Carlos Peixeira Marques

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• PhD
• Associate professor at University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

Place attachment may be a relevant outcome of place experiences, connected to positive emotions felt at rural destinations. Especially for rural areas, where a loyal client base is often crucial for the survival of small businesses, such sustainability-enhancing place attachment is most valuable. Recently, researchers' attention has focused on the...

During the summer of 2020 intra-national mobility restrictions were lifted in most European countries, and domestic tourism partially cushioned the negative impacts of plunging international arrivals. Considering the perceived risk of crowding, low tourist density destinations were expected to benefit from shifts in tourists’ preferences. This pape...

This study extends the literature on big data applied to tourism by validating the significance of point-of-sale (POS) electronic transactions, which have received little attention within tourism literature, as a reliable and effective alternative to surveys on guests stays at tourist accommodation establishments. Compared with official statistics...

The maps produced in this article allow an extended interpretation of rural tourism's development in mainland Portugal by identifying spatio-temporal patterns, relationships, and connections. This is accomplished through the superimposition of multiple thematic layers and kernel density analysis to potentially predict rural tourism's ruralisation p...

This book is the first volume presenting carefully selected chapters from the proceedings of the 7th International Scientific Conference on Business and Economics (ISCBE), Vila Real, Portugal, which took place in June 2024.

Purpose This study aims to assess how undergraduates’ exposure to entrepreneurship education (EE) may increase their volitional desire and behavioral control to start-up a business. Design/methodology/approach The model establishes three different paths from EE to entrepreneurial intention (EI): attraction and passion through desire and confidence...

The predominance of slowly evolving chronic-degenerative diseases, resulting from the progressive aging of the population, has increased the need for the provision of palliative care (PC). In this context, there is an interest in evaluating the skills and abilities of health professionals. The present study aims to identify the level of: knowledge...

While a substantial body of literature has been built on rural well-being, due to the great heterogeneity of rural territories, the literature is highly fragmented, even contradictory. Moreover, no systematic review of the entire domain exists to guide rural decision-makers. Debated conceptualization, contradicting results, and pressing policy requ...

The aim of this study is threefold: firstly, to assess how the support provided by universities for academic collaboration with the industry may foster collaborative behaviour, based on academics’ perceptions of the benefits and costs of collaboration. Secondly, the research seeks to unravel the perceived benefits and costs of university-industry (...

Objectives Spirituality, emotional intelligence, and palliative care (PC) knowledge have a positive and direct influence on self-efficacy and on perception of preparation and ability to provide end-of-life (EOL) care. The aim of this work is to propose a conceptual model that relates spirituality, emotional intelligence, PC knowledge, self-efficacy...

O astroturismo consiste na observação do céu noturno por visitantes que buscam áreas naturais, intactas e despoluídas, tendo vindo a afirmar-se como valiosa e promissora forma de relação com o turismo contemporâneo. Durante a fase da pandemia causada pela COVID-19, a procura por este tipo de turismo intensificou-se, dado o potencial que oferece em...

Astrotourism consists of activities focused on observing night skies and celestial phenomena in natural spaces, which contributes to communities’ involvement, empowerment and participation and to regional development. In addition to documenting the increased academic research on astrotourism, this literature review sought to construct a general the...

Este artigo destaca uma rede de aquicultores na região centro-este da Amazônia brasileira, com base em discussões do grupo WhatsApp “Peixe de Rondônia”, entre agosto de 2016 e outubro de 2017, acerca de soluções para superar os desafios ambientais, sociais e econômicos. Para tanto, buscou-se verificar a utilidade dessa rede para o compartilhamento...

Astrotourism is part of the sustainable tourism profile of low-density territories, focused on the enhancement of the night sky. In the context of the global development trajectory of the Starlight Tourist Destinations, it was intended to evaluate whether different regional stakeholders show interest in this type of offer in the Tua Valley, with th...

Entrepreneurship and innovation, in particular its contribution to economic and social development, is the main reason of the increasing research in recent years at international level, namely the relevance of business models, human capital, entrepreneurship ecosystem, creativity and business ideas. However, much remains to be done, as research in...

O principal objetivo desta investigação é estudar os antecedentes da intenção empreendedora e compreender como a falência da família influencia a intenção empreendedora dos jovens que estão prestes a entrar no mercado de trabalho. Para a realização deste estudo foram utilizados dados primários através de questionários aplicados aos alunos finalista...

