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The article is now published in the most prestigious journal and with highest impact factor in the field of palliative care: Palliative Medicine (IF=4.956).Palliative Medicine is positioned in the JCR ranking as follows: Health Care Sciences & Services 5 out of 98; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE) 15 out of 186; and Medicine, General & Internal 17 out of 160.

Hökkä M, Martins Pereira S, Pölkki T, Kyngäs H, Hernández-Marrero P. Nursing competencies across different levels of palliative care provision: A systematic integrative review with thematic synthesis [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 26]. Palliat Med. 2020;269216320918798. doi:10.1177/0269216320918798.

You can read the article here.

The programme consisted in the presentation and discussion of six studies developed by the faculty and researchers of the Católica Porto Business School and the Institute of Bioethics, dealing with several themes in the various research areas of CEGE: Service Management and Performance; Markets & Policy; Sustainability and Ethics.

Counting on the active participation of about 20 teachers and researchers, the event’s closure occurred at the panoramic restaurant, where the interaction between the participants and the discussion of the presented works continued during lunch. The conference took place on 27th January.

See here the photos of the event.

Administration and Services Personnel (PAS), facilitating the sharing of training, research and dissemination activities. This Euroregion initiative is a pioneer in Europe and the GNP, EGTC is the managing entity of the IACOBUS Programme.

The grant was awarded following a work that has been conducted in the field of international entrepreneurship, by Susana Costa e Silva and Božidar Vlačić, also from CPBS.

The Early Career Network was launched at the EIBA 2014 conference at Uppsala University. Through the past five years EIBA ECN scholars are brought together to share ideas, build up networks with like-minded individuals, and discuss research projects with a view to the possibilities of cooperation & collaboration. EIBA ECN paper development workshop (PDW), as a focal part of Early Carrer Network, aims to establish a forum and cooperation platform for young EIBA scholars where attendees receive fruitful feedback from the ECN PDW organizers and alumni.

The award, of 2,000€, is meant to distinguish the best cases in management science (marketing, finance, strategy and organization) of Portuguese firms or foreign firms located in Portugal and that can work as growth and innovation models. 

In this sixth edition, 18 cases competed, on behalf of 10 of the best business schools in Portugal. The award was handed by Paulo Carmona, president of FAE and by Dr. João Paulo Velez, director of marketing and communication of Santander bank.

There are a number of decision-making tools in the field of ethics, namely computer or smartphone applications that assist with decision-making the exact moment issues arise.

But how substantial can the technological help be? To answer this question, the Forum invited Accenture who shared its experience in the intelligent use and treatment of information for the management of its ethical program, specifically in accessing the code of ethics, clarifying doubts for employees and as a way to promote continuous improvement.

Risks related to the development of technological programs in the area of ethics were also discussed, especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence and the excessive reliance on technology that may lead to the loss of some human capabilities.

Following this session, as been the case, we have published in the monthly “Especial Ética” in the PortalVER, the article “Como é que a tecnologia pode promover a ética?”

The Forum, composed of about 30 people with high corporate seniority and quarterly meetings since 2015, is coordinated and facilitated by Helena Gonçalves and Ana Roque and aims to stimulate and support reflection on business ethics; promote the exchange of experiences between organizations; create knowledge in the field of ethics and foster a better adaptation of the Católica Porto Business School offer to the real needs of the market.

The European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) awarded Rui Soucasaux Sousa with the Honorary Fellow distinction. EurOMA is the leading European scientific association in Operations Management. The award recognizes Rui Sousa's contribution to research and education in Operations Management, as well as the service provided to the association and to the scientific community in Operations Management in Europe. The distinction was awarded to Rui Sousa on the 17th of June 2019 by the President of EurOMA, Giovanni Perrone, during the 26th Annual EurOMA Conference in Helsinki, Finland. During its history and to date, the award was given to 17 reputed scholars, with Rui Sousa being the first Portuguese national to receive it. Rui Sousa is Full Professor at Católica Porto Business School and Director of the Service Management Lab.

Rui Sousa was a member of the EurOMA Board for six years, coordinating the education and conferences activities for the association. In 2010, he was the Chair of the annual conference of EurOMA and, in 2015, he organized the EurOMA Summer School, both in the Católica Porto Business School. Rui Sousa is regularly involved in the training of doctoral students, namely as a lecturer in the EurOMA Doctoral Seminar and at the EDEN Seminar in Research Methodology in Operations Management (European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management).

The Spanish Association of Law and Economics (AEDE) is one of the youngest associations in Europe in Law and Economics. Among other activities, AEDE organizes an annual conference, a course on economic analysis of Law at Harvard University and several seminars.

More information here.

The National Representative must work to promote the European Marketing Academy in his country, where he must provide the Executive Committee with feedback from members of his country, thus acting as a connecting link between local and national marketing organizations and members of this organization. Research and education in the field of marketing will be a priority in this regard.

 The EMAC General Assembly took place on May 29 in Hamburg, Germany.

More information here.

Promoted by CEGE, the Internal Conferences aim to let the internal community know about the scientific research carried out by the researchers and teachers of the School, functioning as a particular context to promote discussion and enhance the possibilities of collaboration in and between the different research areas.

During the 15th edition there was an active participation of about 30 teachers and researchers, which continued in the afternoon after the usual lunch in the panoramic restaurant.

Several international organizations have referred the need for a radical change in the communication of issues such as sustainability and ethics, underlining the fact that while brands communicate in a receiver-centered way and based on emotions and values, ethics continues to have a factual communication based on rationality and that does not reach the goal of involving people.

Trying to respond to this need for change, a session of the Ethics Forum was organized with the participation of Cláudia Alves, a branding specialist who gave a brief presentation on the principles of branding and its application to ethics. Subsequently, Forum members were challenged to answer questions such as: what are the competitors of ethics? What are the barriers to ethical behavior? What is the purpose of ethics? How do we differentiate ourselves and create a mobilizing experience, more present in the corporate day-to-day?

The Forum, composed of about 30 people with high corporate seniority and quarterly meetings since 2015, is coordinated and facilitated by Helena Gonçalves and Ana Roque and aims to stimulate and support reflection on business ethics; promote the exchange of experiences between organizations; create knowledge in the field of ethics and foster a better adaptation of the Católica Porto Business School offer to the real needs of the market.

IFORS is an international conference held every three years to bring together academia, practitioners and experts in the field of Management Science from more than 60 countries and to contribute to its development through mutual academic and information exchange.

The conference will take place in Seoul, Korea on June 21-26, 2020.

ANJE, an association created in 1986, responsible for the organization of Portugal Fashion, among other projects to support young Portuguese entrepreneurs, announced the change, this Friday.

José Pedro Freitas has been a member of ANJE's governing bodies since 2009, having served on the association's fiscal council during the two terms that preceded the presidency of Adelino Costa Matos. In the José Pedro Freitas curriculum, he has been working for companies such as Accenture, Sogrape and Ascendi, and since 2013 he has held positions as financial manager in the Mota-Engil Group.

This study was coordinated by Prof. Joana César Machado, teacher of Católica Porto Business School and had the participation of Helena Miranda and Nuno Almeida, former students of Católica Porto Business School.

The National Moot Court is a legal competition between law students from different Portuguese Law Schools. The purpose of the competition is for law student teams to participate in a fictitious legal process as parties' lawyers of a hypothetical case before a mock court. In these competitions, students develop various skills such as oratory, teamwork, time management under pressure, research work, acquiring more detailed and in-depth knowledge about various legal areas. This activity is an opportunity for students to simulate an environment of professional activity in a competitive context, but also a moment of academic conviviality.

Congratulations Francisca Meireles and Tomás Carneiro!

The article "My Leader is Gritty - Me Too?” was co-authored with Luca Giustiniano (LUISS Guido Carli), Miguel Cunha (New School of Business and Economics), Flávia Cavazzotte (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro) and Marcel Meyer (University of Navarra).

At the age of 24 and a native of Porto, Sara Martins holds a degree in Management from Católica Porto Business School. She is in the ITSector Group - software development for the financial sector - two years ago, having been involved since the beginning in the launching of ITSCREDIT, ITSector spin-off dedicated to the development of software to monitor all phases of bank credit.

The winners of the Women in Credit Awards were selected by a panel of more than 20 independent judges. In order to achieve Emergent Star of the Year award, Sara began by integrating a list of 6 pre-nominated, chosen from more than 70 companies from around the world in the area of credit and financial services.

Awarded annually, the Women in Credit Awards aim to recognize the women who led their teams or companies, while affirming the gender balance in the financial industry, highlighting them as an example to attract other women.

In its 11th edition, the competition maintains its purpose as always: to distinguish those that make the difference in Portugal’s brands, in areas such as Universities, Tourism, Insurance, Large Consumption or Art and Culture. In all, there are 34 categories that you can vote, each with eight nominations.

This is another recognition of the quality of our education. Be sure to vote!

More information about the prizes and voting here.

In PwC he also was an advisory lead partner and assurance & advisory partner. The new chairman worked also in the Féderation des Experts-Comptables Européens (FEE) and in the Institute of Statutory Auditors.

Congratulations António Brochado Correia!

The topics covered in the visit to Germany were: Regional structure and economic advantages; The industrial structure; "Mittelstand" - highly specialized medium-sized enterprises; Internationalization and its support; The cooperation university enterprise - innovation and competitiveness; Vocational training - collaboration companies / chambers of commerce and schools; The relationship and cooperation between employers' organizations and unions - relationship with productivity; Economic relations between Germany and Portugal.

On the first day in Stuttgart, students visited IHK Stuttgart, where they presented the system of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the FHG IAO (Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering) and the Future Work Lab. In Reutlingen, they were present in an IHK forum Reutlingen and visited Groz-Beckert KG, a family-owned company founded in 1852, the world leader in industrial needles, precision components and special tools for the textile industry.

In Cologne, the group visited a Ford factory, running the complete Ford Fiesta model assembly line and Kirchhoff Automotive Germany, a family-owned business group comprised of four corporate areas: KIRCHHOFF Automotive, KIRCHHOFF Ecotec, WITTE Tools and KIRCHHOFF Mobility. In addition to the visit to the factory had a session with Arndt Kirchhoff, CEO of the company, who openly shared his course, the company's course and the family succession model. Also in Cologne, the Executive MBA visited Tente-Rollen, founded in 1923, currently occupies a prominent position in the market as the largest manufacturer of casters in Europe thanks to high product quality, long-standing experience and innovative special solutions, from the shopping cart, through the medical care bed to the forklift, which transports goods weighing tons. The end of the trip was marked by the presence in Berlin, at the International Tourism Fair (ITB) where the Director of AICEP in Berlin received the group and there was time for a visit to the city starting at the City Museum, namely the BerlinZEIT exhibition.

Back in Portugal, the 14th edition of the Executive MBA brings from Germany a broad international business vision and new opportunities to explore.

The conference presents a valuable opportunity for PhD students and young researchers in the field of health economics to present their on-going research and receive important feedback from experienced health economists and peers with expertise in their field of study.

For more details, please visit:  https://euhea.eu/phd-workshop-2019.html

The Human Resources Awards are an initiative of Human Resources Portugal. The selection of nominees in each category is a joint effort between the panel of advisors and the editorial team that takes into account studies published in the last two years on climate, satisfaction, reputation, leadership, sustainability, social responsibility, among others.

This is another recognition of the quality of our education. Be sure to vote!

More information about the prizes and voting here.

Ana Carvalho has been in the last 10 years Director of Business Companies Development at BPI and has more than 20 years of professional experience in Banking, in the business-to-business segment. She began his career in BPI's Business Management and joined the Group's Venture Capital team.

COSEC is the leading insurer in Portugal in the Credit and Surety branches, offering solutions to support management and control of credits in the domestic and foreign markets. COSEC is also responsible, on behalf of the Portuguese State, for the coverage and management of credit, surety and investment risks, especially for countries at greater risk.

Congratulations Ana!

When thinking about the academic and professional future, there are many questions that arise: "Which course to choose?", "What do I do well?", "What do I like to do?", "Where do I imagine myself working?" and finally "What is the professional career that combines all these answers?". Building a career project is not an easy task.

The labor market is constantly changing - new professions have emerged, others have disappeared, while changing the way professional activities are carried out. Thus, it is important to explore not only the world of professions, but also the existing training offer.

Católica Porto Teen Academy gives students of basic and high school education the opportunity to explore different professions through a unique experience in an academic, allowing more informed and conscious choices.

Católica Porto Business School (with possibility of residential regime), through the course Young Enterprise, gives you to know the fantastic world of business. For a week, participants will have various experiences and challenges related to the various areas of Management and Economics. They will have the opportunity to take on the role of a professional, work in a multidisciplinary team and learn how to create a business idea.

Easter (April 9-12) and Summer (July 1-12) are the Teen Academy dates.

To know more detailed information about Católica Porto orto Teen Academy you can visit the site: http://www.porto.ucp.pt/en/teen-academy

The program consisted in the presentation and discussion of five studies developed by the faculty and researchers of the Católica Porto Business School and the Institute of Bioethics, dealing with several themes in the various research areas of CEGE: Service Management and Performance; Markets & Policy; Sustainability and Ethics.

The conference, which has held last January 30th, had the active participation of about 20 teachers and researchers from the School, and it culminated in a lunch in the panoramic restaurant, at Américo Amorim Building,  where the interaction between the participants continued, extending the discussion and the desire to materialize new projects beyond conference space.

On May 4, the Conference will announce the papers selected among the original works received on all topics related to Law and Economics. The subjects of special interest for the Conference are the following: Antitrust and Regulation, Contracts and Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Taxation Law, Environmental Law, among others.

The 10th Conference of the Spanish Association of Law and Economics (AEDE) will be held at Católica Porto Business School, on June 27 and 28, 2019. Ana Lourenço, Nuno Martins, Ricardo Gonçalves and Vasco Rodrigues are members of the local Organizing Committee.

The Spanish Association of Law and Economics (AEDE) is one of the youngest associations in Europe in Law and Economics. Among other activities, AEDE organizes an annual conference, a course on economic analysis of Law at Harvard University and several seminars.

More information here.

The grant was awarded following a work done between the Professor and one of the most recent post-Doc students. and researcher, Bozidar Vlacic.

Marketing Trends and International Ventures are the two programs that Summer School students will be able to choose before joining these two weeks at Católica Porto Business School. Marketing Trends seeks to develop and inspire students to understand the direction that marketing is taking and the consequent ability to respond to those developments, economically, socially, technologically and culturally. The International Ventures programme enables students to study international business theories and practices and understand how best to address the challenges involved as they represent a large and growing share of the world's business.

The weeks are also marked by various activities of knowledge of the Portuguese culture and the city of Porto, which potentiate an unforgettable experience for the students of the Summer School.

For more information about the Summer School of Católica Porto Business School, please visit the website.

The conference was held from December 15 to 18 in Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India. The paper has been awarded the conference prize “That’s Promising!”, a prize for early-stage research that showed the greatest potential for future impact in the field of strategic management.

Within the Business Plan course, a session was held to present business projects for the students of the 13th edition of the International MBA.

The course, taught by the teacher Vitor Verdelho, has two presentations project to guests. The first, in speed dating, aimed to develop the business plan.

In the second session, investors: Sara Medina, Portuguese Innovation Company, Bernardo Pequito, Beta Capital and Jorge Morgado Private equity investor attended the presentation of the following investment projects:

- SMARTSEG Insurance - Alexandra Teixeira, Joaquim Faria Lopes, Luís Giroto and Miguel Pinto
- EnergyShare - Ricardo Pina, Ana Cordeiro, Alberto Amaral and Francisco Pires
- Noho - Joana Sousa, André Abreu Peixoto, Nuno Lemos da Silva and Rute Dinis de Sousa
- Portugal Golden Years - Cristina Moreira, Hugo Lourenço, José Miguel Teixeira, José Monjardino and Pedro Gouveia
- TINA Events - Hugo Ferreira, Joaquim Teles Lopes, Paulo Amaral and Sara Sousa

These presentations and the consequent interaction with the investors enrich the development of the business case, object of evaluation of the discipline, as well as create synergies with the business reality, that can result in the concretization of the presented business.

It is with great pleasure that in the panel of speakers we found some alumni of Católica Porto Business School. Joana Roda, Colep's Corporate HR, held executive courses in Management Control - from Strategy to Execution and Finance to Non-Financial Managers and participated in the panel "Leaders committed to diversity". Luís Silva, Head of Marketing and People Management at FABAMAQ and alumni of the 11th edition of the International MBA and Sara Azevedo, Human Resources Director at Douro Azul and former student of the Executive Master in Human Resources Management were speakers at the panel "Where Do the recruiters look?”

The 2018 edition of Porto RH Meeting had the theme "All is the new one". The event is carried out by the IFE Group and the Porto City Council and it was guided by two days of sharing and networking, through debates, reflections and practical cases. Católica Porto Business School sponsors the event for the third consecutive year.

See some photos here.

Strategies for China Engagement: why, where and how? was the theme of the last Leaders' Workshop where we had the honor of having Peter Williamson, Professor of International Management at Cambridge University, a scholar from China since 1983 and a specialist in multinational companies doing business in China.

From export to investment and management abroad, internationalization emerges as a priority issue for the Portuguese economy and companies. To address this and other issues, Católica Porto Business School created a unique training circle, operating in a format close to a working group.

The Leaders' Workshop proposes to strengthen and promote an elite of managers who, by action and example, can lead Portuguese companies to excellence around the world. Working by invitation only, it is aimed at the top executives of the best or most promising companies in the country.

