Marisa R Ferreira
Biographic Data
| ID | 268977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marisa R Ferreira |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marisa R |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferreira |
| SIGNATURE | FERREIRA M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Polytechnic Institute of Porto |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-9090-3819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Greening the Bottom Line: Public Funding for Circular Economy Initiatives and Financial Stability
Public funding for circular economy (CE) initiatives plays a crucial role in shaping corporate financial performance, yet its effects remain underexplored. Grounded in the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm, this study investigates the financial impact of CE funding on private firms, using Portugal as a case study. It analyses the financial outcomes of companies receiving funding for circular practices under the Portugal 2020 program in contra…
Social innovation and "other" knowledges: What Does the Construction of Formal Knowledge Have to Do With It
By examining the intersection of sexism and racism in the university, we seek to reflect on the construction of knowledge and how this formal space of knowledge creation can contribute not to reproduce and repeat offered models, but rather build an "other" education. It is argued that the educational context cannot be analyzed without considering the project of modernity, coloniality, racialization, and violence in our country. After all, this co…
El papel del mecenazgo – una aproximación a las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro
nuestra investigación se centró en el papel del mecenazgo.El objetivo de este estudio fue verificar la incidencia de las prácticas de mecenazgo en las OSFL y comprender, a partir de su percepción, qué motiva a un mecenas a hacer una donación, qué impulsa la petición de donaciones, las razones de la fidelidad del mecenas y las razones más importantes que subyacen a la práctica de la recaudación de fondos.Hemos realizado una aproximación cuantitati…
The role of the fourth sector in the context of the Covid ‐19 pandemic
The fourth sector, which is composed of “for‐benefit” enterprises, can play a fundamental and positive role for the community, particularly in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic. It supports public organizations and protects disadvantaged populations. Further research is suggested on the cross‐sectoral collaboration based on non‐profit motivations during the pandemic.
What we know about volunteer tourism - an approach to motivations and impacts
Generally defined as an activity in which people decide to volunteer in development or conservation projects, voluntourism is one of the most fast-growing alternative tourism markets, arousing interest from several different people and creating an increasing number of volunteers. These developments are being used by many organisations has a way of using volunteers' expertise's as important benefits. Our paper analyses and describes the concept of…
Organizational culture in social economy organizations
Over the last years, Social Economy Organizations have undergone significant organizational changes. The purpose of this article is to analyze the organizational culture, assessed through the Competing Values Framework (CVF). A multi case-study approach was performed, in three Cooperatives for Education and Rehabilitation of Citizens with Disabilities (CERCI), collecting qualitative and quantitative data. Applying the qualitative analysis suggest…
Mentoring entrepreneurship in a rural territory – A qualitative exploration of an entrepreneurship program for rural areas
Partners in a caring society – a nonprofit organization case study
In the economic activity of contemporary societies, there is a progressive increase in the importance of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) consequently leading to a growing demand for financial and non-financial information. Considering the mission, values and particular characteristics of NPOs, the accountability reflects a reliable image of their performance for stakeholders. Therefore, NPOs should increasingly give prominence to their accountabil…
Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGDO) Performance and Funds—A Case Study
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are facing growing pressure to become more performance oriented. The existence of a rising number of NPOs and the scarcity of fund sources is an increasingly worrying scenario. Our case study examines the experiences of three non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs) and discusses the possible existence of a relationship among fund sources and organizational performance. Non-profits are gradually required …
Do Occasional Volunteers Repeat their Experience
Understanding the experiences of volunteers is critical to the effective management of non-profit organizations. Many organizations benefit greatly from the work of volunteers; however, little is known about the interest of occasional volunteers in repeating their experience. Our research aims to understand occasional volunteers and their intention to repeat the experience. To achieve this objective, it is essential to understand volunteers’ moti…
Reconfiguring the public and the private: Noc-Noc arts festival, Guimarães, Portugal
In the past decades many cities have experienced growing pressure to produce and stage cultural events of different sorts to promote themselves and improve economic development. Culture-led development often relies on significant public investment and major private-sector sponsoring. In the context of strained public finances and profound economic crisis in European peripheral countries, local community low-budget events that manage to create sig…
Volunteering for a Lifetime? Volunteers’ Intention to Stay in Portuguese Hospitals
The current study aims to study Hospital volunteers’ intention to stay in an organization through understanding motivation, management factors, and satisfaction. A total of 304 Hospital volunteers, mainly women, completed a questionnaire measuring motivations, management factors, satisfaction, and intention to stay. In this study, structural equation modeling was used. Results demonstrate that there is a positive relationship between (a) motivati…
Volunteering for a Lifetime? Volunteers’ Intention to Stay in Portuguese Hospitals
The current study aims to study Hospital volunteers’ intention to stay in an organization through understanding motivation, management factors, and satisfaction. A total of 304 Hospital volunteers, mainly women, completed a questionnaire measuring motivations, management factors, satisfaction, and intention to stay. In this study, structural equation modeling was used. Results demonstrate that there is a positive relationship between (a) motivati…
Mentoring entrepreneurship in a rural territory – A qualitative exploration of an entrepreneurship program for rural areas
Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGDO) Performance and Funds—A Case Study
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are facing growing pressure to become more performance oriented. The existence of a rising number of NPOs and the scarcity of fund sources is an increasingly worrying scenario. Our case study examines the experiences of three non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs) and discusses the possible existence of a relationship among fund sources and organizational performance. Non-profits are gradually required …
