, A.; Ferreira, N. C. M. Q. F.; Ferreira, F. A. F.; Ferreira, J. J. M.; Smarandache, F.The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general—and its subfield Generative AI (GenAI) in particular—into urban design and planning is revolutionizing traditional methodologies, providing innovative solutions to complex challenges in city development. Despite their transformative potential, existing research underscores a critical need to better understand the multifaceted advantages and challenges a...
“Ali Baba and the 40 Metaverses”: Ethical paradigms related to the metaverse in...
Coelho, M. R. S. S.; Ferreira, F. A. F.; Ferreira, N. C. M. Q. F.; Ferreira, J. J. M.; Santos, M. R.The metaverse is rapidly emerging as a key area of interest in business circles, promising an immersive experience for all users through virtual worlds. Within these computer-generated realms, users can create avatars to represent themselves and engage with other avatars and virtual environments. The title “Ali Baba and the 40 Metaverses” underscores the transformative potential of this innovation, which is oft...
Enhancing hospital resilience and planning capacity in scenarios of crisis usin...
Bai, J.; Ferreira, F. A. F.; Ferreira, N. C. M. Q. F.; Ferreira, J. J. M.; Correia, R. J. C.Hospitals, as critical infrastructures, confront multifaceted challenges during crises, ranging from natural disasters to pandemics. Initially, these facilities must secure essential emergency support functions and, subsequently, expedite their recovery from any adverse impacts. Hospital resilience, influenced by numerous variables and assessed through various evaluation criteria, remains enigmatic in terms of ...
Analyzing the causal dynamics of circular-economy drivers in SMES using interpr...
Oliveira, P. S. P. C.; Ferreira, F. A. F.; Dabić, M.; Ferreira, J. J. M.; Ferreira, N. C. M. Q. F.The circular economy has emerged as a crucial way for companies to achieve their sustainability goals. Numerous businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are integrating circular-economy projects into their operations. However, this undertaking presents multiple challenges as many managers must grapple with constraints in resources and expertise. This study’s primary objective is to deve...
“Who comes next?”: Planning and managing sustainable initiatives that facilitat...
Prazeres, V. M. C. E.; Ferreira, F. A. F.; Ferreira, N. C. M. Q. F.; Ferreira, J. J. M.; Meidute-Kavaliauskiene, I.Family businesses are increasingly recognized for their significance in the global economy, constituting a growing portion of companies worldwide and elevating the importance of this topic on governmental agendas. Unique challenges confront family firms, intertwining business decisions with familial repercussions. Among these challenges, the succession process emerges as a critical threat to their continuity. I...
Systematic literature review on global strategy: mapping trends and gaps
Matos, Nelson; Sánchez Jiménez, Miguel Ángel; Ramos, Celia; Baptista, Nuno; Ferreira, J. J. M.The global economy changed the way products and services are exchange and reminded organizations’ managers to find new ways to obtain competitive advantage and formulate their strategy in the global market. Thus, this chapter’s aim is to perform a systematic literature review to identify the main theoretical topics of global strategy in the past 43 years using bibliometric analysis. The results allowed to ident...
To be or not to be digital, that's the question! Implications for firm innovati...
Ferreira, J. J. M.; Fernandes, C. I.; Ferreira, F. A. F.Digital transformation emerges today as a process for attaining competitive advantages and company differentiation. However, what are the implications of these digital processes for the innovative capability and performance of companies? This study seeks to contribute towards a better understanding of this framework, analysing the factors that lead companies to adopt new digital processes and their consequences...
An evaluation system for university-industry partnership sustainability: enhanc...
Kaklauskas, A.; Banaitis, A.; Ferreira, F. A. F.; Ferreira, J. J. M.; Amaratunga, D.; Lepkova, N.; Ubartė, I.; Banaitienė, N.The concept of university-industry partnership sustainability (UIPS) stands for well-adjusted progress among key players from universities and industry by sustaining their welfare, both in the present and in the future. This paper sought to develop an evaluation system for UIPS. The need for such a system is justified at three levels: the micro level (i.e., research and innovation performance, transfer and abso...
Enhancing knowledge and strategic planning of bank customer loyalty using fuzzy...
Ferreira, F. A. F.; Ferreira, J. J. M.; Fernandes, C. I. M. A. S.; Meidute-Kavaliauskiene, I.; Jalali, M. S.Understanding customer loyalty has been a growing concern for the services industry. In a context of increasing competitive pressures, such loyalty is seen as a key element in service companies’ success. Maintaining customer loyalty and identifying its underlying factors, however, are recognizably difficult to do. Grounded on the use of cognitive mapping techniques, this paper proposes a knowledge-based framewo...
What do we [not] know about technology entrepreneurship research?
Ferreira, J. J. M.; Ferreira, F. A. F.; Fernandes, C. I. M. A. S.; Jalali, M. S.; Raposo, M. L.; Marques, C. S.This study aims to review what we do (and do not) know about technology entrepreneurship (TE) research to date. Based on a categorized bibliometric analysis resulting from a systematic review of 135 scientific articles published in refereed journals over the past 27 years (1986–2013), we identify the core domains of TE, its intellectual structure, the scientific journals with a major impact in this field of res...