Global economic, social or political trends, internationalization and the management of multinational companies are some of the topics regularly addressed in the Leaders' Workshop, where studies specific to certain countries or industries are also discussed.

All the different players in the transaction market recognize the need to rigorously determine the value of the business in which they intend to invest. Time and resources are limited and should be carefully addressed. For the success of a transaction (in all its strands and phases), it is critical that there be a multidisciplinary team to ensure that the business as a whole, as outlined, will maximize investor return.

The Mergers & Acquisitions Executive Course comes from the emerging need for managers to be prepared not only for the negotiation process of a transaction but also to manage and coordinate complex financial, legal and fiscal issues.

The experience of PwC and Católica Porto Business School in the areas of Consultancy and Training, respectively, allowed the structuring of a team of trainers aligned with the mission and values ​​shared by the two entities, with the aim of bringing real value to those interested in deepening the related themes with transactions.

Following the launch of the executive course for the 2018/2019 training offer, Católica Porto Business School and PwC organized the Mergers & Acquisitions Conference was on November 12th. The Conference was opened by Sofia Salgado Pinto, Dean of Católica Porto Business School. Luís Krug Pacheco, Course Director opened the event with the theme Introduction: Relevance and trend of the M&A market. The first panel of the round table included Ivo Faria of PwC as moderator, Daniel Viana da Oxy, Marta Geraldes, Galp, Luis Mota Duarte, Sonae and João Magalhães, of HB Fuller and had M&A theme in different perspectives.

M&A: recent and future trends were the theme of the 2nd panel, where Maria Antónia Torres, director of the course was the moderator of the debate between Cristina Cabral Ribeiro of CCR Legal, João Amaro, Inter-Risco, Paulo Gonçalves, the Competition Authority and André Vicente, from MDS.

See the photos of the event here.

It is part of the strategy of the University-Company approach, aiming to strengthen the bridges between theory and practice and show the applicability of the contents taught in the different courses.

In the first semester, courses of the Degree Programmes like Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Economics and Public Policy and History of Business and Entrepreneurship have received guests from companies such as Amorim Cork Composites, Bank of Portugal, Deloitte, TMG Automotive, Group A. Silva Matos and the European Parliament.

Master courses programmes such as Advanced Topics in Marketing, Strategy and Organization and Operations Management held classes with guests from companies such as Parfois, Sonae, Grupo Salvador Caetano, Cardan Group, Preggo Group, SendEat, Graphics Leader, Nata Pura.

We continue to invest in the strategic axis of Inter-business relations.

The 5th Career Day for Undergrads & Masters edition was promoted by the Career and Development Office, an exclusive event for undergraduate and masters students of tCatólica Porto Business School, whose main objective is to bring students closer to the job market.

It was attended by 80 representatives of 46 companies from many sectors, responsible for the 826 speed interviews that took place during the afternoon. The participants had also the opportunity to choose one of the five workshops offered with topics related to the transition to the labor market.

The School Board also held a moment of listening with the different companies representatives, in order to discuss the main trends of Market and Recruitment. This is another example of the strong business relationship promoted by Católica Porto Business School.

The seminar "What leader am I? 360º assessment - self-knowledge for leadership development" was held on November 8, at the Carvalho Guerra Auditorium at Católica Porto Business School, where the importance of tools for self-knowledge and development was discussed, in particular the 360º ratings. And it exposes one of these tools: "My leadership".

LEAD.lab created a 360º tool, called "My Leadership", for leadership development. "My leadership" involves five domains: (1) motivations to lead; (2) personal strengths; (3) relational forces; (4) equilibrium forces; (5) effectiveness in team leadership. It allows the leader to compare how he describes himself with the way the observers describe him / her. It is a source of self-knowledge for development. It can be used in training, development and coaching processes that Católica Porto Business School seeks to satisfy.

See the photos of the event here.

Learn more about LEAD.Lab here.

Since 2012, 9 research designs were awarded in several fields of knowledge, universities, and countries.

This year's edition will be attended by 86 representatives of 47 companies from a wide range of sectors. In this way, about 800 speed interviews will take place this afternoon. Participants also have the opportunity to choose one of the 5 workshops offered with topics related to the transition to the labor market.

The School Board will also hold a moment of listening with the different representatives of Companies present, in order to discuss the main trends of Market and Recruitment.

In May 2018, he took over the presidency of the Portuguese-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCILA), the largest chamber of commerce and bilateral industry in Portugal. CCILA assumes itself as a privileged and strategic partner of companies to support the development of bilateral business between Portugal and Germany.

Congratulations Miguel Leichsenring Franco!

It is the first Portuguese to be awarded by EY as Entrepreneurial Winning Women, in the programme of Europe, for the work developed as CEO of Olimec. The company, based in Maia, was founded in 2016 and performs repairs of heavy vehicles, industrial and agricultural machinery, as well as construction of metal structures and complete reconstructions of equipment. It is the exclusive representative in Portugal of the international brand of compactors for urban solid waste "Farid Industrie" since 2017, the year in which she opened its delegation in the south of the country.

Congratulations Juliana Oliveira!

The great complementarity between Law and Management is recognized. They are sciences that are completed, and which, in many domains, have borders so faint that they are almost confused.

Accounting and Finance are, in turn, the specific areas of Management that most interest has aroused in legal professionals and, in particular, those who act or intend to act predominantly in the area of Economic Law.

It is in this context that the Post-Graduation in Accounting and Finance for Jurists appears. Conceived and organized by Católica Porto Business School, in partnership with the Regional Council of Madeira of the Bar Association. In this sense, regardless of the unquestionable utility it may have for any jurist who performs or intends to perform management functions in the organization where he or she works, his primary mission is to contribute to the acquisition of competencies that allow him to be more effective and complete performance as a lawyer.

The Post-Graduation has began in October and has a class of 33 students including lawyers, lawyers and magistrates.

On October 13, the Annual Dinner of Former Students 2018 was held, which offered all participants a Back to University full of surprises. The event organized by Católica Porto Business Alumni and Católica Porto Business School was an opportunity to meet friends, review colleagues and teachers and return to the University. It was also time to pay homage to all those who completed 10, 20 and 25 years of course.

It is with great pride that we see those who have come here and for whom the Catholic Business School of Porto will be the "home".

See here the photos and video of the event.

In this perspective, the training portfolio in the Project Management area of the Catholic Business School Porto provides an integrative approach to concepts, methods and techniques for initiation, planning, monitoring and control and closure of the different phases of a complex process, in a if you want permanent innovation.

See here our training offer in the area of Project Management for 2019:

Workshops in Project Management

Advanced Program in Project Management

Project Management

Rock'n'Law is a non-profit initiative that aims to raise funds for Solidarity projects and in 2018 marks its 10th anniversary. The project has already raised more than half a million euros and supported 16 causes of social solidarity, such as support for the elderly, the fight against hunger, support for victims of domestic violence, inclusion of people with disabilities and homelessness, among others.

Rock'n'Law join the business advocacy sector around a joint social responsibility project. This year the objective was to support the Fight Against Cancer, more specifically the Portuguese Association Against Leukemia. The initiative was supported by the following promoting societies: Abreu Advogados; CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut; Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira; DLA Piper ABBC; FCB & Associates; Garrigues; Gomez-Acebo & Pombo; Linklaters; Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados; PLMJ; Sérvulo & Associados; SRS Advogados; Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho and Vieira de Almeida.

The Portuguese Catholic University in Porto, with its Double Degree Programme in Law and Management, has been associated with this cause, sponsoring the event.

As is usual every year, Católica Porto Business School and PwC have organized a Conference on the State Budget proposal for the following year, which presents the main changes, as well as discussed possible impacts of the various measures.

This year, about 300 people gathered on a morning packed with speeches on the subject. The session began with Francisca Guedes de Oliveira, Associate Dean of Católica Porto Business School.  António Mendonça Mendes, Secretary of State for Tax Affairs, followed in an intervention where he gave us the general lines of measures and changes proposed in this budget.
The technical panel was attended by Cristina Pinto, professor at Católica Porto Business School about IRS and several speakers at PwC: Maria Antónia Torres on IRC and tax justice, Bruno Andrade Alves on Social Security, Hugo Salgueirinho Maia on indirect taxes and Ana Reis on capital taxes.

"Another Perspective of the State Budget" was the theme of the round table which was attended by Margarida Corrêa de Aguiar, President of Social Cidadania | Association for Social Policy Intervention and Reflection, Joana Simões, Director of regulation and tariffs at EDP, Ricardo Cabral at the University of Madeira, Fernando Van Zeller, Head of M & A at Sonae SGPS, moderated by Luísa Anacoreta Correia, Business School.

See here the images of the event.

The more than 260 students from the Master's degrees at Católica Porto Business School had the opportunity to start their course by attending a class that was attended by Vasco de Mello, President of the José de Mello Group and President of the Amélia de Mello Foundation. The vast experience and shared knowledge are undoubtedly inspiring elements for students who have begun a new phase in their lives by starting a master's programmes at Católica Porto Business School.

See here the photos and video of the Inaugural Masters Class.

The more than 250 students of the master's degrees from Católica Porto Business School will have the opportunity to begin their journey with us by attending an intervention by Vasco de Mello, José de Mello Group President and President of the Amélia de Mello Foundation.

For more information about our programs, visit our website.

The new students of Economics and Management Degrees and the Double Degree in Law and Management had the opportunity to participate in various reception activities and get to know Católica Porto Business School, which it will be their home for next few years.

The Project Week ran from September 3rd to 7th and featured countless team-building activities, clarification sessions on the differences between Economy and Management and their respective professional outputs, as well as several sessions on current topics: "Crypteroids "" Social Networks and Marketing "," What is the Stock Exchange? "And" Artificial Intelligence and the Impact on Labor ".

Also during this week, 1st year students visited the Paper Money Museum, attended a workshop with Banco de Portugal, participated in a management simulation game where they were able to experiment with decisions and evaluate their impact and attended the testimonies of alumni and current students of the Católica Porto Business School.

On September 6th, the Host and Host Families Reception was held, where Sofia Salgado Pinto, Dean of the Católica Porto Business School welcomed all the students. In the Ilídio Pinho Auditorium, the first year's merit diplomas were awarded and the welcome of Isabel Braga da Cruz, President of the Porto Regional Center of the Catholic University.

On the last day of the Project Week all the new students of the Undergraduate Courses presented a final performance, rehearsed and created by their own, with the collaboration of the CRASSH.
Entering higher education is always a significant moment young people and their families lives, and for this reason, Católica Porto Business School has sought to make this week an unforgettable moment for students to have "the best beginning".

See here the photos of the Project Week.

Highlights of the new Executive MBA that stand out: the business club, the 360º evaluation at the beginning and end of the program and the tutorial follow-up. This MBA will also focus on the development of soft skills, the tutorial accompaniment throughout the program, activities outside the classroom - sailing, padel and crassh experience - in the promotion of numerous masterclasses and a focused bootcamp in the area of social entrepreneurship. The programme is also notable for its strong commitment to international missions, highlighting the International Weeks, which will take place in Germany and Barcelona.

See here the photos of the Welcome of Executive MBA.

Learn more about the Executive MBA here.

The study team constituted by Católica Porto Business School faculty members Ricardo Ribeiro, Marisa Tavares, Vasco Rodrigues and João Meneses was coordinated by Leonor Sopas. 

The study will be presented at Jornadas da Economia e Competitividade, organized by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, on October 3, at Casa da Música, Porto.

After the evaluation period, the communication of results will be made until September 21st.

Católica Porto Business School offers programs that train specialists in a diverse range of areas. With a clearly professional objective we train highly qualified professionals who accumulate a strong technical preparation with a set of transversal and behavioral competences fundamental for a successful career.

Learn more about the Católica Porto Business School Masters:

• Auditing and Taxation
• Business Economics
• Social Economics
• Finance
• Management
• Human Resources Management
• Marketing

Do you feel lack of Management skills in the performance of your profession?

We believe that General Management Course is the ideal programme for you. It is a generalist programme that addresses in an integrated and systemic way the most relevant topics of Management.
Why the General Management Course?

•Approach to the main themes of management;
•It uses a very pragmatic approach and a strong adherence to the reality of our business world;
•Heterogeneous group in the training areas of participants, a factor that enhances an enriching sharing of experiences;
•Programme reinforced with the development of soft skills, essential in the current context;
•Programme widely recognized by the business market, with 500 students who have already attended it;
•Opt for the only Business School in Northern Portugal with international accreditation Equis.

Goals:

• Provide participants with a comprehensive and systemic perspective of the management of organisations;
• Provide participants with an understanding and mastery of the main tools to support decision-making in the various functional areas of organisations;
• To develop in participants a strategic view of the business that allows them to better understand the critical success factors of organisations.

Come to meet General Management Course of Católica Porto Business School!

The new group has 30 executives with professional experience in various sectors and who have opted for a programme that will provide them a unique training and a strong international dimension.

The Executive MBA combines a body of national and international excellence faculty with the opportunity for strong interaction with business within the Executive MBA Business Club, which will enhance their learning and leadership skills.

The highlights of the new programme include: the business club, the 360º evaluation at the beginning and end of the program and the tutorial follow-up. The MBA will also invest in the development of soft skills, in the tutorial accompaniment throughout the programme, in activities outside the classroom - sailing, padel and crassh experience (dramatic expression) - in the promotion of numerous masterclasses and a focused bootcamp in the area of social entrepreneurship. The programme is also notable for its strong commitment to international missions, highlighting the International Weeks, which will take place in Germany and Barcelona.

The new format of the Executive MBA allows its participants to reconcile their professional life with personal life and a greater immersion in learning processes, with less impact on their professional activity. Thus, the programme runs once a month on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Learn more about the Executive MBA here.

Mornings were dedicated to asset management training divided into several blocks, such as Asset Allocation, Financial Instruments, Management and Financial Advising. In the afternoon, the masterclasses were taught by professors from Católica Porto Business School, dedicated to topics such as Blockchain, Family Business and Entrepreneurship, and guest speakers, who presented their personal experiences in sectors that are nowadays prominent.

During this week the 21 participants also had the opportunity to develop a team work, which ended with the simulation of a pitch, and a sailing teambuilding experience.

The Golden Talent Academy ended with a conference on the theme of the differences between generations, in which parents and grandparents were present.

The second stage of applications for the Degree in Economics and Management runs until August 7th.

The third stage takes place between August 22nd and September 11th.

The access conditions and all the information that must be taken into account when applying for Degrees in Católica Porto Business School are already available in the following links:

Economics

Management

Double Degree in Law and Management

Summer School of Católica Porto Business School ran from 16th to 29th July and was attended by 26 students from 12 countries (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal , Russia and Switzerland). The two intensive weeks were filled with different learning moments related to marketing trends, trying to develop and inspire students to understand the direction marketing is taking and the consequent responsiveness to these developments, economically, socially, technological and cultural. The weeks were also marked by the various activities of knowledge of Portuguese culture and the city of Porto as the experience of Sailing, the Port Sightseeing and the visit to the Port Wine cellars.

The current changes resulting from globalization and the approximation of physical and digital markets allowed us to identify a set of lines of thought and actions of consumers and organizations in an attempt to survive and adapt to this new environment. Thus, the goal of this Summer School was to recognize the main market and consumer trends that characterize the current business scenario, especially digital marketing, e-commerce, search marketing, online communication, and so on.

For more information on the Summer School of Católica Porto Business School please visit the website.

Click here to see the photos that summarize the two weeks of Summer School.

The informal meeting that is on October 13th, at 6h30pm, at Católica Porto Business School, presupposes a Back to University full of surprises. Católica Porto Business Alumni and Católica Porto Business School organize the event which aims to be a time to meet friends, review colleagues and teachers and return to the University. Dinner will cost € 20 per person if registration takes place until July 31 and € 30 after that.

See here for more information about the event.

The Masters of Católica Porto Business School registered a 20% increase in the total number of applications. Also noteworthy is the growing international demand for our 2nd cycle programmes, representing 13% of the total number of candidates.

The Master in Management continues to be the most wanted programme, with a growth of more than 30% in the number of applications. It is also to highlight the Masters in Audit and Taxation and in Marketing with an increase of around 17%.

At this moment the third phase of applications is running, which ends on 13 September.

For more information about our Master programs, see the brochure or visit our website.

 57 students from high school had the opportunity to do different activities at Católica Porto Business School, through the Católica Porto Teen Academy - Young Enterprise programme. This week was attended by young people from different places, such as Porto, Braga, Lisbon, Évora, Faro, Paris and São Paulo. 18 of these students attended the Teen Academy on a residential basis.

This was a week of vocational exploration in which young people with an interest in Economics and Management were able to get to know the main functions of professionals in these areas, as well as visit Covet Group, a company with a great recognition in luxury design and furniture.

During the week the participants worked as a team and had the challenge of creating distinctive business ideas. The programme ended with the presentation of the different business ideas in front of a judging panel, Católica Porto Business School’s Professors.

See the pictures here.

This event aims to disseminate the scientific research carried out by researchers and teachers among the internal community, acting as a particular context to promote the discussion and enhance the possibilities of collaboration in and between the different areas of research.

The program consisted in the presentation and discussion of six studies developed by the faculty and researchers of the Católica Porto Business School and the Institute of Bioethics, dealing with several themes in the various research areas of CEGE: Service Management and Performance; Markets & Policy; Sustainability and Ethics. 

