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How Capabilities Shape Export Performance: Evidence from Portuguese Firms.
Vicente, Margarida; Vaz, André; Marcos, Anabela; Antunes, Maria JoséThis study examines the capabilities that enhance firms' export performance, emphasizing the multidimensional nature of export-oriented competencies. It develops and validates a 27-item scale to measure four key capability dimensions: dynamic capabilities, technological capabilities, marketing capabilities, and entrepreneurial orientation. The items used to measure the capabilities of exporting companies were a...
Crises in tourism: travel agencies' perceptions of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis
Duque, Ana Sofia; Vicente, Margarida; Loureiro, CristinaPurpose: The tourism industry is vulnerable to numerous crises such as natural disasters, terrorism, epidemics, and pandemics. Tourist destinations and tourism companies must be prepared to fight a crisis and develop recovery strategies.The present work identifies, from the perceptions of travel and tourism agencies, the dimensions of the impact of the Covid-1 pandemic crisis. An assessment tool is developed fo...
Crises in tourism: travel agencies' perceptions of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis
Duque, Ana Sofia; Vicente, Margarida; Loureiro, CristinaA indústria do turismo é extremamente vulnerável a inúmeras crises, como desastres naturais, terrorismo, epidemias e pandemias. Os destinos turísticos e as próprias empresas devem de estar bem preparados para combater uma crise e desenvolver estratégias de recuperação. O presente trabalho identifica, a partir das perceções das agências de viagens e turismo, as dimensões do impacto da crise pandémica Covid-19. É...
As medidas de apoio à Covid-19 nas agências de viagens
Loureiro, Ana Cristina; Duque, Ana Sofia; Vicente, MargaridaO impacto económico que o surto de Covid-19 teve no setor do turismo, a incerteza da sua duração e o agravamento dos seus efeitos nas empresas, justificaram a criação de várias medidas de apoio à manutenção do emprego e à mitigação de situações de crise nas empresas. Este estudo procura identificar os apoios que o Governo português disponibilizou às agências de viagens, analisar aqueles que foram mais adotados ...
Capabilities and innovation: the moderating effect of environmental turbulence
Vicente, Margarida; Figueiredo, António; Rodrigues, António MárioPurpose - By using the resource-based view theory, this study develops a framework to investigate the role of organizational innovation intensity as a mediator between capabilities and export performance. Specifically, this framework analyzes the consequences of marketing and technological capabilities and focuses on the relationships between marketing and technological capabilities, organizational innovation i...
Vitiviniculture, environment and biodiversity: sustainability actions
Figueiredo, Antonio; Rodrigues, António; Vicente, Margarida; Antunes, Maria JoséThe rational use of resources is currently a widely discussed topic in any organization, although it takes on greater importance in those of productive scope. Measures of different levels − strategic, tactical or operational − are increasingly being implemented, so it is pertinent to analyze their effect on the distinct dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economic and social. Any strategic process must...
Health-related quality of life in pulmonary hypertension and its clinical corre...
Reis, Abílio; Santos, Mário; Vicente, Margarida; Furtado, Inês; Cruz, Célia; Melo, Alzira; Carvalho, Luísa; Gonçalves, Fabienne; Almeida, LuísBackground: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impairment is common in pulmonary hypertension (PH), but its clinical predictors are not well established. This study aims to characterize the HRQoL of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and other precapillary forms of PH (pcPH) and to explore its clinical correlates. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, observational study of patients wit...
Marketing capabilities in exporting companies
Vicente, Margarida; Seabra, Cláudia; Antunes, Maria JoséThe export marketing literature has demonstrated that marketing capabilities are key drivers of export market effectiveness. However, researchers highlight the need to understand better the antecedents that may influence the development of marketing capabilities in export markets. Drawing on the resource-based view, this study investigates the way that export commitment and innovativeness contribute to the deve...
Developing marketing capabilities through export commitment and innovativeness
Malva, Madalena; Vicente, Margarida; Antunes, Maria JoséThis research examines how marketing capabilities, technological capabilities, and organizational innovation influence export performance. More specifically, we examine the impact of marketing and technological capabilities on organizational innovation and the influence of organizational innovation on export performance. We investigate the mediating role of organizational innovation in the relationships between...
The influence of motivations in tourists’ involvement
Seabra, Cláudia; Silva, Carla; Abrantes, José Luís; Vicente, Margarida; Herstein, RamOne of the main aspects in the consumer behaviour is the concept of involvement because it influences the decision rules used by tourists to reach the final decision. An empirical study of 600 international tourists reveals that motivation to relax, influences tourists’ involvement with the trip. A structural model shows that when tourists are motivated to relax they get directly more involved with their trip (...