Business Management

This field focuses on the ways territories develop beyond the paradigm of competitiveness through production, to address the issues of people’s mobility through the residential, presential and experiential economy.

This field addresses the role of real estate and, more broadly, the built environment, which have become very important sectors for contemporary economies, by placing it within regional economic specialisations (industrial, tourist, residential or metropolitan) as well within the financial circuits of real estate development.

The financialisation process of contemporary economies raises questions not only about how market finance guides and/or constrains the development of territories, but also about how social reproduction models (retirement, health and education) are designed.

Sustainable development and transition are addressed by the territories: we precisely look into local players’ ability to innovate and implement more sustainable economic, social, and environmental actions.

We focus on how managers can facilitate learning across borders, develop relationships with stakeholders between home and host markets, ensure effective communication and coordination between head office and subsidiaries, and lead multicultural teams.

Change is constant in the connected world in which we live. We focus on developing organisational and managerial capabilities to successfully navigate change and uncertainty. We look at the challenges that companies and their managers face and how they can overcome these challenges.

Companies can tackle some of the biggest challenges by working with other organisations. We look at how partners contribute to sustainability with partnerships, how they work together to develop and promote new technologies, practices and models.

As these policies have a major impact on the knowledge economy and society, they are analysed at both state and organisational levels (universities, innovation parks, companies, etc

The performance of public administrations is decisive in terms of their ability to develop and implement public policies, with regard to the economy and other related areas. Emphasis is placed on quality management and resilience within public organisations.

Local players are of major importance in a country’s economic development. Emphasis is placed on strategic aspects relating to sustainability.