Counting on the active participation of about 15 teachers and researchers, the event’s closure took place at the panoramic restaurant, where the interaction between the participants and the discussion of the presented works continued during lunch.

There were present alumni from almost all 7 editions of the programme, in a conviviality where memories were evoked and bridges were made for future projects!
Already on May 17th, it was held the Presentation Session of the MBA Atlantico in Luanda.

The session was attended by representatives of the Ministries of Education and Hospitality and Tourism, as well as several companies and candidates. Father Jerónimo Cahinga, Vice-Chancellor, representing the Rector of UCAN, Gouveia Neto, Vice Dean of the FEG, representing the Faculty of Economics and Management of UCAN, Nuno Côrte-Real, Executive Director of the Atlantic MBA representing Católica Porto Business School and Cosme Almeida Executive Coordinator of the programme, ensured the presentation that was conducted by António Coimbra, Executive Director of Católica Luanda Business School and alumni of the first edition of the programme.

The event, which took place on May 3rd at Católica Porto Business School, was attended by Miguel Seixas - SONAE MC and Nuno Amaral - Activobank, Keynote Speakers of the session.

For the first time, the meeting joined Mentor and Mentee as Keynote Speakers in the same session. Aimed exclusively at masters students, the event counted 8 Mentors and 20 Mentees. SONAE MC, ActivoBank, PWC, Parfois, Amorim Cork Composites, Schmitt-Elevators, Lda, Super Bock Group were the companies that were in the event.

See here the photos of the event.

The applications for the Degree in Economics and Management are open from June 4th. The first stage occurs between June 4th and July 19th. The results will be released on July 23rd.

The second stage of applications takes place from July 24th to August 7th and the third stage takes place between August 22nd and September 11th.

To access Double Degree Programme in Law and Management it is necessary to have been previously admitted to the Degree in Law and to the Degree in Management. The first stage of applications for both degrees takes place between June 4th and July 23th.

The conditions of access, dates of applications and all the information that must be taken into account when applying for the Degrees of Católica Porto Business School are already available in the following links:

Degree in Economics
Degree in management
Double Degree Program in Law and Management

Two of the three opening interventions were made by professors from the Católica Porto Business School. Professor Alberto Castro, President of the Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento (IFD) and Director of CEGEA, spoke about The Portuguese Footwear Industry, describing the evolution of Portuguese industry in the last decades and perspectives for the future. The intervention of Professor Vasco Rodrigues, Executive Director of CEGEA, on the theme The Footwear Industry Worldwide, outlined a statistical overview of the industry situation in the world.

For nearly two decades CEGEA has been working closely with APICCAPS, the association that represents the Portuguese footwear industry. In particular, CEGEA has coordinated the elaboration of successive Footwear Industry Strategic Plans and the World Footwear Yearbook, a publication that is the main reference for those looking for quantitative information on the sector worldwide.

On 28th May, 138 finalists of the Economics and Management degrees have the opportunity to perform their final presentations for 33 company representatives.

This session takes place within the scope of the Final Project of Internship, Management/Economics and Business Plan courses that promote the development of autonomy, oral communication and critical thinking skills, as well as the mobilization and consolidation of technical knowledge acquired during the Degree.

By March 2019, the group of 12 specialists will have the following main objectives:

• Examine all the exemptions and analyze the reasons that led to their creation;
• Propose rules that allow for a more rigorous control of the fiscal expenses associated with each benefit;
• Propose a grid of analysis that allows, at any given moment, public decision makers to measure the effectiveness of each of the tax benefits as well as their socio-economic impact.
  

All masters of the school register an increase of the demand, being that the one that grows most is the Masters in Management of Human Resources (125%). The Master's degree in Marketing, Management and Finance has maintained the trend of recent years, with the programs with the highest demand and registering an increase in the number of candidates of 85%, 53% and 32% respectively.

Also noteworthy is the growing international demand for the master's degrees from Católica Porto Business School. In this first stage of applications, we have seen an increase of 113% in the number of international candidates. We have applications from 19 countries: Germany, Angola, Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Slovenia, Russian Federation, Georgia, Ghana, Netherlands, India, Iran, Italy, Mozambique, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, United Kingdom.

At this moment, the second stage of applications is in progress, which ends on June 27th.

To better know each one of our programmes consult our brochure or visit the website of Católica Porto Business School.

After a 3-minute pitch in which they had the opportunity to present their psychological intervention projects, the participants of this National Award were evaluated by the colleagues present at the III National Meeting on Employability of the Portuguese Psychologists' Association (OPP) and by a jury composed of (Teresa Espassandim), members of the Regional Delegations of the North (Tânia Almeida), Center (Linda Vaz), South (Tiago Lino), Madeira (Sílvia Brazão Cascais) and Azores (Luz Melo, President). by an element of the Trainees Commission (Gabriela Paiva).

This award aims to value the Junior Psychologists as fundamental elements for the growth and renewal of the profession of Psychologist.

Joana dos Santos Teixeira won the award for the project "Intervention among university students to attend the degrees", developed at Católica Porto Business School.

The potential resulting from the digital transformation of companies is enormous both in terms of opportunities and turnover, but is dependent on the combination of two factors: technology and strategy. The theme for the XIV Conference of the Executive Digest and the Católica Porto Business School was precisely this: "Digital Transformation - Technology or Strategy?”.

Sofia Salgado, Dean of Católica Porto Business School and Ricardo Florêncio, CEO of Multipublicações were responsible for the institutional opening of the event and the Keynote Speaker was José Gonçalves, President of Accenture.

The event was attended by Paulo Moreira (Digital Platform & Innovation Coordinator of Sonae / Worten), Sérgio Carvalho (Marketing Director of Fidelidade), Tiago Sousa (Managing Partner of Liminal), Paulo Cunha (Digital Marketing Director of TOYOTA), Mónica Serrano (Chief Marketing Officer of L'Oréal), responsible for the presentation of the 5 cases of Digital Transformation.

The conference also included a round table discussion on this subject, which was moderated by Maria João Vieira Pinto (Executive Digest Editor) and Ricardo Florêncio (CEO of Multipublicações). In the debate were: Carlos Alves (Director of Information Systems of Sogrape Vinhos), Ferrari Careto (Administrator of EDP Comercial), Nelson Santos de Brito (Client Experience Director of Luz Saúde), Rui Soucasaux Sousa (Director of SLab and Full Professor of the Catholic Porto Business School) and Tiago.

Click here to see the events photos.

This week, which is a partnership with the University of Saint Joseph, School of Business, aims to strengthen understanding of the economic and business environment of Macao, Zhongshan, Shunde, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. This combination of cities reflects the current liaison policy between Macao and Guangdong Province, China, as well as being associated with Pearl River's political and financial center. The topics covered in this international mission were: International Resorts in Macau, the business context in China, the entrance of international business, and foreign markets in Zhongshan, operations management and innovation in Shunde, high technology and cutting-edge technology in Shenzhen and entrepreneurship and investment hubs in Hong Kong.

Responding to the objectives of understanding the business environment in China, the interaction of MBA students with state entities and Chinese companies was enhanced by understanding innovation policies, trends and business opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.
This week's methodology included visits to companies in the Greater Bay Area: Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao; sharing and dialogue with academics and professionals and reflection and future perspectives.

In Macao, the group visited the Sands Group to meet the gaming industry and was welcomed at the University of St. Joseph. Later, they had the opportunity to attend the cultural show "House of Dancing Waters."

When crossing the border into Chinese territory, already in Zhongshan, the MBA visited 760 Creative Industry Park and also Midea - Chinese manufacturer of electrical appliances. In Shunde the 13th edition visited the GAC Group, an automotive company. The visit to Tencent, the largest Internet giant in China, took place in Shenzhen, a rapidly growing and growing city in the Fintech area, where students were also received on the Stock Exchange.

In Hong Kong, students had the opportunity to visit HK Electronics Fair and hold a conference at Invest HK, the Hong Kong Government's office responsible for foreign direct investment, supporting foreign, continental and Taiwanese companies to create and expand.

Upon returning to Portugal, the 13th edition of the International MBA brings from China a broad international business vision and new opportunities to explore.

The main event took place at the Casa da Música on April 14th and, under the theme "Is it natural?", there were several speakers who addressed issues that led the participants to leave the event with more knowledge about our world, and that are expected to carry it to a positive transformation of society.

The main update of this edition was the realization of the TEDxPorto in two days, instead of only one. The day before the event at Casa da Música, Católica Porto Business School received several workshops under the theme of this edition - "Is it natural?". Ana Côrte-Real, Associate Dean for Executive Education was key-note speaker at the workshop: "Will it be natural to be a personal brand?".

The annual TEDx Porto event consists of four sessions with speakers and performances.

TEDxPorto thus continues to strengthen its position as a knowledge sharing event in Portugal, standing out as one of the most prestigious TEDx in the world.

See here the photos of the event.

The topic of the presentation was “international negotiation”.

The event was held at the Soares dos Reis National Museum in Oporto. It was attended by Francisco Carvalho Guerra (first president of the Porto Regional Center of Catholic University of Portugal) and António Jácomo (professor of the Bioethics Institute of Catholic University of Porto).

The cocktail & Network was aimed at bringing together all the associates, companies, partners, institutions and students who contributed to the development and success of the organization over 7 years. The CS'C, formerly designated by Catholic Students Corporation presented its image change and name to Catholic Students Consulting.

The CS'C, which already has more than 40 members, all of them students from the different academic units of Catholic in Porto, namely in the areas of Economics and Management, Law, Psychology and Arts - bet on the combination of the application of acquired knowledge during the formation with the construction of bridges between the academic and professional environment. The non-profit association, which focuses on providing consultancy services to small and medium-sized enterprises and organizing events, aims to foster, in parallel, the growth of its members, learning by doing, employability and the development of enterprising ideas. It should be noted that the company, founded in 2011, also integrates the Junior Movement, present in more than 40 countries worldwide and composed of more than 40 thousand junior entrepreneurs.

Built on the three strategic axes of Católica Porto Business School – Inovation, Internationalisation and Business Interrelations - the programme has a totally innovative structure. At this level, the programme, in addition to the 360º evaluation of the students, at the beginning and at the end of the training, consists of a "Zero Moment" and the blocks "Starting a Business", "Nurture and Grow" and "Master and Sustain". The Executive MBA curriculum was thought to be based on the assumption that, as companies are social (production-efficient) organizations, they move in a context - which many refer vaguely as an "ecosystem" - that is impacted by formal and informal institutions govern society and technology. Its existence is conceptualized as a set of contracts that, when taken as a whole, define and delimit the perimeter of the company. This formulation of the company determines, in a great way, the approach that this MBA proposes for teaching and management practice. To begin with, it encompasses an insight into the birth, growth, and death of companies, supporting explanations for the diversity of business solutions - that is, business models - that are in practice internationally and, if not often within the same country.

Among the highlights are: the business club, the 360º evaluation at the beginning and end of the programme and the tutorial follow-up. The MBA will also invest in the development of soft skills, in the tutorial accompaniment throughout the programme, in activities outside the classroom - sailing, padel and crassh experience (dramatic expression) - in the promotion of numerous masterclasses and a focused bootcamp in the area of social entrepreneurship. The programme is also notable for its strong commitment to international missions, highlighting the International Weeks, which will take place in Germany and Barcelona.

The new format of the Executive MBA aims to allow its participants to reconcile their professional life with personal life and a greater immersion in learning processes, with less impact on their professional activity. Thus, the programme runs once a month on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The Executive MBA starts in September, but enrollment is already open.

More information about the Executive MBA.

The main object of study for this work was the business community and entrepreneurial environment of each municipality. As a result, recommendations and measures for business promotion were presented, some transversal to the three municipalities and others specific to each one.

This study was conducted by a team coordinated by Miguel Sottomayor including Ricardo Morais, Paulo Alves, Rui Lourenço and Ricardo Cunha, all from Católica Porto Business School, and André Branco Carreiro, from the local firm Branco & Carreiro, Lda.

Grupo Alves Bandeira, Amorim, Attentive.us, Brasmar, Colep, Doctor Gummy, EDP, Kirchhoff, Liminal, MDS, Nors, Parfois, Ramirez, Schmitt + Sohn Elevadores, Sogrape, Sonae e The Yeatman are the 17 companies that make up this club, a clearly differentiating element of the new Executive MBA of Católica Porto Business School.

The idea that management schools works as "accelerators" of knowledge through their ability to systematize and study practices and business experiences led us to idealize this Business Club, as a university-business interface, a residence platform of several projects that share in common the involvement of companies in the process of training and development of managers, with a view to professionals better prepared for companies.

The Club is comprised of 17 companies that will hold contact sessions with their CEOs, visits to their facilities, participation in the MBA Advisory Council, participation in seminars and provision of case studies that will support the projects part of the modules.
After signing the protocol and the presentation of the Executive MBA, the representatives of the various companies had the opportunity to participate in the Business Club Workshop, led by Álvaro Nascimento.

It is indisputable the prominent place that companies occupy in the economy of any country. "Efficient social organizations for production" depend on the level of development, the distribution of income and the ability to contribute to a more just and balanced society. They are, therefore, a reason for special attention on the part of the public policies and, also, of the private options.

The place and relevance of the company in the community are today different from what they were in the past. Changes in context - at the technological and also institutional level - in the era of globalization require permanent attention and mechanisms of adaptation and adjustment that take into account the relationship with constituents: investors, customers, suppliers and workers.
There are moments of discontinuity and the emergence of a new order. Digitization and robotization stimulate the restructuring of value chains, while social and cultural habits impose new responsibilities. Sustainability requires a review of the role of business and management, linking the new with the old, the big with the small, the local with the global...

The practices are very different from company to company. More than a simple adherence to an institutional framework, strictly oriented towards efficiency and compliance, modern managers conceive their function under the broad prism of "corporate governance", consistent with the social responsibility in which each company reviews itself and whose achievement it pursues.

In this sense, and as a place for reflection and discussion of these issues, the 1st Business Club Workshop addressed three themes - efficiency, risk and innovation. "Is it possible to redesign the company with focus on efficiency? Do models risk management and sharing have implications for funding options? " These are examples of issues addressed during the session.

See here the photos of the event.

The 10th edition of the Marketeer Awards has already started and the goal, as in previous years, is to distinguish the best of what is being done in the areas of Marketing, Advertising and Communication in Portugal.

This is another recognition of the quality of our training. Be sure to vote!

More information on the prizes and voting here.

The Human Resources Awards are an initiative of Human Resources Portugal. The selection of nominees in each category is a joint effort between the panel of advisors and the editorial team that takes into account studies published in the last two years on climate, satisfaction, reputation, leadership, sustainability, social responsibility, among others.

This is another recognition of the quality of our training. Be sure to vote!

More information about the prizes and voting here.

Arménio Rego, faculty at Católica Porto Business School and Director of LEAD.Lab, together with Andreia Vitória, faculty at the University of Aveiro, are the authors of this research. 

The studies conducted so far show that there is no solid / consistent relationship between the age of the workers and their performance. However, age stereotypes persist in many contexts and they are advocated by managers. The fact is we all have age. Few want to be old, but almost nobody wants to "go away" again. People of different ages denote qualities and weaknesses - and this diversity can be advantageous to one's own, to organisations and society. We need to raise awareness of the importance of mutual respect and intergenerational cooperation, particularly within organizations. We need to develop the human potential contained in the society and economies’ members, regardless of age. The five empirical studies and the literature review contemplated focus on this need. They emphasize, above all, the need for organisations’ managers to work for humanly more sustainable organisations. They also suggest the importance of this awareness being initiated in the universities themselves, particularly in courses and curricular units related to management. Overall, the research emphasizes the need to (a) recognize and enhance the qualities of organisational members, regardless of their age, (b) promote mutual sharing, (c) implement career management measures tailored to these forces, and (d) create psychologically secure social environments within teams and organisations.

The event that had 61 participants had the objective of presenting the research carried out in the area of accounting.

The conference is held every year in different Higher Education Institutions, under the responsibility of the organization delegation (members grudis). Católica Porto Business School were represented by the faculty Maria José Fonseca and Paulo Alves, faculty school. 

On the two-day conference, which included 20 communications with discussion, 35 authors and 2 parallel sessions (a total of 8 communication panels) the key-note speaker was Philip Joos, President of EAA and Vice Dean for Education at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management.

The School Board was represented by the professor Nuno Martins, Deputy Director for the research area and Director of CEGE.

See here the photos of the event.

The programme had the presentation and discussion of eight studies developed by the faculty and researchers, dealing with various topics in the various areas of research of CEGE. In addition to the papers under discussion, CEGE's three main research areas were also presented by the respective IPs, which emerge from the strategic positioning decision that is intended for the research area of the Católica Business School: Service and Performance Management; Policies and Markets; Sustainability and Ethics.

The event, which had the active participation of about 30 teachers and researchers from the School, culminated in a lunch in the panoramic restaurant, where the interaction between the participants continued, extending the discussion and the desire to materialize new projects beyond conference space.

Católica Porto Business School offers programmes that train specialists in a wide range of areas. Our master's degrees are recognized for excellence in teaching, scientific rigor and easy placement of graduates in the job market.
Learn more about the Católica Porto Business School Masters:

• Auditing and Taxation
• Business Economics
• Social Economics
• Finance
• Management
• Human Resources Management
• Marketing

AEFEG represented the Students’ Association of the Faculty of Economics and Management, but from this moment on it is called the Students’ Association of Católica Porto Business School. The new name is associated with a new association logo.

