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ISSUE #09, September 2024

Research E-News

We want to change the world and we will do it with the right people.


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Highlight

Nova SBE won six FCT Exploratory projects

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Nova SBE won six of the 14 Economics/Business panel from the FCT Call for Exploratory Projects in all Scientific Domains 2023, corresponding to the financing of € 298,830.56.  

Nova SBE projects:

PI: Paulo Rodrigues (1st place in the Economy/Management Panel)

Title: Modelling and Forecasting Risk and Uncertainty

Funding: € 49 532,50

PI: Alex Armand

Title: Family planning on mass media: from health consequences to female empowerment

Funding: € 49 925,00

PI: Victoire Girard

Title: Artisanal Gold Mining and Sustainable Development 

Funding: € 49 966,78

PI: Tim Eisert

Title: The role of Mergers and Acquisitions in the resolution of zombie firms 

Funding: € 49 487,98

PI: Rui Silva

Title: Income Risk Inequality 

Funding: € 50 000,00

PI: Graham Miller

Title: Reconceptualising Regenerative Tourism and its Potential for Portugal

Funding: € 49 918,30

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Nova SBE welcomes new faculty...

Nova SBE has already held its new faculty orientation day, and this year we are delighted to welcome:

Finance: Marta Cota, Julio Crego, Tatyana Marchuk and  Steffano Sacchetto

Management: Bianca Crivellini, Daniel Obermeier, Jan Corstjens, Yannick Wiessner, Samantha Ortiz and Adam Tatarynowicz
Economics: João Brogueira de Sousa

…and a new PhD cohort

We are also thrilled to welcome our new PhD students to Nova SBE!

PhD in Management - Alex Chyzh and Yulia Smal

PhD in Economics and Finance - Arianna Cima, Daniel Mugeiro da Silva, Diogo Almeida, Diogo Sá, Giorgio Musto, Nick Wilson, Rita Neves and Vitor Cavalcante

Your journey of discovery and innovation begins here, and we are here to support you every step of the way.

Spotlight

Kalvapalle, S. G., Phillips, N., & Cornelissen, J. (2024). Entrepreneurial pitching: A critical review and integrative framework. Academy of Management Annals, 18(2), 550-599.

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Publications

  • Lages, L. F., Silva, G. M., Canhoto, A. I., Martinez, L. F., & Jahanmir, S. (2024). Balancing people, planet and profit: Export strategies for sustainable value creation. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 15(4), 961-986.

  • Pereira, B. Á., Aman-Rana, S., & Delfino, A. (2024). Team size and diversity. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 224, 924-948.

  • Cunha, M. P. E., Leite, A. N., Rego, A., & Hernández-Linares, R. (2024). Visibilizing and managing paradox: Redefining the role of non-executive directors. Corporate Governance (Bingley), 24(5), 1156-1170.

Achievements

100% Success for Our Students in FCT PhD Fellowships Applications!

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of writing about the success of our PhD students in their applications for FCT PhD Fellowships. Historically, these fellowships were our primary source of funding for new and current students, making them essential to the growth of our research community. Recognizing the complexity and demands of the application process—especially for those just beginning their PhD journeys—we’ve devoted significant time and effort to guiding our candidates through this challenging path.

Since 2022, however, our school has started offering fellowships to students, and in 2024, we introduced full, four-year fellowships. This development has given us the flexibility to support more students, but securing additional FCT Fellowships remains critical. With FCT funding, we can allocate our school’s resources to further enrich our students’ academic experiences and research endeavors.

Nova SBE has consistently outperformed the national average in the Economics and Management Panel since 2019, with a minimum acceptance rate of 50%. This year, we achieved a significant milestone: a 100% success rate for all students who applied. Furthermore, in a year when the Economics and Management Panel awarded the fewest fellowships since 2019—only 37 in total—11 of those were secured by Nova SBE students.

Such remarkable success is the result of the combined efforts of our Program Directors, supervisors, Program Managers, and volunteers, all of whom go above and beyond to support students during the application process. This, along with our consistently high scores in the Research Unit, ensures that our school remains a leader in research excellence.

Our PhD programs are now more integral to our research community than ever before. Attracting top-tier candidates and nurturing their growth into successful professionals is a long-term commitment, and it will be exciting to see the full impact of our dedication in the coming years.

To our PhD students, we are incredibly proud of your achievements and look forward to witnessing the impact of your research on the world.