Reconfiguring the public and the private: Noc-Noc arts festival, Guimarães, Portugal
In the past decades many cities have experienced growing pressure to produce and stage cultural events of different sorts to promote themselves and improve economic development. Culture-led development often relies on significant public investment and major private-sector sponsoring. In the context of strained public finances and profound economic crisis in European peripheral countries, local community low-budget events that manage to create sig…
Organizational culture in social economy organizations
Over the last years, Social Economy Organizations have undergone significant organizational changes. The purpose of this article is to analyze the organizational culture, assessed through the Competing Values Framework (CVF). A multi case-study approach was performed, in three Cooperatives for Education and Rehabilitation of Citizens with Disabilities (CERCI), collecting qualitative and quantitative data. Applying the qualitative analysis suggest…
Do Occasional Volunteers Repeat their Experience
Understanding the experiences of volunteers is critical to the effective management of non-profit organizations. Many organizations benefit greatly from the work of volunteers; however, little is known about the interest of occasional volunteers in repeating their experience. Our research aims to understand occasional volunteers and their intention to repeat the experience. To achieve this objective, it is essential to understand volunteers’ moti…
Volunteering for a Lifetime? Volunteers’ Intention to Stay in Portuguese Hospitals
The current study aims to study Hospital volunteers’ intention to stay in an organization through understanding motivation, management factors, and satisfaction. A total of 304 Hospital volunteers, mainly women, completed a questionnaire measuring motivations, management factors, satisfaction, and intention to stay. In this study, structural equation modeling was used. Results demonstrate that there is a positive relationship between (a) motivati…
Do Occasional Volunteers Repeat their Experience
Understanding the experiences of volunteers is critical to the effective management of non-profit organizations. Many organizations benefit greatly from the work of volunteers; however, little is known about the interest of occasional volunteers in repeating their experience. Our research aims to understand occasional volunteers and their intention to repeat the experience. To achieve this objective, it is essential to understand volunteers’ moti…
Reconfiguring the public and the private: Noc-Noc arts festival, Guimarães, Portugal
In the past decades many cities have experienced growing pressure to produce and stage cultural events of different sorts to promote themselves and improve economic development. Culture-led development often relies on significant public investment and major private-sector sponsoring. In the context of strained public finances and profound economic crisis in European peripheral countries, local community low-budget events that manage to create sig…
Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGDO) Performance and Funds—A Case Study
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) are facing growing pressure to become more performance oriented. The existence of a rising number of NPOs and the scarcity of fund sources is an increasingly worrying scenario. Our case study examines the experiences of three non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs) and discusses the possible existence of a relationship among fund sources and organizational performance. Non-profits are gradually required …
Partners in a caring society – a nonprofit organization case study
In the economic activity of contemporary societies, there is a progressive increase in the importance of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) consequently leading to a growing demand for financial and non-financial information. Considering the mission, values and particular characteristics of NPOs, the accountability reflects a reliable image of their performance for stakeholders. Therefore, NPOs should increasingly give prominence to their accountabil…
Organizational culture in social economy organizations
Over the last years, Social Economy Organizations have undergone significant organizational changes. The purpose of this article is to analyze the organizational culture, assessed through the Competing Values Framework (CVF). A multi case-study approach was performed, in three Cooperatives for Education and Rehabilitation of Citizens with Disabilities (CERCI), collecting qualitative and quantitative data. Applying the qualitative analysis suggest…
Mentoring entrepreneurship in a rural territory – A qualitative exploration of an entrepreneurship program for rural areas
The role of the fourth sector in the context of the Covid ‐19 pandemic
The fourth sector, which is composed of “for‐benefit” enterprises, can play a fundamental and positive role for the community, particularly in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic. It supports public organizations and protects disadvantaged populations. Further research is suggested on the cross‐sectoral collaboration based on non‐profit motivations during the pandemic.
What we know about volunteer tourism - an approach to motivations and impacts
Generally defined as an activity in which people decide to volunteer in development or conservation projects, voluntourism is one of the most fast-growing alternative tourism markets, arousing interest from several different people and creating an increasing number of volunteers. These developments are being used by many organisations has a way of using volunteers' expertise's as important benefits. Our paper analyses and describes the concept of…
El papel del mecenazgo – una aproximación a las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro
nuestra investigación se centró en el papel del mecenazgo.El objetivo de este estudio fue verificar la incidencia de las prácticas de mecenazgo en las OSFL y comprender, a partir de su percepción, qué motiva a un mecenas a hacer una donación, qué impulsa la petición de donaciones, las razones de la fidelidad del mecenas y las razones más importantes que subyacen a la práctica de la recaudación de fondos.Hemos realizado una aproximación cuantitati…
Social innovation and "other" knowledges: What Does the Construction of Formal Knowledge Have to Do With It
By examining the intersection of sexism and racism in the university, we seek to reflect on the construction of knowledge and how this formal space of knowledge creation can contribute not to reproduce and repeat offered models, but rather build an "other" education. It is argued that the educational context cannot be analyzed without considering the project of modernity, coloniality, racialization, and violence in our country. After all, this co…
Greening the Bottom Line: Public Funding for Circular Economy Initiatives and Financial Stability
Public funding for circular economy (CE) initiatives plays a crucial role in shaping corporate financial performance, yet its effects remain underexplored. Grounded in the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm, this study investigates the financial impact of CE funding on private firms, using Portugal as a case study. It analyses the financial outcomes of companies receiving funding for circular practices under the Portugal 2020 program in contra…
Political science (9 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (5 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Marketing (3 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works)