The Association, as the name implies, is managed by students and together with the Pedagogic Council, represents students at the School Board. It intends to promote and raise the name of the school, promoting activities of a ludic, pedagogical and connection to the business world, involving the entire student community.

This competition is addressed to all undergraduate, masters and executive education students from Católica-Porto who are interested in participating, constituting a team of 3 to 5 members. This game takes place online and only the eight best teams will participate in a face-to-face session, which will take place on April 7, 2018.

Sign up your team, until February 28th, on the competition website. If you want to participate but do not have a team, send an email to slh@porto.ucp.pt. 

Download the program here. 

On January 23th, Strategic Leadership Hub revitalized the "Linking you to LinkedIn" workshop, which was characterized by the development of communication skills with the market through the introduction of the LinkedIn professional network.

Through practical activities, the current students of executive training, Católica Porto Business School’s collaborators and faculty had the opportunity to explore the optimization functionalities of their professional profile and to know some strategies to promote the visibility in the network according to their career objectives.

The Strategic Leadership Hub (SLH) is an innovative initiative of the Católica Porto Business School in the soft skills development area and the connection to the business community and the entire business alumni network. It intervenes across the various levels of education (Undergraduates and Masters) and in executive education.

On January 13th, students from the International MBA and the Specialization Programme in International Management participated in a teambuilding morning based on internationalization, diversity and multiculturalism.

The Specialization Program in International Management is the result of an already long partnership with PUC of Rio de Janeiro. Every year Católica Porto Business School receives a group of Brazilian students for an intensive program that results in a double degree.

During the Take Off Day the different teams, made up of students from both programs, were put to the test in various challenges that provided the networking among the participants.

See here the photos of the event.

And every day, month after month and year after year, in the work of each one, we built C Catolica Porto Business School. Since 1987/1988, the year in which it began in Porto, the first year of the Business Administration and Management Course, it was so. And so we want to continue for another 30, and another 30 and many more years. More than two years of greatness. 

Congratulations to Ctaólica Porto Business School! Congratulations to all who contributed for these 30 years of history and to all those who remain committed to continuing the story! Congratulations to all students, teachers and staff! Congratulations to all the alumni!

I thank all those who, both past and present, have dared and dare to create, go further, engage and inspire, so that it has been and will continue to be possible to train the economics and management professionals that organizations, the economy and society needs.

Thank you to all the institutional and business partners who join our School in this mission to prepare professionals focused on sustainability and respect for people. Thank you to the families for trusting in this project. Thank you to our students for choosing Católica Porto Business School for their education.

Vows of a holy Christmas time, blessed with the energy and health that each one needs to continue, in 2018, to work and inspire!

Sofia Salgado Pinto, Dean da Católica Porto Business School

Alumni Abroad - Sharing Experiences took place on December 22th, an initiative that brings together alumni currently residing outside the country who share experiences, challenges and opportunities in culturally distinct realities.

The event had 30 alumni representing 14 countries who develop or intend to develop their careers in an international context. In this edition, speakers André Almeida Santos (Mozambique │ African Development Bank), Eduardo Patacho (Dubai │ General Manager at Wipro Consulting) and Luís Dinis (Spain │ Mobile Analytical Consultant at Google Madrid) shared their testimony about the experience on different continents.

The moderation was led by João Álvares, currently residing in Angola, and representative of the Porto Business Alumni Catholic Board, which already has 2000 associates in more than 30 countries.

See here  some photos of the event.

On December 12th, 255 students of the Multidisciplinary Project II (PMII) course held their oral presentations on the analysis of the food and beverage industries, which they developed in work teams throughout the semester. The final presentations were evaluated by a jury composed of two professors of the subject, a guest professor and a representative of an organization.

The Closing Session of the Multidisciplinary Project II took place on December 16, where the best presentations of the year were presented to a jury composed of 6 representatives of companies or other organizations: Super Bock Group, Auchan Group, Desfo, People and Systems, Footwear Technological Center and Share - Association for Knowledge Sharing. 

PMII is part of the trilogy of the disciplines of Project Design of Economics and Management, which aim to promote the development of transversal competences. Multidisciplinary Project II has a threefold objective: to promote the development of teamwork and oral communication skills of students, while mobilizing technical skills in the preparation of a written report and an oral presentation.

See the pictures here.

The launch of the 1st Edition of the Advanced Management Program for SMEs is scheduled for 26 January in Leiria.

This Programme is a joint initiative of Católica Porto Business School with ACEGE Núcleo de Leiria, within the scope of our School's partnership with ACEGE- Christian Association of Entrepreneurs and Managers.

This is an immersion program, in which participants are removed from their normal work environment to attend each of the modules, which work intensively, in highly pragmatic ways. Generically, the contente of each module was define having as a common guideline the need to motivate all resources within the company, boosting its efficiency and contributing to the increase of productivity and competitiveness. The study plan and approach methodologies are oriented towards to specific problems, primarily suited to the reality of the business fabric and to the contemporary challenges of globalization. At the same time, each edition takes into account the competences and professional paths of the respective participants.

More information about the Advanced Management Program for SMEs.

The course, taught by the lecturers Susana Costa e Silva and Vitor Verdelho, counts on two project presentations for guests. The first, in speed dating, had the objective of developing the business plan and it was attended by Ricardo Vieira - Lumo Consultoria e Gestão; Luís Mendes - Vallis Capital Partners SA; Margarida Rossi-i3S / IBMC; Jorge Condesso - God Fish / Value Investment and Frederick Lehamn - Lehmann & Co. Lda.

In the second session, investors: Nuno Ferreira de Almeida, Portugal Ventures, Pedro Botelho Moniz, Invicta Angels and José Espiríto Santo from the Golden Group attended the presentation of the following investment projects:

1. Olívia Flowers - Jaquelina Ramalho, Hugo Ferreira, Mário Lemos, Sara Mieiro Santos, Paulo Silva, silvasob comnsdult

2. Medical Advisor - Iolanda Castro, Diana Ferreira, Pedro Otero and António Moura - the photos available are of poor quality due to light

3. Whey Run - João Fugas, Francisco Sendas, Ana Cristina Gaspar and Paulo Fonseca

4. Oporto Shield - Rui Silva, Helder Oliveira, Helder Ramos, Pedro Campos Costa and Ricardo Alves

5. Care2U - Ana Luísa Paupério, Ana Costa, André Barros, Luís Faria, José Trindade

These presentations and the consequent interaction with the investors enrich the development of the business case - evaluation object of the subject, as well as create synergies with the business reality, that can result in the concretization of the presented business.

On December 16th, the Closing Session of the Multidisciplinary Project II is held, where the best presentations of the year are held before a jury composed of 6 companies’ representatives. 

The discipline of PMII is part of the trilogy of the School project subjects, which aim to promote the development of transversal competences. Multidisciplinary Project II has a threefold objective: to promote the development of teamwork and oral communication skills of students, while mobilizing technical skills in the preparation of a written report and an oral presentation.

The 255 students of the discipline of Multidisciplinary Project II (PMII) held their oral presentations on the analysis of the food and beverage industries, which they developed in team work throughout the semester. The meeting took place on December 12th. 

The discipline of PMII is one of the three disciplines of Licenciatura Project of the Catholic Business School Porto, which intend to promote the development of transversal competences. Multidisciplinary Project II has a threefold objective: to promote the development of teamwork and oral communication skills of students, while mobilizing technical skills in the preparation of a written report and an oral presentation.

The final presentations were evaluated by a jury composed of two professors of the discipline, a guest professor and a representative of an organization. 

This session takes place within the scope of the Final Project of Internship and Business Plan courses that promote the development of autonomy, oral communication and critical thinking skills, as well as the mobilization and consolidation of technical knowledge acquired during the Degree.

Católica Porto Business School was awarded as "An excellent Business School with enhanced international influence". This is another international recognition of the teaching and research quality of the Católica Porto Business School, which reinforces one of the School's strategic axes: internationalization.

The awards ceremony took place on November 9th in Dubai.

More information about the Eduniversal Ranking.

In an exclusive event for finalists of the degrees in Economics and Management and for the masters students, Católica Porto Business School gathered about 200 students and 82 representatives of 47 companies in an initiative of approaching the job market.


Career Day for Undergrads & Masters took place on November 22 and was divided into two moments:


• From 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. students had the opportunity to attend 5 workshops on topics related to the transition to the labor market

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• From 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. students had the opportunity to participate in 888 speed interviews with the 47 organizations present

Career Day is an event that reinforces the connection to the business world, one of the strategic axes of Católica Porto Business School. Its purpose is to bring students closer to the job market, serving as an excellent networking and recruiting opportunity for present institutions.

The national final of the 38th edition of this competition was attended by eight teams selected from more than 300 participants.

Remember that the Global Management Challenge is the largest strategy and management competition in the world and that the winning team will represent Portugal in the international final that will take place in April in Dubal.

Congratulations to our alumni!

In 2017, the seminar received 22 applications from universities in Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, and Turkey.

The results presented showed that rural customer orders, when compared to urban customer orders, are smaller, have fewer perishables, more large items (which do not fit into a conventional supermarket bag), and a higher proportion of articles considered of niche (versus products of basic necessity). In addition, rural customers order ahead of time than the higher lead times and choose shorter delivery windows. These results have given rise to a number of implications for retailers, in particular regarding the transport of orders, the fulfilment strategy and the variety of products to be offered in these areas.

Learn more here.

The article “Exploring the Whole Value of Corporate Volunteering” was produced by the 2 authors, on the basis of Jorge Mayer’s master thesis in Social Economics, which Susana supervised. The work aims at evaluating the value created by the corporate volunteering programme of EDP. Previous methodologies for the assessing of value were not taking into consideration social impacts of the investment made, and were relying simply on the economic value created. According to the proposed model, for each euro spent in these initiatives, there is a value creation potential, which can be 5.75 times larger than the investment made.

Before, evaluations were solely based on the economic value of corporate volunteering, which fall behind the real value created for the society as a whole. Indeed, the economic value represents only 5% of the overall value creation potential. 
This work attempted to be a milestone in the evaluation of corporate volunteering programs and it works and an incentive for further implementation of such programs, where everyone can win: beneficiaries, employers, employees, volunteers, partners, local community and society as a whole. 

CEGEA was invited to present its study on the “Economic Impact of the Portuguese Mutual Guarantee System 2009-2014”, prepared for the Portuguese Mutual Guarantee Society (SGPM), at the working session on "Measuring Additionality, Sustainability and the Impact of Guarantee Systems ". 

This study, coordinated by Prof. Vasco Rodrigues, also counted with the participation of professors Alexandra Leitão, Francisca Guedes de Oliveira, Paulo Alves, and Ricardo Ribeiro. The findings reveal that the use of the mutual guarantee system allowed beneficiaries to access additional debt of more than € 3 billion and enjoy savings of approximately €60 million in financial costs.

The main objective of this project was to develop a guide to assist companies on the determination of the degree of national content in their products, providing practical information that allows them to identify factors of production and raw materials that would enhance it. This tool also aims to motivate companies for the use of national suppliers and raw materials and to create brands that differentiate them, thus encouraging the use of the PORTUGAL SOU EU seal.

Conducted in partnership with PortugalFoods, this study was coordinated by Professor Maria José Fonseca and had the collaboration of João Novais, both from Católica Porto Business School.

For more information about this event please click here.

After the second stage of the programme took place in Luanda, the capital of Angola, the 21 students arrived on August 29 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the country that makes up the Portuguese-speaking triad covered by the MBA Atlantico. The students finish their course here at the end of October, where the closing ceremony will also take place.

The MBA Atlântico is a program that connects three continents (Africa, Latin America and Europe), anchored in Portuguese speaking countries, with the aim of building a network of international managers who choose the Portuguese language as a vehicle for affirmation and competition at a global scale. 

After the evaluation period, the communication of results will be done until September 20th.

Católica Porto Business School offers programmes that train specialists in a diverse range of areas. With a clearly professional objective we train highly qualified professionals who accumulate a strong technical preparation with a set of transversal and behavioral competences fundamental for a successful career.

Learn more about the Católica Porto Business School Master’s:

• Auditing and Taxation
• Business Economics
• Social Economics
• Finance
• Management
• Human Resources Management
• Marketing 
  

The International MBA is an executive programme with international faculty that emerges from the partnership of Católica Porto Business School with the Portuguese Business Association (AEP) and ESADE Business School. During the approximately 17 months and with a total of 715 hours of training and outdoor, the students count on two international weeks (China and Spain), the development of a skills portfolio and the elaboration of a business plan. 

The program, truly international, is aimed at executives, with a high quality teaching staff and with recognized connection to the business world.

Learn more about the International MBA here. 

Católica Porto Business School will welcome students who have just graduated, preparing an attractive program, which aims essentially to facilitate the insertion of all new students in this new stage of their lives, giving priority to a relaxed and convivial environment.

Learn more about the Welcome Program for new students here.

The jury proposal emphasized the recognition of exemplary excellence and character - both for the city and for architecture - for both these interventions, "adding that the change in the rules of the prize gave rise to" the wise introduction of new programs residential” which "resulted not only in a recognized appreciation of inherited heritage, but also in a stimulating response to contemporary urban rehabilitation policies”. 

Still, according to the jury, "the ability to adapt new programs in works of inherited heritage, avoiding demolition and valuing preexistence, is a superior contribution to guarantee the authentic identity and memory of our city." This prize will correspond to a value of 3,500 euros to be awarded to the architect José Manuel dos Santos Gigante and 1,500 euros to ACE / Teatro do Bolhão, as well as 3,500 euros for the architect Álvaro Siza and 1,500 euros for the Catholic University. In Non-Residential Buildings, Honorable Mentions (without pecuniary value) were attributed to:

- José Marques da Silva Architect Institute Foundation (Marquês de Pombal Square 44), rehabilitation project by the architects Sérgio Fernandez and Alexandre Alves Costa, the Foundation being the owner;
- Church and Clérigos Tower, rehabilitation project of the architect João Carlos Martins Lopes do Santos, owning the Brotherhood of Clerics;

- E-Learning Café - Botânico (Rua do Campo Alegre 1191), rehabilitation project by the architects Nuno Valentim and Margarida Carvalho, being the owner of the University of Porto.

The rehabilitation of Casa da Boavista building, in Rua de António José da Costa 53, won the Residential Building Category, by decision of the jury which took into account the fact that it represents "a relevant example of architectural rehabilitation of 'Porto houses' being a work that, responding to the requirements of the contemporary dwelling, integrates qualified typology, materials and constructive systems recognizable in the detailing of this work belonging to the Porto’s heritage”. The prize has a pecuniary value of 10,000 euros, corresponding to 7,000 euros to the architect Joana Leandro de Vasconcelos (Atelier in.Vitro), who will share the other 3,000 euros with the owner of the property, Tiago Ilharco. In the same category, Honorable Mention (without pecuniary value) was awarded to dwellings:

- located on Rua de Nossa Senhora de Fátima 481, a rehabilitation project by the architects João Baptista da Costa and Pedro Guedes de Oliveira, with Pedro Luís Lameira Franco being the owner;
- located at Rua de Álvares Cabral 126, a rehabilitation project by Alexandre Filipe Braga Loureiro, with Manuel Cândido Alves da Costa being the owner.

The Joao de Almada Prize is awarded biennially for the best examples of rehabilitation completed and 31 entries have been entered and regularly admitted in this edition, which - according to the jury - "shows a remarkable adherence to the objectives of this Award, at a particularly relevant time for rehabilitation in the city of Porto ".

For this reason, the jury welcomed "the high number of applications submitted, which are distributed across different parts of the city and cover a wide variety of architectural types, relating to works carried out in buildings with very large program, scale and complexity of intervention different”. 

The former students of the Portuguese Catholic University will benefit from a 5% discount on the amount of the fee, which is equivalent to a reduction of 850€. Applications for the International MBA will run until August 31.

The International MBA is an executive programme with international faculty that emerges from the partnership of Católica Porto Business School with the Portuguese Business Association (AEP) and ESADE Business School. During the approximately 17 months and with a total of 715 hours of training and outdoor, students have two international weeks (China and Spain), and they will developing a skills portfolio and a business plan.

Come to know the programme whose mission is to train management professionals who, responding to Portuguese companies’ needs and they are based on their affirmation in the international markets.

For more information about  International MBA, please visit the programme page here.

The current changes resulting from globalization and the markets approximation allowed us to identify a lines set of thoughts and actions of consumers and organizations in an attempt to survive and adapt to this new environment. Thus, the purpose of the course is recognize as major market and consumer trends that characterize the current business environment.

Summer School of Católica Porto Business School ran form July 17th and 29th and it was attended by 31 students from 10 countries (South Africa, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, England, Italy, Panama and Portugal). As two intensive weeks, marketing solutions, development and solution creation, development and development of solutions, material development and development, economics and technological development. It also talked about various activities related to Portuguese culture and the city of Porto.

For more information about Católica Porto Business School Summer School, please visit the website.

See here the photos that summarize two weeks of Summer School.

The informal meeting presupposes a Back to University full of surprises. Católica Porto Business Alumni and Católica Porto Business School organize the event which aims to be a time to meet friends, review colleagues and teachers and return to the University. Dinner will cost € 15 per person if registration takes place until July 31 and € 25 after that date.

See here for more information on the quarter. 

The ceremony was attended by: Father Jerónimo Cachinga, vice-rector of UCAN; Sofia Salgado Pinto, Dean of Católica Porto Business School; Ana Côrte-Real, Director of MBA Atlântico; and Noelma Viegas d'Abreu, Member of the MBA Atlântico / Trimestre Angola Board, who addressed a fiew words to all the students.

