Portugal: Economic, Political and Social Issues

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Portugal is a state of southern Europe, with Lisbon, the nations largest city, as its capital. The mainland is located in the extreme south-west of the Iberian Peninsula bordering the north and east with Spain, and to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocernate Paperback edition.

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THE DUALITY OF THE PORTUGUESEHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

ACCESS AND EQUITY

THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY OVER STUDENT CHOICE

DETERMINANTS OF STUDENT CHOICE

AUTONOMY AND GOVERNANCE

FROM THE 1974 DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION TO NPM

THE NEW LEGISLATION

FOUNDATION UNIVERSITIES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: THE POWER OF GLOBAL INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION NETWORKS: SCIENTIFIC POLICY AND ECONOMIC SPILLOVERS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER POLICY - BAYH DOLE

Bayh Dole Act

ECONOMIC REASONS TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Potential Return to Economy

PORTUGAL: ECONOMIC SPILLOVERS OF S&T:A NEW WAVE OF S&T

ECONOMIC SPILLOVERS

NATIONAL PLAN FOR INNOVATION IN PORTUGAL

REASONING FOR INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT FOR INNOVATION INVESTMENT BY COUNTRIES

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON MODELS

1963: Harvard Business School IESE Business School(University of Navarra)

1998: The Singapore - MIT Alliance

1999: The Cambridge - MIT Institute (CMI)

2000: Malaysia - MIT Biotechnology Partnership Programme

2002: CMU, Carnegie Mellon - Athens Information Networking Institute

2005: MIT - Zaragoza – International Logistics Program

2005: CMU, Carnegie Mellon CyLab Japan Inf. Technology – InformationSecurity Program

PORTUGUESE INTERNATIONALPARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM ON S&T

2006: MIT|Portugal Program – Engineering Systems

2006: CMU|Portugal Program – Information and CommunicationTechnologies Institute

UT Austin|Portugal Program – CoLab on Emerging Technologiesand University Technology Enterprise Network

2007: Fraunhofer|Portugal – ICT

2009: Harvard Medical School|Portugal - Translational Research and Information

IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ON PORTUGUESE S&T: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

EDUCATION

UT Austin

MIT

Carnegie Mellon

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

IMPACT OF THE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE NETWORK

INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS PROGRAM

Case Study #1 – International Internship, 2009

Phase #1 Internship with UT Austin Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC),July 16 through October 14, 2009

Phase #2 Internship with Emergent Technologies, Austin, Texas, July 22 throughAugust 30, 2010

Case Study #2 – International Internship, 2009

Phase #1 Internship with UT Austin Office of Technology Commercialization(OTC), July 16 through September 5, 2009

Phase #2 Internship with Emergent Technologies, Austin, Texas, July 26 throughSeptember 26, 2010

Case Study #3 – International Internship, 2010

Internship with South Texas Technology Management (STTM), San Antonio, TexasJanuary 2 to March 26, 2010

Case Study #4 – International Internship, 2011

Miguel Carvalho, Researcher at the University of Minho (Textile Engineering) andFounder of Weadapt

Case study #5 – International Reverse-Internship, 2011

Rosemary French, TTO at The University of Texas’ Office of TechnologyCommercialization

THE POWER OF GLOBAL NETWORKING

INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING

VENTURE COMPETITION

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

RESULTS ACHIEVED

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN PORTUGAL:ACASE STUDY OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATIONIN DECISION MAKINGON A WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

OUTLINE OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

MEASURES

ADOPTION

WASTE MANAGEMENT

MOTIVATION BEHIND THE STUDY

CASE STUDY IN SOUSELAS

WASTE CO-INCINERATION AND PRE-TEST

NIMBY REACTION

CONSIDERATION

RISK PREOCCUPATION

NEGATIVE IMAGE

JOB CREATION

COMPENSATION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: FOREST FIRES IN PORTUGAL

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LAND USE AND WILDLANDS IN PORTUGAL

FOREST FIRES IN PORTUGAL TEMPORAL EVOLUTION

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

THE CRITICAL YEARS: 2003MAXIMUM OF SCORCHED AREAAND 2005MAXIMUM OF THE NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: UNEMPLOYMENT VERSUS HAPPINESS IN PORTUGAL

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE REVIEW

THE PORTUGUESE CASE

CONCLUSION

ANNEX – THE VAR RESULTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTSOF MIGRATIONS IN PORTUGAL

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF PORTUGAL

DEPART: THE DECISION TO MIGRATE

Aspiration for Better Pay and Perceived Job Opportunities as Determinantsof Intention to Migrate

The Determinants of Portuguese Adolescents’ Willingness to Study or Workin another European Union Country

STAY: DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE

Perceived Discrimination among Adolescents of Immigrant Background

Can Music Change Ethnic Attitudes among Children?

RETURN: RE-ACCULTURATION AND ADAPTATION

Re-acculturation Attitudes among Adolescents from ReturnedImmigrant Families

Long Term Adaptation among Adolescents from Returned ImmigrantFamilies

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: TWO DECADES OF ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKINGIN PORTUGAL: REVISITING THE ENERGY ARENAIN THE WAKE OF A RECESSION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PORTUGUESE SITUATION

GENERAL INDICATORS IN PORTUGAL,CONTRASTED TO EU AND THE WORLD

ORGANIZATION OF THE PORTUGUESEELECTRICITY SYSTEM

THE PORTUGUESE ENERGY SUPPLY INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

THE ROLE OF THE ENERGY REGULATORYAUTHORITY (ERSE)

TARIFF SETTING

THE RISING OF THE MIBEL

THE ROLE OF THE LIBERALIZED POWER EXCHANGE

SPOT PRICE DYNAMICS

RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY HASA PORTUGUESE FLAGSHIP

EXPLICIT POLICIES AND TARGETS

EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS

EXPECTATIONS IN ENERGY POLICY SCENARIOAFTER THE IMF INTERVENTION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: FROM WASTE TO ENERGY:WHAT IS THE CURRENTCONTRIBUTION OF THE PORTUGUESE BIOGAS?

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

International Law

European Law

BIOGAS IN PORTUGAL

Portugal: Biogas Potential

THE IMPORTANT RELATION BETWEENWASTE AND BIOGAS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: ANCESTRAL RURAL PRACTICES IN PORTUGAL: VEZEIRA DA RIBEIRA’S CASE (GERÊS MOUNTAIN, NORTHWEST OF PORTUGAL)

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

STUDY AREA

ANCESTRAL RURAL PRACTICES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS

Introduction

Grazing in Mountain Areas

Vezeiras

“VEZEIRA DA RIBEIRA”

Introduction

Cultural Heritage

Pathways in Geres Mountain and Built Heritage

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

SOURCES

INDEX

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