This book offers a fascinating exploration into the evolution of the Portuguese economy over
the course of eight centuries, from the foundation of the kingdom in 1143, when political …

The chapter reviews the specific trajectories of the process of financialization of each
Southern European economy, to explore commonalities and specificities, and their possible …

Dynamic data envelopment analysis (DEA) models are built on the idea that single period
optimization is not fully appropriate to evaluate the performance of decision making units …

Few studies have addressed recent emigration from European countries. The refugee crisis
and migratory pressure have helped keep academic attention over the last few decades …

The literature on the impact of research output (RO) on economic growth (EG) has been
rapidly expanding. However, the single growth processes of technological laggard countries …

Abstract The concept of National Innovation System (NIS) has gained a great deal of
intellectual and practical attention over the past three decades. We present an endogenous …

Deep asymmetries in economic structures across EU member states became evident in the
context of the recent crises in the eurozone. Notwithstanding, innovation policy analysis at …

Recent political trends in Europe's periphery raise questions about the scope and
effectiveness of political rights in Europe; or, in other words, about the current state of …

Neste texto discutem-se explicações alternativas para a crise que atingiu a zona euro em
2010-2012. A crise é indissociável da acumulação de desequilíbrios externos entre países …

The Eurozone crisis that erupted in late 2009 had a strong impact on the countries of the EU
periphery, triggering a range of fiscal and structural adjustments at all levels of government …