The passage through Luanda was punctuated by remarkable moments. In addition to regular classes, the calendar included a visit to the Quiminha farm, an important agricultural project for economic and social integration, which takes over cutting-edge technologies in its production and is located in the municipality of Bengo, about 60 km north of Luanda.

The students also visited the Coin Museum, a building maintained by the BNA Bank, which tells the story of the currency's evolution until the arrival of Kuanza, the current currency of the country.

The students also attended the seminars on ethics and sustainability, led by José Otávio Serra Van-Dúnem and the seminar on entrepreneurship, led by Erickson Mvezi and José Carlos Santos, owners of Tupuca and Touch and Talk and the Acelera Angola incubator, respectively, examples of successful startups that were born and developed in Angola, despite the economic difficulties that the country face. 

Luis Gachineiro, Head of Branding Activation at Refriango, an Angolan beverage company, gave a lecture about the launch of one of the main products in its portfolio. The students took advantage and marked a visit to the factory to know its structure and the production process.

The 7th edition of the MBA Atlântico will have a well-deserved break to go home and prepare for the last stage of the program that will take place in August in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Here are some pictures from the second quarter.

Start up Talks is an event that brings together young entrepreneurs, students, and other agents that move the startup ecosystem in Luanda. The meeting takes place on the first Friday of each month in a different place under the initiative of Bantu Makers - a startup studio that uses its own resources to idealize, design, program and launch technological startups, as well as contribute to the consolidation of the startup environment in the city through the promotion of initiatives like this.

Participants are encouraged to participate in relaxed conversations to build connections and ideas.

The Startup Talks of July 7th counted with the participation of the MBA Atlântico 7th edition in articulation of new partners for the project and its production. With the sponsorship of BAI and BMF banks and with the support of Ginásio Em Forma and Tupuca, the 10th edition of the event celebrated a record audience and took an important step towards its consolidation in the calendar of Luanda events.

The deadline to the applications presentation is on September 13, and the results communication occurred until September 20th. 

Católica Porto Business School offers programs with specialized knowledge. Our master's degrees are recognized for excellence in teaching, scientific rigor and easy placement of graduates in the job market.

Learn more about Católica Porto Business School’s Masters:

Auditing and Taxation 

Business Economics

Social Economics

Finance

Management

Human Resources Management

Marketing

The third stage takes place between August 22th and September 12th.

To access the Double Degree in Law and Management it is necessary to have been previously admitted to the Degree in Law and to the Degree in Management.

The conditions of access, dates of applications and all the information that must be taken into account when applying for the Licenciaturas of the Católica Porto Business School are already available in the following links:

Economics

Management

Double Degree in Law and Management  

Américo Amorim supported the Portuguese Catholic University through the incentives to applied research and training in business, leaving its mark in the Catholic University for all time.

Católica Porto Business School thanks and once again acknowledges the important role of this friend of the University, wishing it to rest in peace.

This session takes place within the scope of the Final Project disciplines that seek the development of autonomy, oral communication and critical thinking skills, as well as the mobilization and consolidation of technical knowledge acquired during the degree. The finalists were challenged to make a final presentation evaluated by company representatives. We have 27 representatives of companies from different sectors of activity.

This is another initiative that reinforces the business relationship as a strategic axis of Catolica Porto Business School.

The ceremony was on gardens Edificio Paraiso and count with many students and family that stay together the end of another cycle. 

The ceremony took place in the gardens of Edifício Paraiso, and had dozens of students and family members who accompanied the end of another cycle.

The ceremony starts with the welcoming of Sofia Salgado Pinto, Dean of Católica Porto Business School, that follows a fiew message of Ana Côrte-Real, Associate Dean to Executive Formation. 

Click aqui to see the pictures of the event. 

The ceremony began with the welcome words of Sofia Salgado Pinto, Dean of Católica Porto Business School. The event was attended by Tariro Masukume, Membership Manager of AMBA who said a few words to those present and reinforced the advantages for the students and alumni of an AMBA accredited School. Alberto Castro, International MBA Director addressed a message to the graduates, followed by the intervention of Carlos Moreira da Silva, Chairman of BA Glass and Key Note Speaker of the ceremony. 

After this moment, the ceremony continued with the awarding of diplomas and the dinner of all the finalists of the 11th edition of the international MBA. The graduates enjoyed a moment of conviviality that lasted during the night and that counted on the sea like background scene. This space, inaugurated in 2015, has already won several international awards and is an icon of the architecture of northern Portugal. 

Click here to see the photos of the event. 

Claúdia Rocha, Head of Commercial and Marketing na Ferespe, Miguel Araújo, músico e João Pedro Príncipe, CEO da Jualo.com Indonésia foram os convidados que participaram na conversa, moderada por Sofia Salgado Pinto, Dean da Católica Porto Business School. A sessão informal decorreu no dia 21 de junho, pelas 18h30, nos jardins do Edifício Paraíso. 

O evento marcou os 10 anos de uma equipa dedicada ao desenvolvimento de soft skills, no que foi considerado pela OCDE “uma das melhores praticas pedagógicas do ensino superior”, bem como à gestão de carreiras, à forte ligação ao tecido empresarial, e a toda a rede Católica Porto Business Alumni. Parabéns equipa do Strategic Leadership Hub!

Veja aqui as fotografias do evento.

The event was organized by the Portuguese Cultural Center and the meeting took place on June 7th, 2017, from 6 pm to 8 pm, under the theme "Education and Education as an inevitable solution for the sustainable development of Mozambique." Tânia Tomé, Executive Director of Ecokaya and Succenery Founder and Rui Brandão - Co-Founder of BAngels were the invited speakers. The conversation moderation was in charge of Pedro Ferraz, Executive Director of BCI.

The Association of Former Students in Mozambique is an extension of the Catolica Porto Business Alumni to resident in Mozambique and is also extended to other Alumni who live in Mozambique and who identify with this connection to the Portuguese Catholic University. The mission is to strengthen the visibility of the Catholic University in the Mozambican Society through the creation of a liaison link to the Catholic Portfolio Business School.

For more information on the applications for our degrees and master's degrees, see the links below:

Economics Degree

Management Degree

Double Degree in Law and Management

Master in Auditing and Taxation

Master in Business Economics

Master in Social Economics 

Master in Finance

Master in Management

Master in Human Resources Management

Master in Marketing

For more information about applications for the Executive Training programmes and MBAs of Católica Porto Business School, please see this link. 

Those interested in joining the Masters of Católica Porto Business School had the opportunity to attend the Presentation Session to the Masters, which was attended by Francisca Guedes de Oliveira, Associate Dean for the Masters and the Directors of the various Masters. The purpose of the session was to present the 7 Master's Degrees and clarify all the questions posed by the audience.

Católica Porto Business School offers programs that train specialists in a diverse range of areas. With a clearly professional objective, we train highly qualified professionals who accumulate a strong technical preparation with a set of soft and behavioral skills that are fundamental for a successful career. 

Learn more about the Católica Porto Business School’s Masters. 

Auditing and Taxation

Business Economics

Social Economics

Finance

Management

Human Resources Management 

Marketing

Double Degree with Aston Business School

Double Degree with Lancaster University Management School

In a session dedicated to the high school students for whom the university is already on the horizon, the Open Day of Undergraduate Courses allowed everyone interested to try out a class, to know the experience of an alumni and a student who did Erasmus and to clarify all doubts. The Open Day took place on May 17, where, at the end of the afternoon, the teachers also had the opportunity to clarify all the questions about the Undergraduate Courses and to meet the Católica Porto Business School. 

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The 10th cycle Olhares Cruzados had four sessions, between Porto and Lisbon, with the theme Portugal and/in Europe. Organized by PÚBLICO and the Católica Porto Business School, the first session took place on March 29 in Porto, where the situation of a country "planted by the sea" and "regional development in an unequal country" was discussed. António Francisco dos Santos, Bishop of Porto, Helena Freitas, an academic at the University of Coimbra and coordinator of the Mission Unit for the Appreciation of the Interior, and Fontainhas Fernandes, dean of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro In the event.

The third debate, held on May 18 in Lisbon was attended by the author and singer Pedro Abrunhosa and António Mexia, CEO of EDP. The theme under discussion was "Culture and cities. Between cost and engine of growth. "The session was moderated by Rui Vilar, non-executive President of Caixa Geral de Depósitos.

Finally, the Olhares Cruzados returned last Tuesday, May 23rd, to Católica Porto Business School to discuss the new economy and traditional economy. The meeting was attended by António Mota, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mota Engil and António Murta, administrator of Pathena. The debate was moderated by David Dinis, Director of PUBLICO.

1st Session - "Planted seaside - regional development in an unequal country"

2nd Session - "Interesting Times - Portugal and Europe in an Agitated World"

3rd Session - "Culture and Cities - Between cost and growth engine"

4th Session - "Old is the rags - The new economy and the traditional economy"

Applications to Economics and Management Degrees are open from june 26. The first row occurs between June 26 and July 20. The results are released on July 24.

The second round of applications takes place from 25 July to 9 August. The third phase takes place between August 22 and September 12.

To acess the Double Degree Program in Law and in Management i tis necessary the student has been previously admitted to the Degree in Law and to the Degree in Management. A first round of applications for both Undergraduates takes place between June 26 and July 20.
The conditions of access, application data and all the information that you develop in account at the time of applying for the Undergraduates of Católica Porto Business School are already available in the following links:

Economics Degree

Management Degree

Double Degree in Law and Management 

The 13th edition of the International MBA starts in September and applications are already open. The next presentation session, decorated on June 13, Monday, at 6:30 p.m., at Américo Amorim Building.

The International MBA is an executive program with international faculty that emerges from the partnership of Catholic Business School with the Portuguese Business Association (AEP) and ESADE Business School. During the approximately 17 months and with a total of 715 hours of training and outdoor, students will have two international weeks (China and Spain), the development of a skills portfolio and the elaboration of a business plan. 

For more information about International MBA please visit our website. 

On Monday, May 22nd, the second phase of the MBA Atlantico - a program that links three continents (Africa, Latin America and Europe), anchored in the Portuguese speaking countries, began with a view to building a network of international managers who Choose the world of the Portuguese language as a vehicle for affirmation and competition on a global scale.

After a quarter in Porto, the second stage of the program takes place in Luanda, capital of Angola, an African country that makes up the Portuguese-speaking triad covered by the MBA Atlântico. As one of the most important cities of the African continent, Luanda owns a beauty and culture of its own. The 21 MBA Atlântico’s students will continue the second quarter of the program at the Catholic University of Angola (UCAN).

The opening ceremony was attended by: Alberto Pereira, General Director of ISAF; Justino Pinto de Andrade, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management of UCAN; Fr. Jerónimo Cahinga, Vice Rector of UCAN; Nuno Côrte-Real, Executive Director of MBA Atlântico and Noelma Viegas D'Abreu, from Bai Academy. The event was also attended by former students of the program, with whom the current students had the opportunity to establish an interesting networking, sharing experiences of the previous editions.

Students will finish their course in Rio de Janeiro at the end of October, where the closing ceremony will also take place.

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The Ministry of Agriculture created the Council for Follow-up to the Review of the Common Agricultural Policy, where Miguel Sottomayor and Arlindo Cunha, professors of the Católica Porto Business School, were appointed to constitute the Council’s Panel of Experts. 

The Council shall consist of an Experts Panel and a Committee of Representatives. The Panel of Experts also includes António Serrano, Full Professor at the University of Évora; Artur Cristóvão, Full Professor at UTAD; Carlos Duarte, Agricultural Engineer; Francisco Avillez, Full Professor of ISA at the University of Lisbon; Francisco Cordovil, ISCTE Professor; Jaime Ferreira, Engineer Silvicultor; João Bento, Silvicultor Engineer; José Lima Santos, ISA Professor at the University of Lisbon; Maria de Belém Costa Freitas, Professor at the University of Algarve; Mário de Carvalho, Full Professor at the University of Évora; Raul Jorge, ISA Professor at the University of Lisbon; Ricardo Braga, ISA Professor at the University of Lisbon and Teresa Pinto Correia, Professor at the University of Évora. The Commission of Representatives, in turn, is made up of the Association of Young Farmers of Portugal; by the Portuguese Farmers' Confederation; By the National Confederation of Agriculture; By the National Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives and Agricultural Credit of Portugal; By the National Confederation of Young Farmers and Rural Development; And by the "My Earth" Federation.

This body will aim to identify key challenges and formulate national options for the future post-2020 CAP.

Católica Porto Business School has currently an application procedure for the admission of invited assistant professors for teaching and research, within the academic year, 2017/18, in full time. 

• 1 opening in Accounting and Finance
• 1 opening in Applied Econometrics 
• 1 opening in Mathematics

More information here.

This week, which is a partnership with the University of Saint Joseph, School of Business, aims to strengthen the understanding of the business environment of Macao, Zhongshan, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. This combination of cities reflects the current policy of liaison between Macau and Guangdong Province, China, as well as being associated with Pearl River's political and financial center.

Divided between Macau, Zhonshang and Hong Kong, this week aims to raise awareness of the economic, social, political and legal reality of one of the world's major powers. This week is a result from a partnership with the University of Saint Joseph and it aims to reinforce the business environment understanding of the visited cities.

The choice of these cities is related to the relevance of the Macao context as a strategic bridge between the Portuguese-speaking countries, which reinforces the assumed position of the Católica Porto Business School in these countries.
In Macau, the group started their week with a tour in the historical area of Macau where they met the Ruins of São Paulo and the A-Ma Temple. In terms of tour visits we highlight the Venetian Resort, one of the largest casinos in the world, followed by the Macau Forum and the Bank of China. Already in Zongsham the students had a seminar on Regional Development and Clusters in Pearl River Delta.

On April 5 the MBA participated in the 1st Forum "Development of the Tsui Hang New District under Guangdong and Macao SAR Cooperation. Visits to Vatti Global Appliance Maker - Midea, Chinese manufacturer of electrical appliances, and GAC Motors were also carried out. In Hong Kong, students had the opportunity to visit the HK Exchange, hold a conference at Invest HK, the Hong Kong Government's Office responsible for Foreign Direct Investment, supporting foreign, Continental and Taiwanese companies to set up and expand in Hong Kong Kong and ended with a Network Dinner at Club Lusitano.

Upon returning to Portugal, the 12th edition of the International MBA brings from China a broad international business vision and new opportunities to explore.

Here are some pictures of the Week in China.

The five proposed names were voted by the Plenary of the Social and Economic Council, which met in the Assembly of the Republic, to give new members tenure and to vote the vice presidents.

CES is composed by 58 elements that represent the confederations patronals and sindicals, the cooperative sector, liberal profissional, science and tecnologies and autarquies, between others identities.

Francisca Guedes de Oliveira is Católica Porto Business School Faculty, of Católica Portuguese University, specializing in Public Economics, and non-executive member of the Board of Directors of EDP Renováveis.

MBA Atlântico, which brings together 21 professionals, including Angolans, Brazilians, Cape Verdeans and Portuguese, with a mission to train managers focused on internationalization through the Portuguese language space, had remarkable moments in the first stage, which took place in Porto, in Portugal.

The journey of Atlantico’s students was composed of activities that surpassed the space of the classroom and put them in contact with different market experiences. During the visits to Schmitt Elevadores and Frezite, the students went through the manufacturing parks, accompanied by professionals from different fields of activity and knew the internal dynamics of the companies. In the seminars promoted by Católica Porto Business School, they discussed themes such as Economy, Sustainability, Branding, among other issues of relevance to the business scenario. At Connecting With Business and Career Day events students were able to share experiences with other professionals and establish an enriching networking.

Prepared and led by Professor Rui Lourenço, the Atlânticos have also participated in a Soft Skills discipline where they have developed various activities to work on essential business skills such as leadership, team spirit and emotional intelligence. The discipline ended with a sailing experience. The regatta was successfully completed by all vessels and each student experienced the day-to-day challenges in the companies in this team building activity.

Even with the busy schedule, MBA Atlantico’s students also discovered the charms of Porto, established important connections among all, and enthusiastically celebrated each experience.

The 13th edition of the program starts in September and the next presentation session takes place on July 4th.  

The International MBA is an executive program with international faculty that emerges from a partnership between Católica Porto Business School, Portuguese Business Association (AEP) and ESADE Business School. During the approximately 17 months and with a total of 715 hours of training and outdoor, students will have two international weeks (China and Spain), the development of a skills portfolio and the elaboration of a business plan.

The presentation session, will take place at the Américo Amorim Building, at 6:30 p.m on May 9th. You can also apply here.

For more information about the International MBA visit our website.

Portugal and Europe, is the subject of the 10th cycle Olhares Cruzados debate, organized by PÚBLICO and Católica Porto Business School. The first session took place on March 29 in Oporto and the theme was the discussion on the state of a country "planted seaside" and "regional development in an unequal country". António Francisco dos Santos, Bishop of Porto, Helena Freitas, academic at the University of Coimbra and coordinator of the Unidade de Missão para a Valorização do Interior, and Fontainhas Fernandes, Rector of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro were in the event.