Sofia Vala

Executive Director for Faculty and Research

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Luis Martinez was a guest editor in two Special Issues

Luis Martinez was a guest editor in two Special Issues:

1. Electronic Commerce Research (Springer)

Special Issue: Online grocery shopping

Guest Editors: Luis F. Martinez (Nova SBE), Philipp Brüggemann (U. Hagen), and Koen Pauwels (Northeastern U.).

2. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (Emerald)

Special Issue: Sustainability, innovation, value creation, and decision making

Guest Editors: Luis F. Martinez (Nova SBE) and Ana Isabel Canhoto (U. Sussex).

“Finanças para Todos” workshop at Noite Europeia dos Investigadores

Don’t miss the Nova SBE “Finanças para Todos” workshop at the Noite Europeia dos Investigadores (European Researchers’ Night) on the 27th of September, at Marina de Oeiras. In this workshop about financial literacy children, between 10 and 14 years old, will learn to save, define priorities, differentiate needs from wants, be patient and earn money with effort. At this event, there will also be time for a brief introduction to the Finance for All Project and the research study being developed within the scope of this program. The event’s program is still being worked on, so stay tuned in since the workshop requires prior registration.

Researchers on Media

Miguel Pina e Cunha

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Miguel Pina e Cunha's publication - Dogs at the Workplace: A Multiple Case Study – was quoted in The Economist in an article on how companies are seeking a middle ground between those who love pets at the office and those who don’t.

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Ana Balcão Reis

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SIC interviewed Ana Balcão Reis about students' difficulties finding a room to live and how, in some cases, when they find it, it “seems like exploitation".

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Pedro Martins

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Pedro Martins was interviewed by Visão on the study made by CEMS, a global alliance for management education of which Nova SBE is a partner, about how young people entering the job market are attracted to companies that value flexible working hours and invest in the continuous development of employees.  ECO also interviewed him about the number of workers on lay-off having tripled. To Expresso he spoke about the fact workers with two jobs increased 40% in a decade.  

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Jenny Hoobler

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Jenny Hoobler gave an interview to ECO about her study that shows that both men and women can achieve similar levels of success in senior positions, but it is not enough for them to be competent. They have to be empathetic and show their “community side” to reach the highest levels of performance.

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Susana Peralta

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Expresso interviewed Susana Peralta on why the bola de Berlin (Portuguese cake) price increases when it is sold at the beach.

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Portugal Balanço Social 2023

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The Portugal Balanço Social 2023 report was mentioned by Público stressing that the poor are those who least trust democracy and its institutions.

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Pedro Oliveira

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Pedro Oliveira gave an interview to ECO on the Nova SBE plans to award more than 400 scholarships to its students in the academic year that just started, Jornal Económico and SIC also interviewed him about the opening of the academic year.

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Pedro Brinca

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Pedro Brinca commented on the dynamics of real wages in Portugal, for RTP1. To P24 (Público podcast) he spoke about the events that led to large losses in the main stock markets across the world. He also gave an interview to Jornal Económico on the stock market's fall. He was also mentioned in the 35th-anniversary edition of Exame magazine.

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Patient Innovation

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HealthEConnect, a project launched by Patient Innovation in collaboration with Nova SBE, Nova Medical School, Copenhagen Business School, Startup Europe Regions Network and BioInnovation Institute, in Denmark, which aims to take advantage of the good practices of the Danish ecosystem to boost the development of the Portuguese ecosystem, with the training of new professionals, was published by Next Big Idea (SIC Notícias)

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Researchers Corner

The return of the sophist?

As researchers, what do we fundamentally do? At the core, we collectively pursue the truth and strive to use it for the good. But what do these concepts mean? What is truth? What is good? Here, we find two research questions. But have we done this research? Or is our research grounded in two concepts we’ve never taken the time to research?


“I don’t need to have formal answers to these questions to be a researcher”, one might think. But in fact, all of us do have answers to both these questions, even if we’re not explicitly aware of them. The predominant answers of our time are: “Truth pertains only to what is empirically verifiable and objectively measured. Meanwhile, Good (ethics) is subjective – i.e. relative to each person, as opposed to being universally objective and independent of the human mind and will.”. These are the assumptions of modern research – although, more recently, the subjectivity of the latter has begun to spill over into the former.


