The research activities of the Business Management Group focus on two main areas:
Economic statisticians employ specialised methodologies to delve into a variety of themes. The research activities of our statisticians group are primarily centred around three key areas: 1) statistical analysis of sustainability across its multifaceted aspects, including economic, social, environmental, and energy sustainability; 2) statistical models to examine corporate innovation and its impact on the labour market and human capital; 3) statistical models for finance, including the analysis of extreme values and forecasting, enhanced by sentiment analysis techniques.
The research activities of the Applied Mathematics Group of the UPN focus on the development of mathematical models, methods and algorithms and simulation procedures to solve complex problems in the financial-economic sector and support the growth of both traditional financial institutions, such as banks and insurance companies, and innovative companies. Research topics include, but are not limited to:
The Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics (CEFAGE) was created in 2006, with the aim of promoting high quality research in the areas of Management and Economics. Since 2009 CEFAGE is funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (previous project reference: UID/ECO/04007/2013; current project reference UIDB/04007/2020).
The main topics addressed by the research team are: Consumer Behavior; Tourism Economics; Choice/Decision Models; Risk and uncertain Behaviors; Shrinking Cities; Quality of Life; Public Policies; Fisheries Economics; International Environmental Agreements; Tourism and the Environment.
The Banking and Finance group at UPN is dedicated to exploring some aspects of banking and financial markets, including the intersection between finance and sustainability.
e-Tourism - This includes applications for business management and tourist destinations. It also includes more specialized issues such as helping with risk management, local restaurants (e-menu) or local lodging (e-booking), the contribution of new types of economy, namely the sharing economy and its respective IT platforms.
Tourism Economics and Management - focused on development and capitalization of tourism economics decision support systems for public policy and business planning; efficient management accounting systems; tourism contributions to the circular economy; strategic and operational marketing instruments for business and destination competitiveness.
The group's research profile covers a number of topics in the field of finance and accounting, with particular emphasis on financial economics, international accounting, IFRS, accounting quality, disclosure, time series analysis, optimal portfolio weights, hedge ratios, energy economics, risk management and portfolio diversification, auditors and analysts and bankruptcy.
The group's research profile covers a wide range of topics in the fields of Economics and Finance, with particular emphasis on Financial Economics, Economic Integration, Business Cycles, Monetary Economics, Regional Economics, Economics of Innovation, Economic Policy, Labor Market, Income Inequality, Economic Growth and Development and Tourism Economic Impacts.