(PC) MANAGEMENT

The research activities of the Business Management Group focus on two main areas:

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).

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 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). 

research team follows the trends in new technologies for the exploitation of renewable energy sources and explores the ways of applying these technologies in area of maritime affairs. The new technologies include solar energy application, fuel cells, wind capturing, mechanical energy from the motion of tides and waves.  The team investigates the production of energy from renewable resources, its distribution, storage and transformation, as well as its use for ship's propulsion and drive of other marine systems.

The group focuses on user-oriented (re)design of business processes and the development of modern information systems based on smart technologies. The concepts are tested in the domain of smart cities.

Foresight and future studies; stakeholder participation in policy design and implementation; the role of foresight in smart specialisation; sustainability innovation and its management.

The Department researchers keep close professional relations with Polish and foreign research centers, government institutions, non-governmental organizations and business practice, providing consulting and training services for both enterprises and government agencies. They participate in European projects as well as in research programs for international institutions.

• problems of sustainable urban logistics (Urban logistics, trends in the distribution of goods in the city, sustainable development, Physical Internet, Internet of Things, smart cities, e-mobility, Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), Freight-as -a-Service (FaaS), load-sharing;)