The second session of the 10th Cycle Olhares Cruzados took place in Lisbon at EDP in Alcântara and "Interesting times - Portugal and Europe in a busy world" was the subject of the discussion.  António Lobo Xavier, manager of BPI was the moderator of the debate between Maria Luís Albuquerque, former finance minister and Maria João Rodrigues, PS MEP.
The next session will take place on May 18 in Lisbon where the singer Pedro Abrunhosa and the CEO of EDP, António Mexia will discuss "Culture and cities. Between cost and engine of growth. "This session will be moderated by Rui Vilar, non-executive President of Caixa Geral de Depósitos.

Finally, Olhares Cruzados return to Católica Porto Business School to discuss the new economy and the traditional economy. The session with David Dinis, Director of PUBLICO, António Murta, administrator of Pathena, and António Mota, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mota Engil, will be held on May 23 at 9:30 p.m.

Access to both sessions is free, by registration. You can make your registration here.

Ricardo Florêncio, CEO of Multipublicações, and Sofia Salgado, Dean of Católica Porto Business School Porto Business School, were the speakers responsible for opening the initiative, which had about 150 participants.

The Keynote Speaker of the conference was Carlos Jordana (ESADE Barcelona lecturer) and there was some presentations by Marta Cordeiro e Cunha (SONAE MC client director), José Pedro de Almeida, (Director of business intelligence and data scienceof the São João Hospital Center) and Conceição Portela, Associate Professor at Católica Porto Business School. 

The round table discussion was formed by Manuela Vaz (managing director of Accenture), Ricardo Viana (director of Efacec’s Digital Office), Eugénio Baptista (IT Manager of Caixa Geral de Depósitos), Sérgio Carvalho (Marketing Director of Fidelidade) and The moderation of Helena Rua (Executive Digest journalist).

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António Lobo Xavier, administrator of BPI, moderates the discussion between Maria Luís Albuquerque, former finance minister and Maria João Rodrigues, PS Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
The cycle of debates organized by the Católica Porto Business School and PUBLIC is already in the second of four sessions between Porto and Lisbon that continue until May.

The next session of debates will be held on May 18, in Lisbon, where the singer Pedro Abrunhosa and the CEO of EDP António Mexia will discuss "Culture and cities. Between cost and engine of growth." This session will be moderated by Rui Vilar, non-executive President of Caixa Geral de Depósitos. 

Finally, the conference cycle returns to Porto to discuss the new economy and the traditional economy. The meeting with David Dinis, Director of PUBLIC, António Murta, administrator of Pathena, and António Mota, Chairman of Management Board of Mota Engil, will be held on May 23th at 9:30 p.m.

Entry to all sessions is free upon registration here. 

Portugal and Europe, is the subject of the 10th cycle Olhares Cruzados debate, organized by PÚBLICO and Católica Porto Business School. The first session will take place on March 29 at the Católica Porto Business School, which it will be one of the four sessions between Porto and Lisbon that will last until May.

The first theme, which will be discussed at Porto on the 29th, at 9:30 p.m., and it aims to establish the situation of a country "planted by the sea" and to discuss "regional development in an unequal country". The invited speakers are António Francisco dos Santos, Bishop of Porto, and Helena Freitas, academic at the University of Coimbra and coordinator of the Unidade de Missão para a Valorização do Interior. The moderation of this session is in charge of Fontainhas Fernandes, dean of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro.

Download the event poster here.

Free entry. Make your application here.

Católica Porto Business School has established a partnership with the QSP Summit, which is affirmed as one of the most important Marketing and Management Conferences in Europe, and once again welcomes global leaders that mark trends.

A edição de 2017 teve como tema “Understanding Consumer”, onde se refletiu sobre as profundas mudanças do consumidor e como estas se refletem nos comportamentos e locais de compra.

The 2017 edition, with the theme "Understanding Consumer", reflected the consumer’s profound changes and how these are reflected in the behaviours and places of purchase.

More information here. 

Career Day for Executives is an initiative in which participants have the opportunity to conduct individual interviews with human resources consultants and other companies. This edition counted with 20 companies and 27 interviewers in the accomplishment of a total of 216 interviews to 42 participating students.

Alento, Hays, Parfois, NOS, Sonae and Egor were some of the companies that attended the event.

Click here to see the pictures of the event. 

On March 13, the Rector of the Portuguese Catholic University, Isabel Capeloa Gil, re-appointed Sofia Salgado Pinto as Dean of Católica Porto Business School. The remaining members of the School Board were: Ana Côrte-Real, Associate Dean for Executive Education, Francisca Guedes de Oliveira, Associate Dean for Masters Degrees, Raquel Campos Franco, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Degrees, Nuno Ornelas Martins, Associate Dean for Research and Rita Ribeiro, Associate Dean for Quality, Accreditation and Internationalisation.

On the same day, the President of the Oporto Regional Center, Isabel Braga da Cruz, and the other members of the Board took office.

Click here the pictures of the event.

The annual TEDx Oporto event consists of four sessions with speakers and performances.

More information.

More information on the prizes and voting here.

This is another recognition of the quality of our training. Be sure to vote!

This competition is addressed to all undergraduate, masters and executive education students from Católica-Porto who are interested in participate, constituting a team of 3 to 5 members.

This game takes place online and only the eight best teams will participate in a face-to-face session, which will take place on April 29, 2017.

Register your team, until March 13, on the competition website. If you want to participate but you have no team, send an email to slh@porto.ucp.pt.


Prizes:
• Católica Porto Business School: the winning team of the Final will be entitled to a surprise prize to be awarded by the Católica Porto Business School. 
• Global Management Challenge: The 3 best teams will represent Católica Porto Business School in the 2017 edition of the Global Management Challenge, International Strategy and Management Competition.

Accept the challenge of winning in management!

The Human Resources Awards are an initiative of Human Resources Portugal. The selection of nominees in each category is a joint effort between the panel of advisors and the editorial team that takes into account studies published in the last two years on climate, satisfaction, reputation, leadership, sustainability, social responsibility, among others.

This is another recognition of the quality of our training. Be sure to vote!

More information about the prizes and voting here.

Católica Porto Business School created an Ethics Forum in 2015.

This decision was the result of the lack of a space for reflection for business leaders, which was not a space of information transmission, but a moment of individual discovery and promotion of discovery in others and where topics relevant to each leader and its organization could be discussed.

The objectives of the Forum are:

• Encourage and support reflection on business ethics;
• To promote the exchange of experiences between organizations;
• Create and share knowledge in the field of ethics;
• To promote greater adaptation of the offer of Católica Porto Business School to real needs

Two years later, we find that this meeting space makes more and more sense. Building a trusting environment has allowed us to develop activities and discuss current and sometimes difficult issues to approach in business context, but also to share experiences among its members. For example, it was twice possible to have the whole group work on a topic proposed by a Forum member.

We think that the Ethics Forum of the Católica Porto Business School has become a very special space! 

It is more or less consensual that business ethics is fundamental for society to stay on the path of sustainable development and that bad ethical practices have increasingly impacted the reputation of companies, accounting for this intangible asset more than half the value of a brand. But being aware of it is not enough! In fact we need to act for the development of (more) ethical organizational cultures. Regularly speaking about business ethics will be a stimulus for us to put ourselves a fundamental question: What is my responsibility in promoting sustainable organizations? Or put another way: What is my responsibility in promoting (more) ethical (or more) organizational cultures?

There are already 30 people from 24 companies in the Ethics Forum of the Católica Porto Business School. Although this group is expected to remain contained in its size, in order to maintain an environment of security and trust that allows for effective sharing, we remain open to new members.

This space for dialogue, reflection and action for responsible leaders is therefore a contribution of the Católica Porto Business School, so that we can increasingly move from words to deeds, reinforcing the development of (more) ethical cultures in our companies and in society.

The current and former students of the MBA programmes of Católica Porto Business School had the opportunity to participate in Connecting with Business on February 8th. The event seeks to promote networking and exploration of different functional areas, sectors of activity, companies and career paths.

Connecting with Business invited guests, mostly in top management positions, to 7 companies from different areas and sectors, who shared their experience and experience with all participants. They also had the opportunity to meet our current and former MBA students by running speed meetings, in a small group format, lasting 30 minutes.

Católica Porto Business School offers programs that train specialists in a wide range of areas. Our master's degrees are recognized for excellence in teaching, scientific rigor and easy placement of graduates in the job market.

Learn more about the Católica Porto Business School Masters:

• Auditing and Taxation
• Business Economics
• Social Economics
• Finance
• Management
• Human Resources Management
• Marketing

http://www.eua.be/activities-services/events/event/2017/01/18/default-calendar/10th-eua-cde-workshop 

This partnership between Católica Porto Business School and PUC-Rio is already long and has been materialized in several initiatives.

More information about the programme here.

Católica Porto Business School has a new program in the health area - Advanced Program The Health Information Systems Governance. 

Information Systems are currently shown to be relevant factors for increasing the quality of health care delivery. Evidence-based medicine relies on clinical data whose collection is only possible with effective information and communication technologies.

On the other hand, the constant pressure to increase the efficiency of care organizations raises the importance of the Information System success factor for day-to-day operations as well as for the exploitation of competitive advantages and value creation.

On January 12, a conference on "The Governance of Information Systems in the Health Sector" was held at the Católica Porto Business School. The event was attended by: Almiro de Oliveira, Professor at Católica Porto and ISEG Lisboa, President of ceGSI (European Club for Governance of Information Systems) - Portugal and ISGec European Vice President; Luis Matos, Administrator at Prelada Hospital - Porto; Laranja Pontes, President of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Porto; António Tavares, Councillor of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Porto; and Manuel Pizarro, City Councilor of Porto and Former Secretary of Health State Assistant. 

Click here to see the pictures of the event. 

More Information about Advanced Programme The Health Information Systems Governance. 

The Atlantic adventure of this group with unique characteristics has already begun. 

We hope this is a port of departure for successful careers.

Click here  to see the photos of the opening session.

Kastelo is the first Pediatric Continued Care and Palliative Care Unit in Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula, and fourth in Europe.

The Association NOMEIODONADA IPSS has as a future project to implement a Continued Care and Palliative Care Unit for children from zero to eighteen years. It is a pioneering project in Portugal, which will encompass all children with chronic pathology. Portuguese children with this type of need have not been included in the projects of the National Health Service, being ignored and forgotten being hospitalized for long periods in the Pediatric Services whose objective is not only for this type of patients. The family bonding and the child's own development are jeopardized, sometimes causing family disruption due to the social situation.

More information: http://www.nomeiodonada.pt/index.php/apoios

The appreciation of the scientific curriculum was done by Dr. Nuno Garoupa, professor at Texas A & M University and Hélder Ferreira Vasconcelos, professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto, and analysis of the report on the program, content and methods of theoretical teaching And practical course of the "Complements of Microeconomics" by Dr. Cesaltina Maria Pacheco Pires, professor at the University of Évora.

Dr. Fernando Manuel Ribeiro Branco, professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University, was the subject of the argument presented by the candidate and his critical assessment.

The jury also counted on Dr. Pedro Luís de Oliveira Martins Pita Barros, professor professor of the Faculty of Economics of the New University of Lisbon.

The tests were presided over by the Rector of the Portuguese Catholic University, Professor Isabel Capeloa Gil.

Christmas is a time for wishing and thanks giving.

Celebrating Christmas is giving space and time to those who are most important.

To celebrate Christmas is to return to the essential, the simple, the origin of who we are and what we can be.

May this Christmas Jesus be reborn in our lives, in our families, in our teams and in our organizations. May His coming into our lives bring us more tolerance, more discernment and always much joy and energy, to work in the development and formation of all who choose us and those who trusted us in the investigation of themes that companies and organizations, and the service to the community where we belong.

Vows of a saint and Merry Christmas to all students, teachers, collaborators, alumni, business and institutional partners, to all who belong and enhance the community of Católica Porto Business School. 

Sofia Salgado Pinto – Dean of Católica Porto Business School

On January 10, the 7th edition of the Atlantic MBA starts. For the first time after the reformulation of the program, this MBA starts in Porto. The second quarter will take place in Luanda and students will finish their course in Rio de Janeiro at the end of October.

It is recalled that the mission of the MBA Atlântico is to offer education and training in management to managers and executives who aspire to have an international career across the Portuguese-speaking world. 

On December 17, six companies were invited to evaluate the best presentations, selected in a universe of 49 teams, within the scope of Multidisciplinary Project II, subject of the Degree in Economics and Management. About 250 students attended the session. The companies that accepted this challenge were: Centro Tecnológico do Calçado, Bosch, JVC Kenwood, Share, SEW Eurodrive and People & Systems.

On December 19, under the discipline of Final Project, the students made the presentations in the modalities of Internship and Business Plan. During the session the students had the opportunity to be evaluated by 15 representatives of companies that could still know their paths and career goals. Affinity, Adclick, Armatis-LC, Banco BPI, City of Professions, Craft Dreams Productions, Connect4Global, Serralves Foundation, Millennium BCP, Parfois, Sonae and STCP were the companies that participated in this initiative.

Click here to see the pictures of the event. 

The conference "Industry 4.0 - Building the Digital Company" took place on 6 December last. After the welcome address by Sofia Salgado Pinto, Dean of the Católica Porto Business School, the conference opening was the responsibility of the Minister of Economy, Manuel Caldeira Cabral. During the initiative, António Brochado Correia, PwC's partner responsible for consumer, industrial products and services, presented the PwC study "Industry 4.0 - Building the digital company", which reveals that the implementation of Industry 4.0 initiatives can lead to significant benefits Efficiency, results and cost reduction. According to the study, over the next five years, companies expect to invest about $ 907 billion a year in Industry 4.0 and in Portugal, 86 percent of companies expect to achieve high levels of digitization.

The event was also marked by the intervention of the director of the SLab of the Católica Porto Business School, Rui Soucasaux Sousa, who explained how the industry can compete through services, since, increasingly, industrial companies use the offer of Services (product design, maintenance and equipment monitoring, etc.) as a means of differentiation and source of profitability. The director of SLab was also the moderator of the panel discussion that counted on the participation of João Resende (vice president of product development of WeDo), José Manuel Fernandes (chairman of the Frezite Board of Directors), Miguel Leichsenring Franco (Managing Director of Schmitt + Sohn Elevadores) and Rafael Campos Pereira (Executive Vice President of AIMMAP - Association of Metallurgical, Metal-Mechanical and Allied Industries of Portugal).

It should be noted that the Service Management Lab (SLab) is a competence center of the Catholic Business School Porto, which aims to produce and transfer knowledge with a view to increasing productivity, quality and innovation of industries and tasks related to services. SLab, in close collaboration with the business world, develops projects and research focused on real problems, developing its work in several areas of Service Management.

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Next Friday, December 23, former students who are currently residing outside the country will share their experiences, challenges and opportunities. Bringing together former students who are working abroad and in Portugal, we are sure that this meeting will be an important moment of interaction and sharing of experiences. The present speakers are couples, former students, who will talk about their international experiences and share the main challenges of emigrating with the family.

Alumni Abroad - Sharing Experiences event, hosted by the Católica Porto Business School is already a tradition. Every year it brings together many students around the world, who are returning to Portugal to celebrate Christmas and New Year with their families.

It is important to note that the Católica Porto Business Alumni has already more than 2000 associates, spread over more than 30 countries.

Learn more here.

On 14th December, current and former Marketing students met at Católica Porto Business School for the annual meeting attended by Marta Cunha, Leader Area of Customer Management of Sonae and Gonçalo Carvalho, Marketing Director of Sika Portugal. At the end of the presentations there was still room for a dynamic, where each group discussed and presented its proposal for the challenge launched by each of the speakers.

Click here to see the pictures of the event. 

Católica Porto Business School organized the 1st Meeting of Former Entrepreneurial Students on December 15, where they shared their experiences and reflected on the challenges of developing their own businesses

The initiative also aimed to analyze the role that the School and other contexts can play in promoting and facilitating entrepreneurship projects.

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This first session, opened by the president of the Commercial Association of Porto, Nuno Botelho, had Richard Pelly (non-executive director of the Development Finance Institution and former Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund), Álvaro Nascimento (Professor at the Católica University with a research curriculum and close links to the financial sector and former Chairman of Caixa Geral de Depósitos), and Guilherme Costa (project coordinator and manager of companies), to discuss the major issues of growth and innovation in Portugal, particularly small ones And medium-sized enterprises. The director of Católica Porto Business School, Sofia Salgado Pinto, closed the event.

Banco Carregosa's In-Company program titled "Financial Investments: Profitability and Risk" ended on November 26. The 24-hour intensive program was attended by 25 Banco Carregosa employees from all over the country.

There is no equal companies and every business has its own specifics. Católica Porto Business School works with each company to design customized programs to their needs and objectives. Each program is a result of the articulation of experiences and knowledge between the Católica Porto Business School and the organization, resulting in a school-business partnership that allows the design of programs that enhance development and reinforce values and culture for companies and knowledge applied to the school. This is the basis of the recognition that Católica Porto Business School has had in offering In-Company programs.

Approach the finalists of the degrees in Economics and Management and the master's students to companies and organizations. This was the main goal of Career Day for Undergrads & Masters, an event promoted by Católica Business School Porto, last Wednesday, November 23, between 2:00 pm and 7:00 p.m. The event counted on about 200 students and 42 companies, assuming itself as a unique opportunity of networking and of recruitment for the institutions. Students had the opportunity to participate in workshops offered by various companies and in speed interviews. NOS, Sonae, EDP, BIAL, Amorim Group, NORS Group, Salvador Caetano Group, Parfois, Deloitte, Hilti, Millenium BCP and Randstad Professionals were just some of the companies that presented the various career opportunities available.