If we accept this ontology, it logically follows that any collective pursuit of an objective good —existing outside and independent of the person —becomes futile, since good is ultimately subjective. And if objective goodness does not exist, research is no longer a collective pilgrimage toward the achievement of the good, but rather a contest of ideas, each fighting for acceptance within the realm of subjectivity.


Let us question these assumptions, lest the pursuit of truth and good turn into a self-indulgent battle of sophists.


João Queirós de Sousa

PhD student in Management

Opinion Articles

Events

  • Haddad Entrepreneurship Institute Annual Academic Conference

    The Nova SBE Haddad Entrepreneurship Institute invites you to its Annual Academic Conference, next Friday 13th, a gathering of international scholars and thought leaders in entrepreneurship and innovation. This symposium promises to be a dynamic event where the latest research will be presented, sparking thought-provoking discussions. To participate please Fill in this form.

  • Nova SBE Public Policy Institute Launch

    Nova SBE invites you to the launch of the Nova SBE Public Policy Institute. It will take place on September 20, from 02.30 pm to 06.30 pm, at Jerónimo Martins Grand Auditorium. This initiative will bring together academics, politicians, civil society representatives, and other stakeholders and aims to promote research, education and communication in public policy. The event will be held in English. Please confirm your presence here.

  • Academy of Management annual conference

    Jenny Hoobler attended the Academy of Management (AOM) annual conference in Chicago, where she served as the Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Division of the event. She also presented two research studies in a symposium entitled, "What Do I Think of You? Others’ Perceptions in the Study of Work and Family Intersections."

  • Business History in Portugal in the 20th Century seminar

    Luciano Amaral will participate in the seminar ‘Business History in Portugal in the 20th Century’. The event is organized by the Secretaria Regional de Economia, Turismo e Cultura, through Direcção Regional do Arquivo and Biblioteca da Madeira (DRABM)/Centro de Estudos de História do Atlântico - Alberto Vieira (CEHA-AV).

  • The future of education Conference

    Pedro Freitas discussed the future of education at the opening seminar of the school year in Barcelos, where he explained that Portugal, by 2030, will need 40% more teachers due to retirements and the growth in the number of students.

  • 2024 Patient Innovation Bootcamp

    Pedro Oliveira, Pedro Pita Barros, Anne-Laure Fayard, Ricardo Zózimo, Leid Zejnilovic and Tiago Godinho were the Lisbon week speakers for the 2024 Patient Innovation Bootcamp. Filipe Costa was also one of the event experts, who will play a pivotal role in sharing their valuable knowledge and experience with the teams in their areas of expertise.

Research Seminars

Please check our website (here) for the room information and for any changes.

Other News

Help our LinkedIn community grow

Are you following the Nova SBE LinkedIn research page? If not, we’d love your support to grow our community! It’s super easy—just click here and join us. Let’s explore the world of research together!


Exciting Opportunity for Scientists!

Native Scientists is thrilled to continue the Cientista Regressa à Escola program for the 2024/25 academic year, and we invite you to register and participate as a scientist (if already registered no need to do it again).

This initiative aims to enhance science communication and reduce inequalities in access to science across Portugal. Scientists return to their primary schools to conduct engaging science workshops with children. Participants receive training in science communication for kids, support in developing workshops, and coverage for travel and materials expenses.

Since 2022, 95 scientists have returned to their schools, and Nova SBE has proudly partnered with the program since 2023.

To join as a scientist, you need to:

  • Conduct research in any field of knowledge.
  • Have attended the 1st cycle of Basic Education in Portugal.

Please note that registration does not guarantee participation, as it depends on the interest and availability of schools and the funding raised for the program.

Good to know

Join Nova SBE choir

 Unlock your potential and experience the magic of music with the Nova SBE Choir! Established in 2022, our choir is not just about singing – it's about creating connections and fostering a sense of community. Led by the talented Maestro Marcos Cerejo, we invite you to join us in a journey of personal growth, team collaboration, and the joy of making beautiful music together. Discover hidden talents, unwind through musical relaxation, and build lasting relationships with students, faculty and staff from all corners of the school. Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to be a part of something exceptional!

If you’re passionate about music and want to be part of something extraordinary, look no further! Our choir is a vibrant community of voices, and we’d love to have you join us. 🎶

How? It’s simple:

  1. Visit our Instagram page.
  2. Leave us a message expressing your interest.

Whether you’re an experienced singer/musician or just starting, we welcome everyone. Let’s create beautiful harmonies together!

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