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Academic engagement in Portugal: the role of institutional diversity, individua...

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play a crucial role in knowledge society by providing and disseminating knowledge. In this regard, academics have been encouraged to collaborate with society, leading to the emergence of new modes of knowledge production. Several institutional and individual factors have been identified as determinants of the academic engagement. Hence, using data from a survey delivered to ...

Higher education and employability skills: barriers and facilitators of employe...

This research examines the barriers and facilitators to employers’ engagement with higher education institutions. The data were collected through interviews with a set of employers (<i>n</i> = 19) in the Northern region of Portugal, V.N.de Famalicão, in 2019. We begin by exploring employers’ engagement activities as a potential solution to address local-level skill problems. Empirical evidence suggests that the...

Institutional Policies to Attract International Academics in Portugal in an Adv...

The European Union’s (EU) decision to become ‘the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based society in the world’ by 2000 included key policies such as the creation of a European Research Area (ERA) and a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) capable of attracting academics from other countries. Recruiting the best academics, and especially the best researchers, has become an issue of increasing importance i...

Integrated education practice in an accelerated world

This practice work in progress presents the perception of employers regarding the skills graduates bring to the labor market and the strategies they implement to cope with soft skill problems. It draws on an original qualitative data gathered from interviews with human resources managers of 20 firms located in the North of Portugal, a region that has been engaged in a public initiative that attempts to solve sk...

The impact of long term scientific mobility on the creation of persistent knowl...

International scientific mobility is a strategic element in the science policies of several countries, being often equated with the development of extensive knowledge networks that can be mobilised by the scientists (and their organisations) upon their return. The objective of this paper is to understand whether and in which conditions mobility leads to the development of knowledge links that are long lasting a...

Rentabilização operacional dos meios equestres na GNR

A crise económica mundial é transversal a todos os organismos, obrigando a adopção de uma estratégia séria de eficácia e de rigor, delimitado por uma forte preocupação ao nível do controlo orçamental. Neste quadro de exiguidade de recursos, todos os meios são importantes, devendo por isso ser geridos e administrados da forma mais eficiente possível. Neste trabalho pretende-se estudar quais os possíveis factores...

Building a bridge: social networks aand technological regimes in biotechnology ...

Redes sociais e empreendedorismo em biotecnologia. O processo de aglomeração em...

Este artigo aborda a aglomeração de novas empresas de biotecnologia em torno de núcleos de produção de conhecimento, centrando-se no papel das redes sociais no acesso ao conhecimento científico e tecnológico. A abordagem toma em consideração o impacto de várias formas de proximidade – geográfica, social, cognitiva e organizacional – no desenvolvimento de relações chave e na sua utiliza-ção para obter conhecimen...

Redes sociais e empreendedorismo em biotecnologia : o processo de clusterização...

Este artigo3 aborda a aglomeração de novas empresas de biotecnologia em torno de núcleos de produção de conhecimento, centrando-se no papel das redes sociais no acesso ao conhecimento científico e tecnológico. A abordagem toma em consideração o impacto de várias formas de proximidade – geográfica, social, cognitiva e organizacional – no desenvolvimento de relações chave e na sua utilização para obter conhecimen...

Innovation networks in biotechnology : actors, relations and strategies

The paper addresses innovation networks in a science-based sector, focusing on networks for scientific and technological knowledge access. It investigates the strategic choices made by new biotechnology firms regarding the type of actors and relations that prevail in accessing those networks. The results contribute to on-going debates in the area of innovation networks and knowledge management, both at the meth...