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- NextGenerationEU landingPublication . Scotti, Francesco; Caporali, Carlo; Luca, Davide; NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE); WileyIn response to the COVID-19 crisis, the European Union introduced NextGenerationEU, its largest stimulus package to date. We focus on Italy, the program's largest beneficiary, and analyse the territorial distribution of funds. Although centrally coordinated, most expenditures were awarded through calls and implemented by local governments. Using a sample of approximately 4500 Italian municipalities for which administrative-efficiency measures can be constructed, we estimate a two-stage Heckman selection model to distinguish between realized access to funding and award intensity conditional on participation. Results show that funds are disproportionately allocated to Southern, relatively poorer urban municipalities with stronger administrative capacity and prior experience with EU Cohesion Policy. We then test if, across different policy areas, funds were targeted following specialization or convergence logics. We find that, across some of the key policy areas, such as digital, education and healthcare, the allocation is reinforcing existing spatial specialization, as opposed to targeting “lagging behind” territories. Finally, we uncover how administrative efficiency and stronger local governance are significant predictors of reduced project delays, while we do not find a significant North-South divide here. Taken together, these findings highlight key allocative trade-offs and the uneven administrative capacity of territories expected to implement the program.
- What does (not) drive willingness to pay for sustainable fashion?Publication . Brüggemann, Philipp; Paetz, Friederike; Johnsen, Markus W.; Martinez, Luis F.; NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE); Palgrave MacmillanIn the fashion industry, customers’ intentions to purchase sustainable products often do not translate into actual behavior. While qualitative research has identified barriers and drivers of sustainable consumption, quantitative evidence on their relative importance remains limited. This study addresses this gap by examining how customers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for sustainable fashion is shaped by potential influencing factors. Using data from 359 valid responses collected through a discrete choice experiment, we investigate organic, recycled, and fair-trade fashion. The data are analyzed using linear models that incorporate potential Barriers, Additional Consumer-Related Dimensions, sustainability type fixed effects, and interaction terms. The results show that Perceived Consumer Effectiveness and sustainability related Knowledge significantly increase WTP. In contrast, WTP is significantly lower for recycled products but significantly higher among customers with stronger Nature Vacation Preferences. Surprisingly, several commonly discussed drivers, including Perceived Price Acceptability of Sustainable Products, Trust, Social Norms, and Availability, do not exhibit significant direct effects on WTP for sustainable fashion. Additional interaction analyses help explain these patterns. In particular, several Barriers become significant for customers with high Climate Change Awareness, indicating that the effects of these Barriers differ across customer segments. Overall, the findings suggest that WTP for sustainable fashion is shaped by a complex interplay of cognitive factors, product characteristics, and Additional Consumer-Related Dimensions rather than by isolated determinants.
- Developing intercultural intelligencePublication . Martins, Helena; Fernandes Roque, Helena Cristina; Lemhhadi, Salima; NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE); Bucharest University of Economic StudiesThis study investigates how Emotional Intelligence (EI) influences the strategies individuals use to adapt to foreign environments. The research is grounded in the Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence (Mayer et al., 2016), which includes four components: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and social skills. A quantitative methodology was employed, using a survey distributed to 192 participants from 31 nationalities. Emotional intelligence was measured using the MSCEIT scale (Mayer et al., 2002), and adaptation strategies were assessed via self-reported frequency on a 7-point Likert-type scale. Statistical analyses revealed a significant positive association between EI and adaptive strategies. These findings underscore the role of interpersonal dimensions of EI in facilitating cultural adaptation.
- Being a ‘fan’ of a destinationPublication . Baldi, Giovanni; Biscaia, Rui; Botti, Antonio; NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE); Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LtdMany people develop profound and enduring connections with the destinations they visit, expressing a level of devotion and symbolic meanings that resembles fandom. While tourism research has extensively examined tourist–destination relationships, being a fan of a destination as a distinct and theoretically grounded phenomenon remains underexplored. This research conceptualises destination fandom for the first time through a qualitative, two-stage study design combining in-depth interviews and a netnographic analysis of destination-focused online communities. Findings reveal that the formation of destination fandom unfolds through six themes: triggering experiences, emotional and mystical attachment, community integration and advocacy, and enduring devotion. By revealing how destinations become objects of individual and collective devotion, this research opens a new research avenue at the intersection of tourism, consumer culture and fandom studies, while offering practical and social implications for destination stakeholders at multiple levels.
