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Can a Small City Become Smarter? An evaluation of Viana do Castelo based on a s...
Bernardino, Susana; Freitas Santos, José; Fernandes, CatarinaPurpose: Using the city of Viana do Castelo as a case study, the aim of this paper is to analyse the capacity of a city to transform itself into a Smart City. The specific objectives are: (i) to analyse the perception of the concept of Smart Cities by the different stakeholders; and (ii) to analyse the potential of Viana do Castelo to become a Smart City, considering the economic, human, living, governance, en...
The Role of Participatory Budgeting in the Development of Outermost Regions: th...
Freitas Santos, José; Bernardino, SusanaParticipatory budgeting is a new form of public financing that intends to engage citizens in the political decision-making process. In this descentralized process, the population propose and votes for the most useful projects in a certain location with the aim of obtaining public resources to implement and benefit their own community. Taking the case of Azores, one of the outermost regions of Portugal, the obje...
Counterfeiting and demographics: what factors influence the buying process of P...
Freitas Santos, José; Bernardino, Susana; Antunes, IsabelPurpose | Counterfeiting is a worldwide spread phenomenon with serious economic, social and political impacts on the society. The global illicit trade in goods comes first from China as producing and exporting country (80%) followed by countries such as Turkey, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. This study intends to examine the demographic profile of consumers and compare this profile by region fro...
Pode Viana do Castelo tornar-se uma cidade inteligente? Um estudo exploratório ...
Freitas Santos, José; Bernardino, SusanaPropósito| Esta comunicação tem como objetivo analisar a capacidade de transformação de uma cidade em cidade inteligente, tomando como estudo de caso a cidade de Viana do Castelo. Como objetivos específicos, pretende-se: (i) analisar a perceção que os diferentes agentes têm sobre o conceito de cidades inteligentes; e (ii) analisar o potencial que Viana do Castelo oferece para se transformar numa cidade intelige...
Práticas de gestão de recursos humanos nas organizações sociais em Portugal: um...
Bernardino, Susana; Freitas Santos, JoséOs recursos humanos são apontados como um importante ativo para as organizações em geral, sendo particularmente relevantes para as organizações sociais. Este estudo procede à recolha de dados primários, por questionário, junto dos responsáveis das organizações sociais em Portugal, com o objetivo de conhecer as suas práticas de gestão de recursos humanos. Um objetivo complementar do estudo consistiu em compreend...
Crowdsourcing ideas for public investment: the experience of youth participator...
Bernardino, Susana; Freitas Santos, JoséParticipatory budgeting is a particular case of crowdsourcing that involves the participation of citizens in the political decision-making process regarding the distribution of a small part of the public budget among projects that were presented and voted by young citizens for public investment. The objective of the paper is to assess the content and results of the projects presented by young citizens in a part...
Role of personal networks and social capital on the acquisition of resources fo...
Bernardino, Susana; Freitas Santos, JoséA major problem for social entrepreneurs that want to manage a social organization on a daily basis is the problem of acquiring external resources (physical, financial, human, etc.) to fulfil its social mission. The literature has suggested that networks can play a critical role in resources acquisition. This study aims to investigate the role of the social entrepreneur's network and social capital on the acqui...
Determinants of the effective use of UGC (User-Generated Content) on hotel room...
Bernardino, Susana; Freitas Santos, José; Cadima Ribeiro, J.; Freitas, AndréThe presence of user generated content (UGC) on online platforms of hotel room booking operators is changing the way consumers book a hotel room. After a critical evaluation of the technology acceptance models (TAM), the authors discuss the variables that will be employed to predict the effective use of online hotel room bookings by Portuguese travellers. The empirical investigation consists of a linear regress...
Gender differences and generation of ideas on civic crowdsourcing?
Bernardino, Susana; Freitas Santos, JoséCrowdsourcing platforms are being used to increase citizens engagement with the development and implementation of new projects that are able to improve community’s wellbeing. The use of civic crowdsourcing has also been extended to the younger segments of the population, such as the Youth Participatory Budgeting in Portugal. This research aims to study the ideas developed by young citizens in order to understan...
Entrepreneurial investment and lending crowdfunding: implications for regional ...
Bernardino, Susana; Freitas Santos, JoséEntrepreneurship is recognised as an important driver for economic growth. However, financing has been recognized as one of the most significant barriers to entrepreneurship. By analysing the operations of a lending crowdfunding platform in Portugal (Raize), the investigation aims to study the potential contribution of CF for regional development. Based on a database of 811 completed CF operations, the research...