The initiative was organized by Strategic Leadership Hub, office of Católica Porto Business School responsible for the development of soft skills, articulation with the business environment and for the connection with the alumni network.

Click here to see the pictures of the event.

In addition to providing a pleasant moment of interaction among the alumni to reside in this geography, this meeting was also marked by the presence of the Portuguese Ambassador in London, Manuel Lobo Antunes, who was received with great pleasure by the participants and Sofia Salgado Pinto, Director of the Católica Porto Business School. Also associated with the meeting was the Chairman of the Anglo-Portuguese Society and member of the Cavalry and Guards Club, a traditional English club where the dinner was held.

The next alumni event promoted by Católica Porto Business School and Católica Business Alumni will take place in December, another edition of the Alumni Abroad: Sharing Experiences, a moment of meeting between former students around the world who return to Portugal for the Christmas time.
Click here to see the photos of the event. 

Juliana Oliveira left KPMG, where she was financial audit, to try to save his grandfather's company. Three years later, she leads Olimec, an unusual start-up in engineering, specializing in the repair and maintenance of the sector equipment’s waste.

With a degree in Economics from Católica Porto Business School, she began to recover Maiambiente, and in the second year she was already working with several municipalities and with almost all the waste companies such as Ferrovial, SUMA, Recolte, EGEO, Lipor or EGF.

Along with her partner, Luis Tavares, who met at KPMG, she began to devise a plan to expand the business. Invested their own more than 90 thousand euros at needed products to boot the root operation. Nowadays Olimec employs ten people in the industrial zone and it will be able to bill half a million euros at the end of the year and is the first international project awaiting approval in Costa Ivory.

Read Juliana interview to Jornal de Negócios here.

In Católica Porto Business School, we start this school year with pride and responsibility of being a college with the EQUIS, we are the only school with this accreditation outside Lisbon, and the international accreditation third at national level.

It is a great satisfaction to see that the work carried out over several years - focused on the sustained development of the college, anchored in strong business interrelations and development of skills of students - is internationally recognized.

We will continue this school year, the work done in recent years to promote the comprehensive development of professional economics and management in their preparation to work in multinational teams, encouraging and promoting exposure to multicultural contexts, while working and acquire technical knowledge.

In 2016/17, we will have more international students in our undergraduate and graduate programs, increase the supply of English courses’ and added to our portfolio another double degree with the University of Aston in the UK. 

In executive education and MBA programs at Católica Porto Business School, more than offer courses, we offer paths. Our School presents a review of the MBA Atlântico and adds the week from China to its MBA Internacional program, allowing the contents and the students experience contribute to their professional growth. The two MBA programs were in 2016, double accredited by AMBA.

Católica Porto Business School offers more value to training of senior management, current and future managers of any business or civic organization, approaching the territories, its people and their daily lives.
In 2016/17, Católica Porto Business School will also continue with the PhD program in Economics in partnership with the Católica University of Mozambique and the provision of executive training programs in this country and Angola.

In research, the progress is visible in the number of publications in scientific journals that have increased in quantity and above all quality. The number of active researchers recorded an appreciable growth. We will continue to invest in applied research, developed in collaboration with companies and institutions, through the Labs. 

At the beginning of the school year, we appreciate the trust of all those who have chosen us for their professional development. We continued to watch the growth of demand for our long-term programs this year at 13.5%. The number of candidates is already more than twice the number of places available. The average access to undergraduate returned to growth, having been in the first round of applications, 15.6 values.

We renew our dedication and commitment to the development of our students, the service we provide to businesses and partner and client organizations, monitoring we do to our alumni in service to the communities where we are, and in strengthening the brand values "Católica". We want our future graduates are in the profession and in life: creatively, verticality, ethics and humanity.

It's good to count with you on Católica Porto Business School community!

A good school year for everyone!

The article, co-authored by Miguel Pina e Cunha, Stewart Clegg and Jorge FS Gomes, approach the sensemaking issue. Católica Porto Business School teacher received the international award by the European Journal Review - the journal of the prestigious European Academy of Management - with the prize for Best Paper 2015.

The award ceremony was held at the annual conference of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), held in Paris in June.

The event will count on the presence of Miguel Leichsenring Franco, managing director of Schmitt + Sohn Elevators in Portugal.

At the end of the lesson will be offered a Porto d’Honra in the main lobby of the Central Building.

Later, students will be distributed by Masters and sent to rooms where you will start the classes of each of the Master's Program.  

Last Thursday, September 15, the new first-year students were welcomed by the Dean of the Católica Porto Business School, Sofia Salgado Pinto and the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Degrees, Raquel Campos Franco, with a barbecue reception, organized by the school.

The meeting was marked by the table football tournament held during the Barbecue and the performance of the Tuna da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. 

After the evaluation period, the reporting of the results will be made until September 21.

Católica Porto Business School offers programs that make up experts in a diverse range of areas.

With clear vocational goal form highly qualified professionals who accumulate a strong technical preparation with a number of key cross-cutting and behavioral skills for a successful career.

Learn more about the Masters of the Catholic Porto Business School:

• Auditing and Taxation
• Business Economics
• Social Economics
• Finance
• Management
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing 

The Double Degree in Law and Management allows for two degrees in 5 years degree in different but complementary areas: a Degree in Law and a Degree in Management.

It is a program that results from the partnership between two reference schools of the Católica Porto: School of Law and Católica Porto Business School.

Applications for Undergraduate in Economics and Management increased by 12% of applicants compared with the previous year. The first student’s average was placed in 19.16 values.

The work of Católica Porto Business School continues to bear fruit. The investment in innovative education, with strong links to the business world is recognized by students and their families.

MBA Internacional is a program that comes from Católica Porto Business School partnership with the Business Association of Portugal (AEP) and the ESADE Business School. During about 17 months and a total of 725 hours of training and outdoor, students rely on company visits and study weeks in Spain and China. 

The program, truly international, is designed for executives with a high quality faculty and recognized connection to the business world.

Learn more about the International MBA here.

Bernardo da Costa Group, a specialist in electrical installations, has, over the years, grown and diversified its range of activities, distributing equipment in different areas: intrusion, fire, among others.

Ricardo’s grandfather founded the company and two generations after the BC Safety is part of a business group successfully on several continents. In 1957, Bernardo da Costa has laid the foundations of a company that, much later, would be recognized by technological advancement. The group takes its name from the founder and it is no longer dedicated only to electrical facilities to support construction. Currently there are already eight companies with the BC brand, dedicated to research and development, training, health and safety. 

The Bernardo Costa Group achieved annual goals which is proposed again and therefore the team is rewarded for all their effort and merit. For three consecutive years the human resources of BC travel to celebrate this award: Punta Cana in 2014, Cuba in 2015 and Mexico in 2016. 

Meet the calendar with the various activities that are part of the welcome program to new students. 

Católica Porto Business School will welcome the new students who have just entered in the degree, preparing an exciting program which aims primarily to facilitate their insertion in this new stage of their lives, favoring a relaxed and convivial atmosphere.

For more information click here.  

Católica Porto Business School, in partnership with Sonae, supported the development of Sonae Summer Experiences program – Lança-te no Futuro aimed at high school students and children of Sonae employees. The program aims to provide moments of career exploration and promote the development of management and leadership skills.

Over a week, 26 young people had the opportunity to engage in various outreach activities to the real work environment, get to know different areas of Sonae business, attend master of management and leadership classes, build a team project, conduct a vocational brainstorming guided by Católica Porto Business School’s psychologists and meet university academic context. Students also talked with professionals from different activities areas of Sonae universe, visited the facilities of different business areas of the group and spent an afternoon with a professional from an area of interest.

In a week full of experiences that promote personal and professional development, young people also witnessed recreational activities such as sports in Solinca gyms, testing and performance with Tuna from Católica Porto University and a guided visit to the Porto city.

GoodAfter is a Portuguese online supermarket created to combat food waste, born with three main ideas: the household savings, combating food waste and education about the product’s expiration date.

Chantal de Gispert is a MBA Internacional former student from Católica Porto Business School and the project co-founder, which has achieved on its first month of activity a mail order of more than 3.5 tonnes of food and non-food that were near the end of the expiration date.

Most of the products are sold on the site and they are close to the expiration date, which allows to sell the products legally and at with lower prices than the market, with the application of discounts up to 70%. The supermarket, which distributes to Portugal and Spain, could prevent that lot of food was sent to the garbage.

By the end of 2016, GoodAfter supermarkets intend to expand the number and diversity of products available for consumption, and reach a total of 500 products alternatives. Still without date set or location, it is also in view the possibility of opening a physical space.

Learn more here.

Susana Torres was a 2nd edition student of the Executive Leadership Challenges Course and she is the mental coach of the moment. The former student of the Católica Porto Business School is responsible for the behavioral training of Eder, player at Portuguese football team.

Susana works side by side with several football players and she has even worked with two teams at the first division of the Portuguese league. The mission of Eder’s coach is to transform the players’ lives and help them to achieve the set targets, changing behaviors and focusing on emotions. Eder has not forgotten the work with his mental coach and thanked her after the game against France, where the Portuguese national team become European football champions.

Read about Susana Torres interview to Express here.

The fund will help to expand the social support system that the Católica University in Porto in the last school year, benefited more than 300 students between public and own support of the University.

Porto Regional Centre of Católica University welcomes this important help that JB Fernandes Memorial Trust assign to their students and stresses the importance of the initiative to allow the conclusion of master studies to students who otherwise would face extreme financial difficulties to finish them.

More information here.

In the academic year 2015/2016 Católica Porto Business School participated in the volunteer programs of Junior Achievement Portugal with a total of 14 implementations in the program "The Family", "Europe and I", "It's My Business" and "Economy for success” in Albergaria-a-Velha, Espinho, Maia, Matosinhos, Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia and Viseu.

Junior Achievement believes that sharing knowledge and the contact between students, teachers and volunteers is the key of the transformation of next generations, supporting them in the acquisition and development of attitudes and skills to become accomplished professionals, responsible, confident, entrepreneurs and happy. In this regard Católica Porto Business School participation reinforces the commitment and dedication in projects involved in supporting the young students of Junior Achievement Portugal.

The participation of Católica Porto Business School in volunteer programs of Junior Achievement Portugal will continue in the next school year.

More information about Junior Junior Achievement Portugal here.

The diplomas’ presentation to the students of the Executive Education took place on June 7. This ceremony, which took place for the first time in the gardens of Paradise Building, was attended by a lot of students and family who followed the end of another cycle.

After a few words of Ana Corte-Real, Associate Dean for Executive Education, the executive coordinators and respective scientific officers proceeded to the diplomas’ presentation to all students. The afternoon ended with a sunset convivial.

Católica Porto Business School enhances the success wishes to all who now finished MBA and executive education programs at school.

Click here to see the pictures of the ceremony.

The closing ceremony of the 10th edition of MBA Internacional took place at Cruise Terminal at Porto de Leixões, last June 3rd.

After a welcome drink, the ceremony began with a few words of Sofia Salgado Pinto, Dean of Católica Porto Business School, and Alberto Castro, Director of the MBA Internacional. Thereafter it took place the intervention of António Mota, President of Mota-Engil, who was the keynote speaker of the ceremony.

After this diplomas’ presentation to all the finalists of this edition, the dinner and a later a convivial were illustrated with the sea as background, a common courtesy by the Terminal. This space, which opened in 2015, has won international awards and is already one of the landmarks of northern Portugal.

Click here to see the pictures of the ceremony.

Sofia Nogueira da Silva was named by the Health Minister for a term of six years as Board of Directors’ President of the Health Regulatory Authority (HRA).

The HRA is an independent public entity, whose mission is to regulate the health activity care providers’ establishments of public, private and social sectors.

Sofia Nogueira da Silva, Professor at Católica Porto Business School since 2004, has a degree and a PhD in Economics with teaching activity, research and consultancy in the field of Economics and Health Policy.

The accreditation distinguishes the leading business schools at global level and aims to raise the standard of management education worldwide

Católica Porto Business School is now internationally accredited by EQUIS. It is the only business school in the north of Portugal and the third in the country to receive such recognition. The mission of this accreditation is to raise the standard of management education worldwide and highlight the leading business schools at global level. Católica Porto Business School now joins the shortlist of 87 institutions in Europe and 163 throughout the world in a universe comprised of 14 000 institutions accredited by EQUIS.

This accreditation recognises the distinctive quality of all the programmes offered by Católica Porto Business School and indicates that the School complies with the strictest quality standards in all its activities including learning, research, internationalisation and interaction with the corporate world.

Católica Porto Business School is a member of EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), one of the leading networks of Business schools across the world. Linked to EFMD’s mission, the EQUIS accreditation is one of the most prestigious international school accreditation systems. 

SLab, represented by its Director Rui Soucasaux Sousa, participated in the 2nd Meeting of INSR, the International Network of Service Researchers. The meeting took place at the CTF research center of the University of Karlstad, Sweden at the end of April 2016. The meeting discussed themes with managerial impact for future research in Service Management. INSR aims to bring researchers from different centers of service research together in an international network to strengthen and promote the development of service research. The network was founded in 2014 and consists of 40 international service researchers from 20 different universities from all over the world. SLab, a founding member of INSR, will work with this network to foster the study of Service Management at the global level. 

Read more at: https://www.kau.se/en/ctf/news/2016-05-04/one-moment-anders-gustafsson

Tânia Tomé is an economist, graduated by Católica Porto Business School. Entrepreneur, activist, mentor and writer she was named Young African Leader in 2016 by President Barack Obama and Mandela Washington Fellowship. She has led Mozambique and Portuguese language to the world. Recently, in August 2015, she was in Kenya named as entrepreneurial leader by the US government, in a world meeting called the "Global Entrepreneurship Summit".

With a Postgraduate in Auditing and Management Control by Católica Porto Business School, Tânia Tomé has worked for over 12 years in investment projects and in Mozambican banking.

Over the past six years she has assumed leadership roles as Business Director of Ecokaya, Chief Credit and Risk Mitigation of Gapi and Business and Investment Chief of Gapi.

She has also developed a women development program through a training dedicated to female and young entrepreneurs with management and communication tools. As President of Development Association she has received several international awards.

The award symbolizes the theme relevance for the conference, public and investors and enhances the impact of its practical application for investment professionals and Católica Porto Business School researches.  The quality of innovative research content, the results and feedback from the participants were key factors that contributed to awarding the prize.

Inquire Europe is a cooperative, non-profit professional organization which was formed to bring together investment professionals interested in understanding and developing quantitative solutions to financial and investment problems.

The prize, worth 4000 euros, will be officially delivered in Spring Seminar 2017 from 19 to 21 March 2017 in UK, in which Goncalo Faria was invited by the organization for getting his latest prize.

Here are more information about the awards and vote. 

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Knowing that the choice of path in higher education and career is a crucial moment in a pre-university life, the school will organize the Católica Porto Business School Reports: Parents and Children on the June 2nd at the Auditorium Carvalho Guerra (Campus Foz). Briefly we are going to disclose more information about the session and the registration process. Book now this date in your schedule.

The event was attended by the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, José Maria Pereira Neves, who tooks the opportunity to present his latest book "Cabo Verde: Gestão das Impossibilidades." Representing the Portuguese Católica University, the Vice Rector Mário Almeida opened the ceremony, followed by Aguinaldo Jaime’s speech, former Minister of Finance of Angola.

Justino Pinto de Andrade, Director of the School of Economics and Management at the Católica University of Angola and Paulo Cesar Motta, Director of IAG's Pontifical at Católica University of Rio de Janeiro also attended the event. Representing the MBA Atlântico Management, Ana Corte-Real said a few words to the students before the diplomas’ presentation.

The 18 students distributed among the three nationalities (Angolan, Brazilian and Portuguese) received their diplomas in the Sala do Tribunal, followed by dinner in the Salão Árabe at Palácio da Bolsa.

Congratulations to all students by dared to dream and to venture on the Lusophone route. MBA Atlântico was the starting point for what we want to be full of successes careers.

Click here to see the pictures of the ceremony.

In the XXI century, digital revolution is affecting the way that companies do their business. During the conference, we tried to understand, by sharing several case studies, how digital world is revolutionizing companies and their business models.

Ricardo Florêncio, Multipublicações CEO and Ana Côrte-Real Associate Dean at Católica Porto Business School, were the speakers responsible for the start of the initiative. The conference also counted with these presentations:

• João Couto, Chief Executive of Microsoft
• Cláudia Silveira, Director of Academia CUF
• Daniel Teixeira, External Reference Coordinator at Grupo José de Mello Saúde
• João Ricardo Moreira, Manager at NOS
• Pedro Santos, Head of E-commerce & Mobility - SONAE MC
• Pedro Lopes, Managing Director at Accenture Digital
  

The round table on "Business Models in the Digital Age” was attended by Álvaro Nascimento, Professor at Católica Porto Business School, Cristina Campos, General Director of NOVARTIS and Francisco Simon, Director of Strategy and Development at CTT. The wrap-up of the initiative was done by Rogério Canhoto, Guest Professor at Católica Porto Business School.

Click here to see the event pictures. 

Degree in Economics

Degree in Management

Double Degree in Law and Management

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Católica Porto Business School offers programs that form diverse range specialist’s areas. With clearly vocational goal we form highly qualified professionals who accumulate a strong technical preparation with behavioral and transversal skills for a successful career.

