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Creation of economic value in businesses grounded in creativity
Publication . Mesquita, Maria Inês Cabral de Moncada Pinto de; Celeste, Pedro Manuel Amador Rodrigues
Context and objectives: This dissertation was centered on the sustainable growth of enterprises that base their strategy on creativity and innovation, with the primary aim of aiding creatives, entrepreneurs, and innovators in comprehending and structuring businesses in the creative domain. Method and results: The investigation was undertaken to identify strategies with a particular emphasis on the well-being of creatives and their establishment of optimal conditions for producing high-quality goods. To achieve this goal, interviews were conducted with eight creatives and extensive research in the form of a literature review, covering topics such as creativity, the role of the creative individual and entrepreneur, the creative market, the significance of creativity, challenges faced by creatives, as well as discussions on the creative process, the needs of creatives, business strategy, and the current critical success factors for sustainable enterprises. The study yielded a solution in the form of a generic Creative Business Model Canvas and Creative Business Plan Canvas, intended for application as foundational frameworks by any Creative Business. Conclusions: It was concluded that structuring creative enterprises and adapting management strategies to these distinctive business models is possible.
Racionalidade e socialização : o fator ritual nas propostas filosóficas de Richard Rorty e Alasdair MacIntyre
Publication . Galvão, Artur Emanuel Ilharco; Sumares, Manuel Gonçalves
The aim of this thesis is to tackle what can be called the Hegelian problem. With the dissolution of the great philosophical systems, one question has gained particular prominence in reflections on rationality. Is it possible to reconcile historicism and objectivity without a philosophy of history? In other words, is the awareness that human beings are always located in the historical 'here and now' compatible with the defence of universal and necessary knowledge? Answers have usually consisted of choosing one side. For example, Nietzsche, Kuhn and Feyerabend favour the former, compromising the possibility of objectivity. For this, they are accused of relativism and irrationalism. Carnap, Popper and Quine opted for the side of objectivity, jeopardising the historicity of thought and, as a result, seem to fall into scientism. Richard Rorty and Alasdair MacIntyre opt for the historicist side. However, they believe that this choice does not compromise them to the point of becoming relativists or irrationalists. Rorty solves the dilemma by replacing objectivity with solidarity and MacIntyre by assuming that it is possible to develop criteria for objective justification based on local contexts. This paper aims to analyse how Rorty’s and MacIntyre's solutions were developed and to assess their success. To do this, I will use what I call the ritual factor as a reading key. This, with its components of praxis, repetition and play, allows us to give rationality a different framework from the one provided by modernity, particularly by the Enlightenment. In my reading, Rorty and MacIntyre develop an embodied rationality, greatly influenced by Wittgenstein's thought. The ritual factor will allow us to understand the connection it has with the biological and sociological dimensions of humanity. It will therefore be possible to argue that rationality is both a third-person phenomenon (which can be studied observationally) and a second-person phenomenon (resulting from the relationships that exist in the communitarian we). This is the thesis I have developed from my research. Although they start from the same premises, Rorty and MacIntyre develop them differently, so their conclusions are basically antagonistic. Much of the interest of studying these two authors lies precisely in this fact, because their confrontation will enhance our understanding of various nuances of rationality.