- Influence of environmental conditions on the abundance of juvenile endangered Atlantic weasel shark (Paragaleus pectoralis) in an African nursery areaPublication . Varela, Jaquelino; Court, Melanie; Pissarra, Vasco; Santos, Catarina Pereira; Nunes, Emanuel; Vizeu-Pinheiro, Margarida; Farias, Sebastião; Repolho, Tiago; Rosa, Rui; NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE); Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbHIdentifying and monitoring nursery habitats is crucial for shark conservation, especially for species threatened with extinction. The aim of this study was to explore inter- and intra-annual changes (between 2016 and 2025) in the abundance, size, and sex ratio of the poorly studied, endemic, and endangered Atlantic weasel shark (Paragaleus pectoralis) in the nursery of Sal Rei Bay (Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde) and investigate how such changes relate to local environmental conditions. From 2016 to 2025, 150 individuals were sampled (71 females and 79 males) with total length (TL) ranging from 41.5 to 98 cm (mean = 56 ± 10 cm). Catch per unit effort (CPUE; number of individuals caught per hour per square meter of net) varied among years, attaining the highest value in 2025 (0.10 individuals h−1 m2), and among months, with increased abundance observed in February and May–July. Smaller individuals (less than 55 cm TL) were mostly found between May and July, suggesting that parturition likely occurs during these months. Of four candidate environmental variables assessed (sea surface temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and chlorophyll a), temperature and oxygen had a significant effect on P. pectoralis abundance, with CPUE increasing with rising temperatures (peaking at ~ 26–27 °C) and with higher oxygen concentrations. Our findings indicate that Sal Rei Bay may serve as a potential nursery area for this endangered shark species, providing key information for national authorities and conservationists to safeguard this critical habitat, namely through its designation as a marine protected area.
- Strategic organisational improvisingPublication . Abrantes, Antonio Cunha Meneses; Cunha, Miguel Pina e; Clegg, Stewart; NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE); Wiley-BlackwellTraditional perspectives on strategic planning are often grounded in relatively static, overly detailed assumptions and frameworks about futures. Strategic organisational improvising is a critical process for organisations charting a way through complex, rapidly changing environments. We propose that organisations can achieve greater flexibility without sacrificing coherence by deliberately incorporating incompleteness into strategic design. Deliberate incompleteness combines stable strategic anchors with selectively under-specified elements, creating space for action to unfold through real-time interaction aligned with organisational visions. Strategic organisational improvising is sustained through short- and long-term learning spirals that support real-time adaptation and the consolidation of strategic knowledge over time in an approach that inscribes adaptability within the strategic process, rather than treating it as a response to exogenous environmental events.
- Timetables, attendance and academic achievement in higher educationPublication . Delavande, Adeline; Del Bono, Emilia; Holford, Angus; Williams, Kevin; NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE); Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.Managing time is an important aspect of student success. In this paper, we identify the impacts of a student’s timetable on their attendance, study habits, and academic achievement. We use detailed administrative and survey data from a public UK university that includes students from a broad range of degree programmes. Our data feature quasi-random assignment of students to their timetables and measure their individual hourly attendance decisions. We consider multiple aspects of timetables including single-class days, back-to-back classes, time-of-day, day-of-instruction and total hours. We find that student attendance is highly dependent on timetable structure. Single-class days reduce attendance and back-to-back classes raise it. Attendance also varies by time-of-day and day-of-week. We document that students compensate for marginal non-attendance at some events with increased attendance at others within the same module and that more conscientious students respond by increasing study time. Net of all behavioural responses, however, these timetable features and attendance choices do not have systematic impacts on academic achievement. Subsample analysis suggests that lab-based modules and compulsory modules are where timetables may play the most meaningful role in impacting marks.