http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12253/260 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:59:28 GMT 2026-04-09T01:59:28Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12253/635 Title: A influência da logística na competitividade das empresas: o caso das empresas grossistas de distribuição em Portugal" Authors: Marçal, José Abstract: Operando as empresas num mercado cada vez mais competitivo e global, os sistemas logísticos desempenham um papel estratégico na vida das mesmas. O valor criado pela logística radica assim numa dupla vertente: por um lado, a eficiência dos sistemas logísticos promove baixos custos (que se podem reflectir no preço); por outro, um desempenho logístico de acordo, ou que supere, as expectativas dos clientes pode ser um elemento diferenciador face à concorrência. O estudo realizou-se com base numa amostra de empresas grossistas do ramo alimentar que responderam a um questionário elaborado para o efeito, referente ao periodo de 1995 a 2005. Os dados a partir dos quais se procedeu à análise, utilizando técnicas estatísticas com recurso ao SPSS, permitiram, no essencial, comprovar a eficácia das práticas logísticas utilizadas e o impacto do seu desempenho nas empresas. Na sequência da análise das componentes principais construimos um modelo que permite explicar a influência da logística na competitividade das empresas inquiridas, designdamente em termos de prazos de entrega, nível de serviço, outsourcing, custos logísticos e novas tecnologias. Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12253/635 2006-07-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12253/436 Title: A Convergência do Mercado Bancário na União Europeia Authors: Piriquito Costa, José Manuel Abstract: The European Union (EU) has implemented prescribed uniform rules to be adopted by its state members, relatively to the banking activity, with bigger relevance since the beginning of the Nineties. One admits that those prescribed uniform rules have contributed for the convergence of the banking activity in EU state members. On the other hand, one admits that the economies’ globalization has also contributed for similar convergence. In the present work, an empirical research is made about the convergence of 12 state members and 4 not communitarian with developed financial systems, relatively to operational costs and income, financial structure, efficiency and profitability. Data relative to years 1993 to 2003 have been used. The methodology used consisted in the average comparison, through variance analyses and the usual β-convergence and σ-convergence in macroeconomics convergence studies between countries and between regions. Having found evidence of differences between the three segments of the sample communitarian banks (commercial banks, cooperative banks and savings banks), joint and separate analyses for segment have been made. Evidence of convergence in income and operational costs and in the financial structure was found (this last one more in the cooperative banks and savings banks). Was also found evidence that the commercial banks in the EU have initiated the convergence movement before the other segments of the EU and also before the not communitarian commercial banks. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12253/436 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z