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- Corporate Performance and Employment in High-Growth HotelsPublication . Santos, Eleonora; Moreira, Jacinta RaquelThe importance of tourism, the criticality of the hospitality industry to employment and economic growth and the relationship between High-Growth Hotels (HGHs) and regional development provide the rationale for this study. This paper analyzes the financial sustainability of HGHs in 2016–2019 and their contribution to employment by NUTs II regions of the Iberian Peninsula. Overall results indicate better performances among HGHs located in the Southwest regions of the Iberian Peninsula, in the capital cities and in the Northeast of Spain. Also, the correlation between the regional incidence of HGHs and the average number of employees appear to confirm the results of previous studies that gazelles are major employers.
- Estratégia de desenvolvimento local : GAL Terras de Sicó 2020 : uma parceria, um compromissoPublication . Lopes, Ana Sofia; Sargento, Ana; Moreira, Jacinta Raquel; Fernandes, Maria Eduarda; Lavrador, Eduardo Luís LealO presente documento tem como objetivo a proposta de uma Estratégia de Desenvolvimento Local (EDL) para a região de Sicó para o período 2014-2020, e posterior candidatura à 1ª fase de pré-qualificação do Desenvolvimento Local de Base Comunitária (DLBC), na vertente de DLBC rural, conforme o aviso nº 02/2014 de 16-11-2014 do Portugal 2020, tendo como promotor a Terras de Sicó, Associação de Desenvolvimento, cuja abrangência territorial envolve seis concelhos: Alvaiázere, Ansião, Condeixa-a-Nova, Penela, Pombal e Soure (...)
- Evaluating economic sustainability of nautical tourism through brand equity and corporate performancePublication . Santos, Eleonora; Lisboa, Inês; Crespo, Cátia; Moreira, Jacinta Raquel; Eugénio, TeresaPrevious literature has validated the effect of brand equity on firm’s value through the impact of measures of perceived quality and brand loyalty on customer value and willingness to buy. Simultaneously, understanding how sustainable tourism can be developed is important for destinations, to identify regional policies, and to potentiate its attractiveness to tourists that are increasingly looking for nautical activities in close contact with nature. Thus, this paper compares the performance of nautical tourism firms in the Centro Region of Portugal, to assess the economic sustainability of those firms. Bearing this in mind, the sample of 51 firms is split into those with a brand and the brandless firms to evaluate the impact of brand equity on corporate performance. The analysis is drawn on the concept of firms’ economic and financial performance, which is measured by a set of indicators of profitability, financial structure, and leverage, constructed from companies’ financial reports from SABI database for 2015–2019. Data on touristic firms operating in the Centro Region are collected from the National Tourism Registry. Results show that brand impacts positively on corporate performance and, thus, increases the economic sustainability of these firms.
- Price Elasticity of Overnight Stays: Testing Veblen’s Conjecture Across Portuguese RegionsPublication . Santos, Eleonora; Moreira, Jacinta Raquelhis paper complements the scarce empirical literature on contingent consumption by testing Veblen’s conjecture on overnight stays in Portugal. The price elasticities for overnight stays are calculated over 2013–2019 and across NUTS II regions. The results confirm the existence of conspicuous consumption in overnight stays in most Portuguese regions, especially in the Centro, Alentejo and Madeira regions in peak seasons in 2019. Also, in average terms over 2013–2019, the region of Algarve shows evidence of conspicuous consumption of overnight stays. Yet, since the peak seasons are of short duration, the conclusions about the magnitude of elasticities must be handled with caution. These results are relevant not only for tourism management but also to tourism planning at regional level. Indeed, by exploring whether the differences in overnight stays can be explained by a status-seeking behavior, the results carry important implications for spending on future travels, especially in periods of economic downturns.
- Social Sustainability of Water and Waste Management Companies in PortugalPublication . Santos, Eleonora; Moreira, Jacinta RaquelThe Sustainable Development Goals aim at balancing economic, social and environmental development. In this framework, social sustainability is key to tackle current challenges that hinder the maximization of social satisfaction. Yet, for many years, scholars have negleted the social dimension. A possible explanation may be the difficulty to measure social concepts such as well-being and prosperity. Thus, we argue that, to evaluate sectoral performance, the concept of social sustainability should be translated into metrics, by focusing on the indicators that impact on those social concepts. Consequently, time-series data from Quadros do Pessoal, PORDATA and SABI databases for the sector of Water Collection, Treatment and Distribution, Sanitation, Waste Management and Depollution, are consulted to analyze the evolution of those indicators and evaluate corporate performance concerning social sustainability in 2008–2019. In line with previous literature, we use average wages and employment as proxies for social sustainability. However, we introduce a new indicator, the average term for receipts to carry out an analysis from the stakeholders’ perspective. The results suggest that, especially as of 2017, sectoral firms appear to have reagained their momentum concerning social sustainability performance. This study provides the opportunity to uncover average sectoral trends on social sustainability and paves the way for future research exploring firms’ heterogeneity.