Paulo Duarte
Biographic Data
| ID | 3686503 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paulo Duarte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paulo |
| FAMILY NAME | Duarte |
| SIGNATURE | DUARTE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Beira Interior |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8449-5474 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Smart City illusion
This study analyzes the application of the Smart City concept to small towns. Current research on Smart Cities primarily focuses on metropolitan areas, creating a significant gap in our understanding of how these concepts can be effectively implemented in less urbanized regions. This work addresses this gap by linking territorial marketing and Smart City paradigms with a focus on cooperation. Based on a qualitative analysis, the study identifies …
Armenia’s Foreign Policy Options Within China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Within the intricate tapestry of global geopolitics, small states occupy a distinctive and nuanced position, encountering a myriad of unique challenges and opportunities. This article critically explores Armenia’s complex engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through the lens of small state theory, accentuating the geopolitical consequences arising from potential border openings following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. Integratin…
Does it bug you eating bugs? The emotions of anthropoentomophagy
Purpose The use of insects as food is a proposed solution for the increased demand for food worldwide, but it lacks acceptance because of restrictive emotional factors. This article aims to understand better customers' emotions’ role in considering and consuming insect-based food. Design/methodology/approach To assess their acceptance, an experiment was developed with 38 participants living in Portugal to identify how people feel when consuming p…
Enhancing consumer purchase intentions for sustainable packaging products
Environmental concerns drive corporate and consumer focus on sustainable packaging. Research explores key factors influencing consumer intent, emphasizing the importance of strategic integration for enhanced purchase intentions and environmental goals. A comprehensive literature review identifies factors such as perceived value, willingness to pay, environmental concern, and attitude toward sustainable packaging. Empirical validation using survey…
Supporting sustainability by promoting online purchase through enhancement of online convenience
A mixed methods UTAUT2-based approach to assess mobile health adoption
China’s Momentum
Whose Silk Road
This chapter analyses the convergence, possible overlapping and/or competition of interests between China, the US, Russia and the European regional integration projects and initiatives in Central Asia. In all of these projects, economics plays a key role. The main postulate is that the New Silk Road is in itself an ambiguous concept that encompasses different views on Central Asian regionalism according to the interests of each country. Among the…
Segmentation of Portuguese customers’ expectations from fitness programs
Expectations towards fitness exercises are the major factor in customer satisfaction in the service sector in question. The purpose of this study is to present a segmentation framework for fitness customers, based on their individual expectations. The survey was designed and validated to evaluate individual expectations towards exercises. The study included a randomly recruited sample of 723 subjects (53% males; 47% females; 42.119.7 years). Fact…
Research Themes for Tourism
Travelers’ use of social media
An integrative model of consumers' intentions to purchase travel online
Tourist experience
Tourist experience: contemporary perspectives, edited by Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone, Abingdon, Routledge, 2011, xx + 304 pp., £95.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-0415572781 Tourism is all about experi
Soft China
O presente artigo analisa outra vertente (por vezes ignorada ou subestimada) do conceito de poder, o soft power, relacionando-o com o caso concreto de uma potência em ascensão: a China. Inicia-se por definir a noção de soft power, distinguindo-a, para este efeito, dos conceitos de hard power e de smart power. Se, numa primeira fase se recorrerá, sobretudo, à teoria para destacarmos as principais características do soft power, a segunda etapa, ess…
The Old and the New World
An integrative model of consumers' intentions to purchase travel online
Travelers’ use of social media
Segmentation of Portuguese customers’ expectations from fitness programs
Expectations towards fitness exercises are the major factor in customer satisfaction in the service sector in question. The purpose of this study is to present a segmentation framework for fitness customers, based on their individual expectations. The survey was designed and validated to evaluate individual expectations towards exercises. The study included a randomly recruited sample of 723 subjects (53% males; 47% females; 42.119.7 years). Fact…
The Old and the New World
Tourist experience
Tourist experience: contemporary perspectives, edited by Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone, Abingdon, Routledge, 2011, xx + 304 pp., £95.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-0415572781 Tourism is all about experi
Soft China
O presente artigo analisa outra vertente (por vezes ignorada ou subestimada) do conceito de poder, o soft power, relacionando-o com o caso concreto de uma potência em ascensão: a China. Inicia-se por definir a noção de soft power, distinguindo-a, para este efeito, dos conceitos de hard power e de smart power. Se, numa primeira fase se recorrerá, sobretudo, à teoria para destacarmos as principais características do soft power, a segunda etapa, ess…
An integrative model of consumers' intentions to purchase travel online
Research Themes for Tourism
Travelers’ use of social media
Segmentation of Portuguese customers’ expectations from fitness programs
Expectations towards fitness exercises are the major factor in customer satisfaction in the service sector in question. The purpose of this study is to present a segmentation framework for fitness customers, based on their individual expectations. The survey was designed and validated to evaluate individual expectations towards exercises. The study included a randomly recruited sample of 723 subjects (53% males; 47% females; 42.119.7 years). Fact…
Whose Silk Road
This chapter analyses the convergence, possible overlapping and/or competition of interests between China, the US, Russia and the European regional integration projects and initiatives in Central Asia. In all of these projects, economics plays a key role. The main postulate is that the New Silk Road is in itself an ambiguous concept that encompasses different views on Central Asian regionalism according to the interests of each country. Among the…
A mixed methods UTAUT2-based approach to assess mobile health adoption
China’s Momentum
Supporting sustainability by promoting online purchase through enhancement of online convenience
Does it bug you eating bugs? The emotions of anthropoentomophagy
Purpose The use of insects as food is a proposed solution for the increased demand for food worldwide, but it lacks acceptance because of restrictive emotional factors. This article aims to understand better customers' emotions’ role in considering and consuming insect-based food. Design/methodology/approach To assess their acceptance, an experiment was developed with 38 participants living in Portugal to identify how people feel when consuming p…
Enhancing consumer purchase intentions for sustainable packaging products
Environmental concerns drive corporate and consumer focus on sustainable packaging. Research explores key factors influencing consumer intent, emphasizing the importance of strategic integration for enhanced purchase intentions and environmental goals. A comprehensive literature review identifies factors such as perceived value, willingness to pay, environmental concern, and attitude toward sustainable packaging. Empirical validation using survey…
Armenia’s Foreign Policy Options Within China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Within the intricate tapestry of global geopolitics, small states occupy a distinctive and nuanced position, encountering a myriad of unique challenges and opportunities. This article critically explores Armenia’s complex engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through the lens of small state theory, accentuating the geopolitical consequences arising from potential border openings following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. Integratin…
The Smart City illusion
This study analyzes the application of the Smart City concept to small towns. Current research on Smart Cities primarily focuses on metropolitan areas, creating a significant gap in our understanding of how these concepts can be effectively implemented in less urbanized regions. This work addresses this gap by linking territorial marketing and Smart City paradigms with a focus on cooperation. Based on a qualitative analysis, the study identifies …
Business (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Marketing (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Advertising (4 works) · Digital Marketing and Social Media (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Tourism (4 works)