Mário Franco
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3665648 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mário Franco |
| PRENOMES | Mário |
| SOBRENOME | Franco |
| ASSINATURA | FRANCO M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Beira Interior |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7818-0206 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2014 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Sustainability policies and attendee satisfaction in festivals
Purpose With environmental sustainability gaining importance in event management, green strategies are increasingly integrated into festival planning. While existing literature has emphasised the economic and social impacts of festivals, limited research addresses how sustainable practices influence attendee satisfaction. Prior research often treats festival sustainability as a broad, homogeneous construct, offering limited insight into how disti…
Sustainability‐Oriented Cooperation Networks in the Automotive Industry
Despite the growing academic interest in environmental sustainability, there is still a scarcity of studies that empirically explore how cooperation networks function in complex industrial contexts. This study addresses how cooperation networks contribute to environmental sustainability in the automotive industry. Based on the theories of Resource Dependence and Transaction Cost, a qualitative case is analyzed based on a cooperation network forme…
Before and After Remedial Classes
This study examines the role of remedial classes as a pedagogical intervention in higher education accounting. Specifically, it analyses how students' attitudes, perceived learning, continued‐use intention and word‐of‐mouth communication are shaped before and after participation in remedial classes. A quantitative pre‐ and post‐intervention design was adopted, with data collected from accounting students at two moments: before the implementation …
Networks between higher education institutions and companies
Purpose This study aims to understand the dynamics of knowledge sharing, governance mechanisms and innovation results generated in an interorganizational network formed within the scope of the RedFruitsHealth case, a collaborative initiative between a higher education institution (HEI) and several companies in the agri-food sector, focused on the valorization of red fruits through the development of healthy and functional food products. Design/me…
Inter-institutional cooperation network for community recreational, leisure and cultural development
The contribution of cooperation networks to service innovation in micro-enterprises
Is creativity a reality in Bulgaria cities? An empirical study in the pre-pandemic period
This study aims to obtain a composite index characterizing Bulgarian districts about their creativity by presenting results for the pre-pandemic. The composite index developed by Rodrigues and Franco (2019), use of quantitative method and multivariate statistical techniques have been used to answer this objective. From the data gathered primarily from NSI- The National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria, the results show that creativity is one of …
Profile of urban sustainability in Bulgaria
Sustainability is becoming increasingly relevant due to the need to decide on planned management of land use and natural resources as well as sustainable development in the context of cities. This study aims to identify indicators for measuring the sustainable development of districts/countries in Bulgaria. Using the Multivariate Analysis (MVA) method, where we examine multiple variables in several dimensions, the results show that in the environ…
Municipal mediators as a cooperation network for the social integration of Roma community
Purpose This study aims to understand in what way municipal mediators can function as a cooperation network, promoting better social and economic inclusion of Roma community. Design/methodology/approach To fulfil this objective, a qualitative approach was adopted, holding semi-structured interviews with various partners involved in an inter-organisational cooperation network: the DiverCity project. This project aims to combat the discrimination o…
What exists in academia on work stress in accounting professionals
What it is important to know about the effect of religious beliefs on entrepreneurial intention
Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) is one of the dimensions most studied and validated scientifically in the literature associated with entrepreneurship. This study intends to go one step further in developing the literature by presenting little studied dimensions as direct antecedents of EI. Its aim is to analyse the influence of the dimensions of Religious Beliefs, Psychological and Cognitive Factors, and Social Influence on the EI of students in h…
How have smartness cities responded to the pandemic? An empirical study
Covid-19
In all areas of knowledge, research has shown the devastating effects of COVID-19, and the impact on families' financial stress and well-being is one of them. Crises are predictors of families' financial stress as they produce changes in their income and negative feelings, such as fear and demotivation, which affect well-being. This study analyses the financial and social impact of COVID-19 on families, supported by the ABCE-WB model, with data c…
Indicators to measure the performance of sustainable urban entrepreneurship
Purpose Urban sustainability is an inseparable dimension of today's cities; thus, the role played by creativity, and consequently sustainable urban entrepreneurship and the networks it raises, gives rise to the pro-activity of these two constructs toward a tripartition (economic, social and environmental). This study aims to measure sustainable urban entrepreneurship through a composite of existing indicators in the literature of cities. Design/m…
Influence of web portals on management support and university performance
Bibliometric review about eco-cites and urban sustainable development
The Hard Skills Bases in Digital Academic Entrepreneurship in Relation to Digital Transformation
Digital transformation (DT) has changed the means and mechanisms for acquiring knowledge, meaning that higher education institutions (HEI) have changed the form of student-lecturer and teaching-learning interaction. Digital transformation must have a relevant role in building the hard skills (HS) necessary for academic entrepreneurship, where HS are easily taught and measured. This study analyses the basis of HS for digital academic entrepreneurs…