In Macau, after two busy mornings with seminars about Chinese reality, taught by professors from the Saint Joseph University, the group visited the surroundings of the former Portuguese colony a large business park in Zhongshan City, headquarter to several companies that export in a large scale for the entire world.  The trip to Macau also includes visits to places such as Bank of China, the Venetian, one of the largest casinos in the world, and the IPIM - Trade and Investment Promotion Institute.

In Hong Kong, the group had the opportunity to visit several local entities, such as how the MTR - one of the biggest railway companies in the world, the HK Trade Development Center, business development center, and Hong Kong Stock Exchange. 

Back in Portugal, the 11th edition of the International MBA brings from China an expanded vision of international business and new opportunities to explore.

Click here to see more information about the Week in China.

In this seminar, entitled "After all, does marketing reach the urban poor?” the Professor at the PUC-Rio raised the issue using the extensive experience that builds up in Brazil, where a considerable part of the population lives on low incomes. After a Brazilian case profile, this reality has been contextualized in the European situation through a question: "What is the European country where the minimum wage is higher than the salary of 85% of people around the world?”. The answer then was given: "Portugal".

This example shaped the rest of the seminar, which drew attention to the lack of practical knowledge of everyday real needs of the disadvantaged, camouflaged by the distance between social classes and strata of society, makes this an untapped market. Through various real examples, Paulo Cesar Motta pointed that many of the examples seen in Brazil can be observed, and taken advantage of, in European cities.

The event ended with a session of questions and answers and discussion among those present.

Paulo Cesar Motta is the current director of the IAG - Escola de Negócios da Pontifícia Universidade Católica at Rio de Janeiro and he was in Portugal at the MBA Atlântico closing ceremony, joint program between the PUC-Rio, Católica Porto Business School and Universidade Católica de Luanda.

The Mentoring Program, an initiative promoted by Strategic Leadership Hub, is an official partner of Google and it gives postgraduate students a systematic contact with professionals in the areas of Economics and Management - working in Portugal or anywhere in the world.

So far, 189 mentees and 98 mentors, including 28 international have participated in the program having held the Opening Session of the 4th Edition on 29 February.

After the opening session, it has been organized a Mentors and Mentees Get Together Session, annual meeting of the whole Mentoring community. In an informal and close environment, the meeting began with a Keynote Speaker, António Saraiva - Director of the Department of Human Capital PwC, who shared with the participants reflections on the Mentoring and development potential. 

There were present professional organizations as Ascendi, European Investment Bank, Global CDK, EDP, Go Share, Lassarat Group, La Martina, Mota-Engil, IN, Schmitt-lifts, Sonae, VLM, Wipro Consulting Services, some of which are linked to this network by Google Hangouts.

Click here to see the pictures of Mentors & Mentees Get Together Session. 

On March 17, Católica Porto Business School held the 2016 edition of the Career Day event for Executives, aimed at executive education’s current and former students.  This initiative edition adopted a new dynamic format that provided the 70 participants three moments of issues exploration related to career, through speed meetings with 12 companies and guest speakers: CIRES, Colep, CDK Global Hilti Portugal, Trofa Group Health, group José de Mello Saúde, Intercontinental Hotels group, Mota-Engil, Sonae MC, Triple a - Capital & Finance, Violas SGPS and WeDo Technologies.

The event continued with the keynote speaker Eduardo Rocha, Founding Partner & CEO at Vallis Capital Partners, followed by networking coffee with companies and participants.

Click here to see the event pictures. 

João Pinto and Paulo Alves are the two researchers of the Católica Porto Business School who are carrying out this project.

The research has two main objectives. On the one hand, to analyse the evolution of project finance global operations, with particular emphasis on the comparison of two geographies: US vs. Western Europe. It also aims to study the factors that determine the pricing of loans by banks under this structured financing typology. On the other hand, it aims to investigate the motivations underlying companies from Western Europe to opt for a financing through project finance to the detriment of any other syndicated loan type.

On 17 February, the Católica Porto Business School streamlined another edition of Connecting with Business, an event aimed to students and former students of the MBA's International and Atlantic programmes. This year, the initiative integrated three moments - speed interviews, networking coffee and the seminar "Recruitment, doubts and questions of the candidates" - and included the representation of five human resources consultants - Global Headhunters, Hays, Michael Page, People and Systems and Wyser.

You can check the event photo album here

The most innovative aspect of this work was a "blind test" made to 85 professional footwear buyers in one of the largest and most prestigious international trade fairs, MICAM. It was concluded that, not knowing the origin of the footwear, buyers value most the Portuguese shoes than the Italian ones. But when the origin is revealed, the Italian footwear continues to be rated 15% above the national footwear. Still, this differential is considerably lower, approximately half of that recorded nearly a decade ago. This development shows that the promotion strategy adopted by the Portuguese footwear has had a positive impact on its image.

Click here to watch the TV report on this study.

The class, consisting of 16 students of the IAG at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, was at Católica Porto Business School for three intensive weeks that are part of the Double Graduation Programme, which assigns a double diploma from both schools.

The course began on January 4 with an opening seminar by Miguel Pereira Leite, President of the Municipal Assembly of Porto.

Besides the teaching component, the programme also included a visit to Schmitt-Sohn’s headquarters, a joint “on-foot hunt” with the classes of the MBA Atlântico and the MBA International, and a foreclosure with a sailing outdoor event and diplomas delivery.

The event, held in partnership with Dynargie, seeks to create the ideal conditions to establish networking among the three classes, as well as to get international students to know the city of Porto through various challenges that occur in the downtown. Due to the downpour felt that day, the activity was redesigned to take place in the Católica Porto Business School facilities and, even without the outdoor experience, it was considered a success. 

It enabled the three classes to meet and exchange experiences in an activity of healthy competition. The experience also included a lunch and a friendly performance of the Folklore Group of Zebreiros, which made known to international students some of the typically Portuguese customs and traditions.

Click here to see the photo album. 

The 6th edition of the MBA Atlântico has 18 students, evenly distributed among the three nationalities (Angolan, Brazilian and Portuguese).

The 3rd and last trimester is due in Porto. This adventure in the Portuguese-speaking world started in Luanda where the 1st quarter took place. Later, students spent the 2nd quarter in Rio de Janeiro and will end their journey in Porto, at the end of March.

In 2016 the MBA Atlântico will be reformulated, capitalising with the experience and learning of its six prior editions, and counts on your participation in its 7th edition that will start in Porto in January 2017.

For more information about the MBA Atlântico, please click here.

Católica Porto Business School defines itself as an innovative school that strives for excellence in its teaching methods. It was this constant search for innovative approaches and high added value for our students and for companies seeking our solutions that made us establish a partnership with BBDouro in 2012.

Since then, the school has three branded boats which are used in various teambuilding activities under the different programmes, from MBAs to in-company programmes.
On 21 January, the baptism of boats with the new decor enhances our focus on this activity that brings so much notoriety to our brand.

To see the photo album of the baptism, please click here.

• Encourage and support a reflection on business ethics
• Promote a sharing of experiences between organizations;
• Create and share knowledge in the ethics field;
• Promote greater adaptation to market needs.
  

What led to the beginning of this Forum was the realization of the absence of a reflection space for business leaders that was not an information transmission space, but a moment of individual discovery, discovery promotion in others and where the issues that each of the members want could be discussed.

The reflection and experiences exchange will essentially be focused on the Forum member companies practice, always using innovative methodologies to promote debate. To create and share knowledge it is expected not only to put forth case studies but also the creation of a specific channel for dissemination of the acquired knowledge. To promote greater adaptation to market needs there will also be created an Advisory Council for the courses offered by the Católica Porto Business School.

Three annual sessions are expected but, depending on the members desire, there may be organized other initiatives, exclusive or open to other audiences.

Católica Porto Business School Ethics Forum consists now of 14 people from 10 different companies, a number that can still grow, while maintaining a safe and reliable environment, enabling an effective sharing.

Members of the Católica Porto Business School Ethics Forum

Coordinated by Helena Gonçalves and with the support of Ana Roque, the Ethics Forum includes the following elements:

This year the more than 60 participants involved came from 14 different countries. Our Alumni network keeps growing! We have already over 2000 members, placed across about 30 countries.

See the photos here.

We hope to maintain your trust during this approaching new year, wishing for it to be full of knowledge and new skills. 

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The Career Day for Undergrads & Masters is an event exclusively for finalists of the degrees in economics and management and students of the master´s program organized by the Strategic Leadership Hub. Its main goal is to bring the audience closer to the business environment, presenting an opportunity for networking and recruitment to the attending companies.

The event took place on November 25 and included two moments - workshops and speed interviews. This edition was attended by 30 companies, with 47 interviewers who conducted 568 interviews.

See the photos here

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Following the launch of the new brand, the Católica Porto Business School organised a seminar on "Quality Management ", a frequently discussed subject in our school.

The event featured the participation of José Fernando Pinto dos Santos, invited professor at Católica Porto Business School and professor at INSEAD and Rui Moreira, Mayor of Porto.

The seminar for which the corporate and institutional school partners were invited, as well as the members of our advisory board was attended by around 100 people.

See the photos here.

This weekend, organized by AEFEG, is inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit that Professor Carvalho Guerra had during his life. The ultimate goal is to approach students to the companies that are able to challenge them in their own reality.  

There were 30 students attending, who could contact directly with representative workers from PwC, Sogrape, Corticeira Amorim, Cães de Pedra and U. DREAM.

The participants João Pedro dos Santos, Miguel Vilaça, Tomás Dionísio and Pedro Lino are to be congratulated for having the most complete and innovative idea and thereby winning the first place.

The Católica Porto Business School and the Católica Porto Business Alumni have developed a set of initiatives aimed at strengthening links with our former students, a very valuable asset to the School. Thereby, they organized an Alumni meeting, this time in London.

A restaurant in Covent Garden was the spot that welcomed 33 participants in this moment of fellowship, sharing of experiences and good memories.

Watch the photos here.

The same brand for all education levels.

The School of Economics and Management from Católica Porto and Católica Porto Business School are now together, under a single brand.

Therefore, all training in economics and management from undergraduate, master's and executive education at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto have the new brand - Católica Porto Business School. 

The official launch of this new, now stronger, brand took place on November 18.

Watch the video here.

The Católica Porto Business School joined the commitment of prompt payment to suppliers, becoming an active part of the social responsibility movement in promoting a culture of timely payment and competitiveness of the Portuguese economy.

During the academic year of 2014/15, the Junior Achievement Portugal implemented the following volunteering programs: 

No ano letivo de 2014/15, participaram em programas da Junior Achievement, 10 voluntários da Católica Porto Business School que fizeram 10 implementações, correspondendo a um total de 95 horas de voluntariado empresarial. 

For more information about JA Portugal, visit the website.

Contribuir para melhorar a qualidade da gestão nestas empresas, especialmente as situadas no Norte e Centro do País, tem sido a prioridade da Católica Porto Business School.

O MBA Internacional define-se, desde sempre, como tendo as empresas do Norte e Centro como destinatários prioritários, o que só quer dizer que são essas as regiões que trabalha com particular cuidado, em função da organização que tem e da localização geográfica da Escola. Ainda assim, todos os anos tem tido alunos de outras regiões. A Católica Porto Business School tem uma certa realidade empresarial em mente: as PME expostas à concorrência internacional. Procura refletir no MBA Internacional os problemas e desafios que sabe serem os seus, mas não fica por aí: o aumento da procura proveniente das grandes empresas revela que o MBA é suficientemente multifacetado para responder às suas necessidades, entre as quais também estará a necessidade de perceberem melhor a realidade das PME e, aspeto crucial num programa desta natureza, aproveitarem o MBA para estenderem a sua rede a gestores de PME.

Essa orientação prioritária, mas não exclusiva, é uma consequência natural da parceria que, quase desde o seu início, a Católica Porto Business School tem com a Associação Empresarial de Portugal, ela própria muito centrada nos problemas das empresas da região, com um foco nas PME, mas não excluindo, antes pelo contrário, as grandes empresas da região ou do resto do país. A maior preocupação da Escola, porém, é com a qualidade da formação que disponibiliza a essas empresas: uma formação de nível internacional que prepare os respetivos gestores para atuarem nos mercados globais.

A Católica Porto Business School trabalha com uma multiplicidade de empresas, desde os setores ditos tradicionais, até às multinacionais portuguesas ou estrangeiras, sobretudo as localizadas na região de atuação da Escola. O MBA é, por definição, muito voltado para os desafios específicos que a gestão empresarial coloca e que, não poucas vezes, refletem casos concretos que os alunos vivem ou viveram. Noutros casos, é a própria Escola que os escolhe aproveitando a extensa rede de colaborações que tem vindo a estabelecer ao longo dos anos de que o caso do calçado é o mais emblemático. Mas essa orientação para a prática não faz perder de vista a célebre afirmação de que, muitas vezes, não há nada mais prático do que uma boa teoria, ou seja, existe a preocupação de não ir atrás do efémero, da moda, do circunstancial.

Vários estudos têm vindo a evidenciar que uma das causas da baixa produtividade de muitas das empresas portuguesas reside na baixa qualidade da gestão. Os alunos do MBA Internacional ao saírem apetrechados com conhecimentos técnicos na fronteira do saber e, sobretudo, com aquela capacidade de ler a organização, de a comparar com casos de estudo nacionais e internacionais (de sucesso mas também de insucesso), virão, certamente, num futuro mais ou menos próximo, a fazer a diferença e a contribuir para a melhoria da competitividade das empresas e do nível de vida da região e do país.

Many portuguese business schools participated in the competition, submitting several cases. The jury, consisting of the direction of FAE, evaluated each of them and selected five cases. The “Zippy Case” from Susana Costa e Silva, professor at the Management and Economy Faculty, in collaboration with Cláudia Braga da Cunha, marketing master's student, was selected as one of the top 5 cases presented.

The case study was conducted with Sonae SR, specifically on Zippy, the company's unit dedicated to clothing, footwear and childcare articles for children from 0 to 14 years. The elements of the brand's strategy of internationalisation were studied, considering not only the selection of markets and entry modes, but also the need for adaptation and standardisation of different variables that define the marketing mix of the emblem. One of the strategies to which a greater attention was given was the entrance in Muslim markets, where the tag had to be slightly modified, as well as their collections.

Generally speaking, the goal is to withdraw knowledge which show the setting of targets by the mark, always bearing in mind the need to take into account the experience and the talent of a management team, whilst intangible assets of capital importance in the process, as well as the ability to adapt to the constantly changing surroundings. The case study counts additionally with teaching notes for class room application. To the authors of each of these selected case studies will be given a reward prize of 3000 euro.

As predicted on the regulation, the next phase consists on the delivery of these case-studies to another Juri, formed by president and 4 other members of the general council of FAE (Dr. João Salgueiro, Dr. Eduardo Catroga, Engª. Esmeralda Dourado, Drª. Estela Barbot e Dr. Gilberto Jordan) for choosing the final winner. This score evaluation is ongoing at this moment.

Congrats to the case study authors!

This workshop had as main objective to share experiences related to the analysis of efficiency and productivity on different contexts.

This event takes place every 3 years, and it’s already on its fifth edition. This year, the thematic was about the university evaluation and its faculty members. To share experiences in the area, the workshop was attended by 3 foreigner speakers: Laurens Cherchye, from Leuven University in Belgium; Emmanuel Thanassoulis, from Aston University in United Kingdom; and Jill Jhones from  Huddersfield  University in United Kingdom.  The conference was attended too by a national speaker José Fernando Oliveira from Universidade do Porto (FEUP). 

During the evening, the most generalistic aspect of efficiency and productivity, on other contexts, for example, prisons, primary healthcare institutions, mining organizations, or organization on the energy sector were discussed.

The event counted with the presence of 33 participants, which of them, 40% were foreigners and from several nationalities (United Kigndom, Greece, Brasil, and Palestine). Noteworty was that Belgians counted for 24% of all the enrolled attendees. 

See here the photos of the event.

The 11th Iberian International Business Conference (IIBC), themed the “Iberian Diaspora and internationalization processes” had place on October 2015 (2nd and 3rd ).

Susana Costa e Silva was responsible by this 11th edition conference. She is a faculty member from School of Economics and Management and is the Portuguese representative on European International Business Academy (EIBA),  the european organization for international business studies from which started the development of the Iberian branch in October 2005.

These conferences (IIBCs) are held in alternate years, one year in Portugal, the other in Spain. Then, at 2015 the conference took place at Católica Porto Business School from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

Diaspora is a concept normally associated to a vast group of people that leave their origin country to live in another country. In this sense, the concept is often associated to adversities and difficulties on the origin country. However, recently there has been a more positive approach to the phenomenon with the identification of a set of economic advantages resultant from it:  contributions to foreign direct investment, contributions to entrepreneurial financing in the country of origin, creation of knowledge networks and networks of contacts, technology transfer, facilitating channels for business intelligence on access to new markets, access to local resources, economic diplomacy, are just some examples of the potential gains associated with Diaspora and that may be an important source of competitive advantage for a country.

The conference was attended by 28 researchers from 18 institutions of higher education, located in 7 countries that gave 29 presentations.

See here the photos of the Conference.

The MBA International has seen an increase of 17% on the number of students from 2013/2014 to 2014/2015 edition. This number kept stable on the 11th edition which started in September of 2015.

Comparing to the previous edition, on the current edition that started in september of 2015, General Management Course had an increase of 16% on the number of its students. 

The number of students at the 15th edition of Mini MBA grown  70% comparing to the previous edition.

The market is recognizing the quality of these programs based on constant investment from Católica Porto Business School on the adequacy of its programs to reality and on the needs of the executives and organizations in Portugal.