Anatomia da Revolução Brasileira : um estudo sobre o 15 de novembro de 1889
Publication . Garschagen, Bruno Meirelles; Coutinho, José João Freitas Barbosa Pereira
This doctoral thesis presents a reinterpretation of the republican military coup carried out on November 15, 1889, as a modern revolution, rather than a simple military coup that overthrew the monarchy and was led by dissatisfied elites. The central argument is that this event represented a profound institutional, political, and social transformation in Brazil, aligning it with the key elements of modern revolutions, as discussed by theorists such as Hannah Arendt, Edmund Burke, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Crane Brinton. The thesis proposes a revision of the traditional historiography, which generally portrays November 15 as a mere regime change. Instead, the thesis frames it as a revolution that broke with the monarchical order, establishing a new political framework based on republican ideals such as popular sovereignty, federalism, and political representation. The work integrates a multidisciplinary approach, combining political theory with a historical analysis of primary sources, including official documents, correspondence, and periodicals of the time. The thesis follows a comprehensive literature review, drawing on classical and modern revolution theorists. It also incorporates a detailed historical analysis, using primary sources to reconstruct the events leading up to the coup and the revolution and comparing them with other revolutions, such as the French, American, Russian, and Chinese Revolutions. The work is structured in three parts, focusing on theoretical concepts of revolution, a case study of the Brazilian Revolution of 1889, and its long-term consequences. In conclusion, we argue that November 15, 1889, was a revolution that broke with the monarchical order, installing a republican regime that reshaped Brazil's politics, society, and national identity. The research offers a critical reassessment of the revolutionary nature of November 15, contributing to broader discussions about the role of revolutions in building modern societies and Brazil's place in this context.
Cuidados especializados ao doente crítico: : do conhecimento à excelência do exercício
Publication . Almeida, Filipa Maria Fernandes de; Marques, Rita Margarida Dourado
Knowledge is changeable and infinite and allows us to guide behaviors, thoughts and relationships and respond to questions that arise throughout our lives and our professional path. This report was carried out to describe the journey taken during the internship in the emergency service and intensive care unit, and reflects the activities and reflections carried out that allowed the achievement of learning, skills and capabilities aimed at acquiring specialized skills for the approach to the person in critical situation and their family. Every day, nurses are faced with situations that challenge knowledge and skills, causing professionals to suffer from stress. Stress influences nurses' well-being and, consequently, their decision-making and interventions. Understanding the causes, knowing how to identify the consequences and knowing stress management strategies is essential to promoting the well-being of professionals and, consequently, excellent professional practice. This led to the carrying out of a scoping review with the objective of “Mapping, in scientific evidence, stress management strategies used by nurses in the care of critically ill patients and their families”. Highlighting that the stress management process is a complex, dynamic and cyclical process that involves several moments (pre, during and post stressful event) and a variability of strategies, whether focused on the problem, emotions or meaning, it was possible for throughout both internship contexts, share the knowledge and results of the scoping review in order to enable the team to deal with stress-inducing situations that arise during the provision of care to people in critical situations and their family.
A união bancária e o paradigma da estabilidade : crise financeira e regulação
Publication . Pina, Carlos Manuel Costa; Martins, Patrícia Fragoso
The European Banking Union (EBU) confronts its roots in the post-2008 financial crisis, its systemic intentionality visible in the new regulatory frontiers opened since then at international and EU levels, and the paradigm of stability as an idiosyncratic feature of the European integration. However, just as it is not possible to understand the intentionality of the EBU without acknowledging the crisis, it is also not possible to understand it disconnected from the integration model and its stabilizing purpose within the framework of the available solidarity, nor detached from bank-sovereign systemic relations and cross-border activities of financial institutions. In this sense, the research discusses whether the EBU, in its configuration, structure and instruments, accomplishes the purpose of systemic stabilization, identifies the potential factors of functional disability, and the ways for them to be overcome. In addition, three important assumptions are considered: (i) the stabilizing limitations of the European integration model; (ii) the inherent (idiosyncratic) instability of the financial system; and (iii) the artificiality of the boundaries between the latter (stricto sensu) and public finance, determining the two-way contagion (bank-sovereign) that EBU intends to address. For this purpose, the (potential) stabilizing objective of the EBU in its three functions and respective instruments is also assessed: crisis prevention, management, and extinction, given its connection to those assumptions. Crisis prevention answers, e.g., to the inherent fragility of the financial system, crisis management highlights the stabilizing limitations of EU integration, and crisis extinction, in the same vein, exposes the artificiality of the boundaries.