Digital entrepreneurship in local government
Cross-border cooperation to strengthen innovation and knowledge transfer
This study seeks to find out the main achievements of a cross-border cooperation project (INESPO III) in terms of innovation and university-firm knowledge transfer in a region situated in the central region of Portugal and Castile and León, Spain. To achieve this aim, research of a qualitative and exploratory nature was chosen., that is, case study method. Data collection was based on seven interviews with several project actors, and content anal…
International student mobility in a German and Portuguese university
In a globalising world, international mobility in higher education is an important phenomenon for students and higher education institutions. It is therefore essential to understand the factors that determine international students' satisfaction with higher education institutions that serve as hosts. Through research of an exploratory, quantitative nature, this study presents results from a survey among 289 incoming international students in two …
Cooperation networks in the area of health
Networks and performance of creative cities
Leadership and collective entrepreneurship
The objective of this study is to investigate the link between leadership types and the entrepreneurial behaviour of health care providers. In particular, the focus is on whether and to what extent the relationship between transformational and transactional leadership and the attitudes towards collective entrepreneurship is affected by mediator variables. A quantitative approach was adopted, based on a questionnaire administered to a representati…
Rural and agri-entrepreneurial networks
Composite Index to Measure Cities’ Creative Performance
This study aims to identify the indicators/indices for measuring current cities’ creative performance and the individual weight of each in that performance. To do so, a review and compilation of theoretical and empirical indices already developed was undertaken, showing culture, the creative economy, and a favourable environment as inseparable sub-dimensions of creativity. This compilation allowed the construction of a Composite Index for Creativ…
Measuring the urban sustainable development in cities through a Composite Index
This study aims to systematize indicators and indices that allow measurement sustainable development in cities and towns (economic, social, and environmental). It is one dimension that is inseparable from current cities and its extent is a major concern for political decision‐makers worldwide, and also present their individual weights in that performance. The results allow construction of a Composite Index for Sustainability supported by multivar…
Cooperation in tradition or tradition in cooperation? Networks of agricultural entrepreneurs
Covid-19
In all areas of knowledge, research has shown the devastating effects of COVID-19, and the impact on families' financial stress and well-being is one of them. Crises are predictors of families' financial stress as they produce changes in their income and negative feelings, such as fear and demotivation, which affect well-being. This study analyses the financial and social impact of COVID-19 on families, supported by the ABCE-WB model, with data c…
Wine cooperatives as a form of social entrepreneurship
The importance of networks in the transnational mobility of higher education students
Advancing the understanding of academic mobility becomes essential since this phenomenon is gaining prominence in the context of the internationalization of European higher education, with repercussions in economic terms for the host institution itself and its surrounding region. From a network theory perspective, this study intends to understand what motivates students in transnational mobility (TM) to seek certain Institutions of Higher Educati…
The Hard Skills Bases in Digital Academic Entrepreneurship in Relation to Digital Transformation
Digital transformation (DT) has changed the means and mechanisms for acquiring knowledge, meaning that higher education institutions (HEI) have changed the form of student-lecturer and teaching-learning interaction. Digital transformation must have a relevant role in building the hard skills (HS) necessary for academic entrepreneurship, where HS are easily taught and measured. This study analyses the basis of HS for digital academic entrepreneurs…
Cross-border cooperation to strengthen innovation and knowledge transfer
This study seeks to find out the main achievements of a cross-border cooperation project (INESPO III) in terms of innovation and university-firm knowledge transfer in a region situated in the central region of Portugal and Castile and León, Spain. To achieve this aim, research of a qualitative and exploratory nature was chosen., that is, case study method. Data collection was based on seven interviews with several project actors, and content anal…
University Sports Partnerships As Collaborative Entrepreneurship
The main objective of this study is to determine the role of partnerships in the university sport sector as a mechanism of collaborative entrepreneurship. To reach this goal, a qualitative approach was adopted, with the case study being a Portuguese Institute of Higher Education—University of Beira Interior. As data collecting instruments, interviews and documentary analysis were used, and the data-treatment technique was content analysis. The re…
Entrepreneurship - Practice-Oriented Perspectives
Entrepreneurship has been seen as a phenomenon allowing economic development, job creation, increased productivity and innovation, but many studies do not include the causes of these events. Consequently, the objective of this book is to fill this gap by combining several studies from more practice-oriented perspectives. The various chapters presented here follow several approaches which researchers explore in different contexts and link to speci…
The importance of networks in the transnational mobility of higher education students
Advancing the understanding of academic mobility becomes essential since this phenomenon is gaining prominence in the context of the internationalization of European higher education, with repercussions in economic terms for the host institution itself and its surrounding region. From a network theory perspective, this study intends to understand what motivates students in transnational mobility (TM) to seek certain Institutions of Higher Educati…
