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RESEARCH CORNER: Creatives who dislike a brand produce more rational advertising
What if there were a positive side to working on tasks we would rather not do?
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Economic policies: should they be tested?
(IN)Pertinente with Cátia Batista: What is the use of implementing economic policies without knowing for sure the population's needs? What is the use of an economic solution if the target audience does not know or can use it? Economic policies must be tested like medicines; and this is one of our Professor's expertises. In this episode, listen to the examples you mentioned by Hugo Van Der Ding and understand how not all "recipes" are used to support the development of populations.
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Are economic impact assessments needed?
(IN)Pertinente with Cátia Baptista: What is the use of testing economic policies without assessing their impact? How do we know if a cost-effective solution is truly a solution without testing it and measuring the results before launching it on a large scale? Economic policies must be tested but also evaluated, just as it is done in science, with medicines. Cátia Baptista responds to Hugo Van Der Ding's curiosity and talks about her field experience, reporting on studies whose results are surprising.
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ECONOMY: Will my work be replaced by a machine?
Cátia Batista speaks from different perspectives and mentions opportunities, showing Hugo van der Ding the most positive side of all this technological acceleration. Hugo is the moderator of Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation's Podcast: (IN)Pertinente.
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From traditional finance to entrepeneurial finance
Afonso Eça, our Alumnus and Professor, welcomed the new Masters' students 21/22 with a great talk on entrepreneurial finance.
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Who counts in Sustainability? People, Planet, Profit.
Michael Parkes, CEO/Founder of BIOS, welcomed our new Masters' students 21/22 with a great talk on the topic of sustainability.
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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries
Widespread acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is crucial for achieving sufficient immunization coverage to end the global pandemic, yet few studies have investigated COVID-19 vaccination attitudes in lower-income countries, where large-scale vaccination is just beginning.
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Effects of change in hospital treatment payment policy for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: a health economics analysis
Sara Almeida, Nova SBE PhD student, together with Gloria Paolucci and Seita Akihiro, from the Department of Health, UNRWA, and Hala Ghattas, from the Centre for Research in Population and Health, American University of Beirut, developed this research paper.
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A Theory of Collateral for the Lender of Last Resort
João Santos, Visiting Professor at Nova SBE, together with Choi, from Seoul University, and Yorulmazer, from Koc University, published their research that considers a macroprodential approach to analyze the optimal lending policy for the central bank.
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Companies are increasingly willing to take risks
Isabel Almeida e Brito e Margarida Castro Caldas shared with PME Magazine the role that the Inclusive Community Forum (ICF) has been playing towards the inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market. The community involvement and the growing commitment of companies towards inclusion, has been key to start transforming the recruitment market, and impressive for ICF to testify. Get to know more about ICF and its partners committed to inclusion, reading this article or checking the project's website.
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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
The Inclusive Community Forum participated in SIC Notícias's Imagens de Marca and shared the key challenges and benefits of diversity and inclusion
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COMPANIES AND INCLUSION
The Inclusive Community Forum participated in RTP's Sociedade Civil and shared insights about inclusion of people with disabilities in Portuguese companies.
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COMPIT
The Inclusive Community Forum presents a pilot project of the Journey to Empowerment
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Towards greater digitization in clinical trials?
Nova SBE Notes column at Netfarma contributes to the reflection in the health area by the members of the research center Nova SBE Health Economics and Management Knowledge Center. Carolina Santos, a PhD student, reflects upon the digitalization of clinical trials.
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Companies are every day more likely to risk.
Isabel Almeida e Brito e Margarida Castro Caldas shared with PME Magazine the role that the Inclusive Community Forum (ICF) has been playing towards the inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market.
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Inclusive Recruitment at CUF
CUF shares best practices of inclusion resulting from their active participation in the Commitment to Inclusion by the Inclusive Community Forum.
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Leveraging technology to reach global health: The case of telemedicine in São Tomé and Príncipe health system
Cátia Gonçalves, Ph.D candidate at Nova SBE and researcher at Health Management & Economics Knowledge Center, published recently a research paper on Health Policy and Technology.
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Closing the gender profit gap through savings and training: Evidence from Mozambique
Access to mobile savings accounts and financial management skills can lead to improved profits and financial security of female-led micro-enterprises. An opinion article published in VoxDev, authored by Professors Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente from NOVAFRICA, and Sandra Sequeira, from London School of Economics.
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High-stake exams change teacher grading standards: evidence from a policy reform
Pedro Freitas, PhD Candidate from Nova SBE Economics of Education Knowledge Center, saw his publication receive the María Jesús San Segundo Award at the Meeting of the Economics of Education Association, of the Economics of Education Association (AEDE).
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Economic Impact of Climate Change
Miguel Ferreira, with Cláudia Custódio and Adrian Lam, both from the Imperial College Business School, and Emilia Garcia-Appendini, from the University of Zurich, won the EFIC2021 (5th EFIC Conference in Banking and Corporate Finance - Essex Business School) Best Paper Award with their paper Economic impact of climate change.
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Empowering to Reduce Intentions to Resist Future Change: Organization-Based Self-esteem as a Boundary Condition
Nova SBE's Professor Pedro Neves co-authored with Daniela Pires from BNP Paribas, and Sandra Costa from University of Liverpool Management School, a research published on British Journal of Management.
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4 years of Social Impact Bonds in Portugal: a retrospective
Together with MDV - Movimento Defesa da Vida, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Banco Montepio e Portugal Inovação Social, MAZE Impact worked for 4 years on Projeto Família (Family Project), thus preventing the institutionalization of 91% of the children and young people it supported. Our Alumna, Inês Charro, moderated the debate that discussed the results. Watch here.
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Addressing climate change | Perspectives on the ECB's monetary policy strategy review
The e-book "Perspectives on the ECB's monetary policy strategy review" published in late June 2021 by the Banco de Portugal laid down most of the arguments underlying this comprehensive review. Our Alumnus, Nuno Lourenço, contributed with a co-created Section on climate change.
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Five Things You Need To Be A Highly Effective Leader During Turbulent Times
In this interview for Authority Magazine, Nova SBE's Dean, Daniel Traça, talked about leadership and what he believed are important things in order to be an effective leader.
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We know how much potential each member of our community has. From staff to researchers, from corporate to non-profit organizations. Whether you are producing relevant research, an idea that could be turned into an impactful project, or you're becoming an expert in a sustainability-related field. We want to help you discover your purpose and share it.
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