Following the introduction of quasi-markets into publicly funded healthcare systems, nurse intrapreneurs who create innovations within these systems have become increasingly important to improving healthcare outputs. This study sought to examine how self-motivation and managerial skills mediate the influence of entrepreneurial traits on nurses’ int...

Purpose – The main objective of this paper is to verify if the gender effects described in the wine consumer behaviour literature, namely concerning information search and the motivations to buy, may be explained by the mediating effect of subjective knowledge, taking into consideration that the importance of knowledge in the decision process isgen...

This paper reports and reflects on the results of an evaluation of the contribution to local and regional development of the EDP Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award, as applied in the Tua Valley (North East Interior of Portugal). Using semi-structured interview schedules, data was collected from young participants in the programme – both those who h...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to research on individual entrepreneurial intention (IEI) by assessing the importance of entrepreneurship education to students in vocational training programmes and using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to analyse these students’ entrepreneurial intentions. The family background of the stud...

Organisations currently face multifaceted challenges, such as increasing productivity and coping with the pressure to manage human resources efficiently and effectively. This involves management practices focused on training and keeping the best employees. In this context, the present study sought to assess the impact of internal marketing practice...

Two dimensions of KS were considered: informal (IKS) and formal (FKS). To model their effects on performance, job satisfaction and turnover intention were considered mediators. Measurements of these four latent variables were collected from a sample of Portuguese healthcare professionals and validated via confirmatory factor analysis. Path structur...

This research sought, first, to identify healthcare workers’ perception of the importance of KS practices and the way they relate to organisational performance. Second, this study focused on verifying the (in)existence of the mediation effects of job satisfaction and turnover intention in the relationship between KS and organisational performance....

This chapter, which is part of an extensive report (written in Portuguese) on the wine industry in the Douro region developed by the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro commissioned by the Port and Douro Wines Institute (IVDP), looks at wine tourism as an opportunity for wine producing companies to strengthen and sustain the wine economy by...

Rural tourism is driven by the search for unique and memorable experiences in particular settings, but knowledge on visitors’ experiences in rural destinations is still scarce. This paper analyzes the rural tourism experience of Portuguese tourists who answered an online survey (N = 252). The paper aims at validating, in the rural tourism context,...

The purpose of this study is to examine trainees’ perceptions of the effectiveness of public policy measures – introduced by the State Government of Ceará, Brazil, via its Entrepreneurial Youth Project (JUVEMP, in Portuguese) – that aimed to promote entrepreneurial culture among youth in general and, in particular, among those considered socially a...

The present study intends to identify the profile of women microentrepreneurs and assess the extent to which their entrepreneurial motivations may be influenced by legal incentives to formalise their businesses and by their capacity to reconcile the demands of family and work. A questionnaire was used to gather data on the individual entrepreneuria...

This paper seeks to promote a better understanding of the relationships between, and possible effects of strategic knowledge management (SKM), innovation, internationalisation and performance in the Portuguese footwear industry. The rationale for this research is based on the understanding that innovation has played a major role in the recent good...

O turismo rural tem suscitado muito interesse, devido ao seu potencial contributo para o desenvolvimento sustentável dos territórios em que ocorre. A experiência em turismo rural é bastante complexa, integradora de recursos, atrações, serviços, pessoas e ambientes, sendo vivida de modo grandemente subjetivo. Do ponto de vista do turista, esta exper...

Intellectual capital is changing into a momentous issue for a firm's long-term profit and performance within the knowledge-based economy as a lot of corporations determine their core competence as invisible assets instead of visible assets. Following the work of (Bontis, 1998) intellectual capital is defined as encompassing (a) human capital, (b) s...

This paper aims to evaluate the contribution to local and regional development of the EDP Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award as applied in the Tua Valley in North Interior Portugal. Data was collected using a semi-structured interview schedule and applied to young people enrolled in the programme – both those who went on to set up their own busines...

The present study investigated how vivid, i.e. sensorially rich platforms influence the urge to buy impulsively in e-commerce environments. A stimulus — organism — response model was assessed in an experiment involving two groups, one experiencing a vivid platform and the other a more informational one. The response was posited to be mediated by th...