The Role of the CIO in Strategy for Innovative Information Technology in Higher Education Institutions
Cooperation in tradition or tradition in cooperation? Networks of agricultural entrepreneurs
Wine cooperatives as a form of social entrepreneurship
Composite Index to Measure Cities’ Creative Performance
This study aims to identify the indicators/indices for measuring current cities’ creative performance and the individual weight of each in that performance. To do so, a review and compilation of theoretical and empirical indices already developed was undertaken, showing culture, the creative economy, and a favourable environment as inseparable sub-dimensions of creativity. This compilation allowed the construction of a Composite Index for Creativ…
Measuring the urban sustainable development in cities through a Composite Index
This study aims to systematize indicators and indices that allow measurement sustainable development in cities and towns (economic, social, and environmental). It is one dimension that is inseparable from current cities and its extent is a major concern for political decision‐makers worldwide, and also present their individual weights in that performance. The results allow construction of a Composite Index for Sustainability supported by multivar…
International student mobility in a German and Portuguese university
In a globalising world, international mobility in higher education is an important phenomenon for students and higher education institutions. It is therefore essential to understand the factors that determine international students' satisfaction with higher education institutions that serve as hosts. Through research of an exploratory, quantitative nature, this study presents results from a survey among 289 incoming international students in two …
Cooperation networks in the area of health
Networks and performance of creative cities
Leadership and collective entrepreneurship
The objective of this study is to investigate the link between leadership types and the entrepreneurial behaviour of health care providers. In particular, the focus is on whether and to what extent the relationship between transformational and transactional leadership and the attitudes towards collective entrepreneurship is affected by mediator variables. A quantitative approach was adopted, based on a questionnaire administered to a representati…
Rural and agri-entrepreneurial networks
Digital entrepreneurship in local government
Cross-border cooperation to strengthen innovation and knowledge transfer
This study seeks to find out the main achievements of a cross-border cooperation project (INESPO III) in terms of innovation and university-firm knowledge transfer in a region situated in the central region of Portugal and Castile and León, Spain. To achieve this aim, research of a qualitative and exploratory nature was chosen., that is, case study method. Data collection was based on seven interviews with several project actors, and content anal…
Indicators to measure the performance of sustainable urban entrepreneurship
Purpose Urban sustainability is an inseparable dimension of today's cities; thus, the role played by creativity, and consequently sustainable urban entrepreneurship and the networks it raises, gives rise to the pro-activity of these two constructs toward a tripartition (economic, social and environmental). This study aims to measure sustainable urban entrepreneurship through a composite of existing indicators in the literature of cities. Design/m…
Influence of web portals on management support and university performance
Bibliometric review about eco-cites and urban sustainable development
The Hard Skills Bases in Digital Academic Entrepreneurship in Relation to Digital Transformation
Digital transformation (DT) has changed the means and mechanisms for acquiring knowledge, meaning that higher education institutions (HEI) have changed the form of student-lecturer and teaching-learning interaction. Digital transformation must have a relevant role in building the hard skills (HS) necessary for academic entrepreneurship, where HS are easily taught and measured. This study analyses the basis of HS for digital academic entrepreneurs…
What exists in academia on work stress in accounting professionals
What it is important to know about the effect of religious beliefs on entrepreneurial intention
Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) is one of the dimensions most studied and validated scientifically in the literature associated with entrepreneurship. This study intends to go one step further in developing the literature by presenting little studied dimensions as direct antecedents of EI. Its aim is to analyse the influence of the dimensions of Religious Beliefs, Psychological and Cognitive Factors, and Social Influence on the EI of students in h…
How have smartness cities responded to the pandemic? An empirical study
Covid-19
In all areas of knowledge, research has shown the devastating effects of COVID-19, and the impact on families' financial stress and well-being is one of them. Crises are predictors of families' financial stress as they produce changes in their income and negative feelings, such as fear and demotivation, which affect well-being. This study analyses the financial and social impact of COVID-19 on families, supported by the ABCE-WB model, with data c…
Is creativity a reality in Bulgaria cities? An empirical study in the pre-pandemic period
This study aims to obtain a composite index characterizing Bulgarian districts about their creativity by presenting results for the pre-pandemic. The composite index developed by Rodrigues and Franco (2019), use of quantitative method and multivariate statistical techniques have been used to answer this objective. From the data gathered primarily from NSI- The National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria, the results show that creativity is one of …
Profile of urban sustainability in Bulgaria
Sustainability is becoming increasingly relevant due to the need to decide on planned management of land use and natural resources as well as sustainable development in the context of cities. This study aims to identify indicators for measuring the sustainable development of districts/countries in Bulgaria. Using the Multivariate Analysis (MVA) method, where we examine multiple variables in several dimensions, the results show that in the environ…
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