Competitiveness, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Introduction

The area of research Competitiveness, Innovation and Entrepreneurship aims to encourage entrepreneurship, competitiveness and innovation in small-size companies and tourist destinations through different approaches and perspectives, contributing to an entrepreneurial and competitive society, essentially in the tourism sector, so important to the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The importance of scientific research and the creation of critical mass in tourism is a gap in the region where the institution is located, therefore the importance of reflection, research and contribution in order to improve this gap.

The creation of the line of research on competitiveness, innovation and entrepreneurship aims to promote research in several scientific areas connected to the Tourism and Management sector. This line of research aims to foster and encourage competitiveness, innovation and entrepreneurship in the regional institutions, as well as in the companies that operate in the sector, through approaches and perspectives, contributing to an entrepreneurial and competitive society, essentially in the tourism sector, so important to the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

scampanella@isal.pt

The coordinator of this line of research is PhD CANDIDATE SANCHA DE CAMPANELLA.

BIOGRAPHY: PhD candidate in Economic and Business Sciences – University of the Azores. Honorary doctor by UNISCECAP (Brazil) . Master in Commercial Management and Marketing. Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

Vice-Director of ISAL, lecturer, lawyer and member of the Bar Association’s Human Rights Commission.

Mission

The main mission of this line relates to the following aspects:

To develop a deep and systematic perspective on the field of competitiveness, innovation and entrepreneurship applied to the tourism sector;
To enable the creation and implementation of solid research plans, according to the ethical and methodological norms, susceptible to contribute to the development of scientific knowledge in the field of Management;
To assist in the presentation and dissemination of research results within the academic community;
To encourage students, teachers and other interested parties to promote autonomously the advancement of scientific knowledge within these fields of study.

Objectives

The line of research Competitiveness, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CI&E) aims to encourage entrepreneurship, competitiveness and innovation in small-size companies in the scope of different approaches and perspectives that contribute to a more entrepreneurial and competitive society in a sustainable way. The group CI&E focuses on three fields of action:

Regional and business competitiveness in tourism
Innovation in the tourism sector
Entrepreneurship in tourism companies and encouragement strategies