To assess how the buyers’ gender and the occasion in which the wine is consumed influence the frequency of consumption stated by the buyer, the research presented here has developed and validated a structural model that included as mediating variables the subjective knowledge regarding the category and motivations to consume. Empirical data was col...

Dado o atual cenário de instabilidade e incerteza dos mercados, a forma como as empresas conduzem e gerem o seu capital intelectual (CI) é crucial. O papel do CI tem vindo a ser destacado como o principal motor de desempenho organizacional, devido à sua centralidade no processo de criação de valor, todavia poucos têm sido os trabalhos que analisara...

This paper focuses on the first phase of research that sought to encourage discussion and to promote a better understanding of the effects of strategic knowledge management (SKM) on innovation and performance in the Portuguese footwear industry. The rationale for the research is based on the understanding that innovation has played a major role in...

Abstract: The aim of this study was to promote a better understanding of the factors influencing innovation in the provision of health services by branches of the Catholic church’s ‘Sacred House of Mercy’ (Santa Casa de Misericórdia) operating in Portugal, and to determine the effects of innovation on the performance of individual staff and the loc...

To assess how the buyers’ gender and the occasion in which the wine is consumed influence the frequency of consumption stated by the buyer, the research presented here has developed and validated a structural model that included as mediating variables the subjective knowledge regarding the category and motivations to consume. Empirical data was col...

Given the current scenario of marketplace instability and uncertainty the way companies conduct and manage their intellectual capital (IC) is crucial. Numerous studies have highlighted the role of IC as a key driver of organizational performance due to its centrality as an asset in the value creation process, but few have analysed the relationships...

Este estudo investiga os inter-relacionamentos entre a ligação à comunidade, o envolvimento na comunidade, a gestão do poder público (GPP), os benefícios e custos percebidos do turismo e o apoio ao desenvolvimento turístico sustentável (DTS). Foi adoptada uma metodologia quantitativa sendo a recolha de dados feita através de um questionário aplicad...

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The focus of this paper is propose and test a model of the effects of specific attitudinal constructs on the frequency of green purchase behaviour (GPB). Consumers' confidence, competence, and effectiveness are operationalized by a path model hypothesizing both direct and mediated effects of these antecedents on GPB. The measures are obtained from...

Tradicionalmente, as mulheres assumem o principal papel de administradoras dos orçamentos destinados aos custos domésticos diários e à manutenção da família, estando o domínio do investimento, por excelência, subjacente ao homem. Para a maioria das mulheres, vender e hipotecar bens são tradicionalmente atos que carecem de autorização e consentiment...

Em geral, as instituições de ensino superior parecem ter uma posição favorável à igualdade de gênero. Sãoinstituições essenciais para o desenvolvimento social e econômico e têm critérios de acesso e promoçãobaseados no mérito e nas capacidades. No entanto, estudos relacionados à educação e igualdade oudesigualdade têm mostrado que os pressupostos d...

As an industry tourism is often perceived important as a means of development in marginal rural zones, such developments are thought to appeal to a post-modern market seeking ʻunique’ experiences. This paper examines the rural tourism experience offered by a small village in Central Portugal that uses its heritage and traditions to offer such exper...

Following Baloglu and Brinberg (1997), who advocate that the affective image space may be used as a tool to positioning tourism destinations, the main purpose of this paper is to introduce latent class factor analysis (LCFA) to map the affective space of environments, namely tourism destinations. Twelve European cities, marketed as short-break dest...

This paper presents a latent two-factor (pleasantness and arousal) model that successfully explains the affective perception of the routine daily environment by visitors to Douro Valley, a widely known wine region whose cultural landscape has been acknowledged as World Heritage, and is becoming an emergent tourism destination. Visitors more often a...

Tourism has, in recent times, been advocated as a particularly efficient way to promote the development of the so-called less favoured regions, mostly inland and mountain, owing to its potential for employment and income creation and the synergies it is able to generate in other sectors of activity. Based on the results of empirical research carrie...

Este texto é uma reflexão sobre o desenvolvimento local em meio rural, baseada no nosso contacto com micro-empresas de produção e comercialização de artesanato, situadas na Serra de Montemuro (Marques, Portela e Cristóvão, 1993). Trata-se duma "área rural profunda", segundo a classificação da Comissão de Coordenação da Região Centro (CCRC), onde 90...