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Inês Carneiro e Sousa

Programme:Management - Doctor of Philosophy

Specialization:Human Resources and Organizational Behavior

Title of dissertation:Leveraging an aging workforce – contributions to longer and better working lives

Supervisor:Sara Ramos and Helena Carvalho

Conclusion date:4 june 2020

Testimony:The PhD program in Management at Iscte was a wonderful experience for me. It provided essential knowledge and skills that helped me to grow academically, professionally, and personally. The specialization in Human Resources and Organizational Behavior offered a comprehensive curriculum in the first year, which served as a solid foundation to conduct my research. I also benefited from learning and collaborating with outstanding teachers and researchers who stimulated my intellectual curiosity with unparalleled support. During my PhD, I participated in several national and international scientific events with the support of BRU-Iscte and Iscte. I also had the opportunity to meet and work with excellent colleagues, with whom I built supportive relationships. I would strongly recommend Iscte and the PhD program in Management to anyone interested in acquiring the necessary skills to engage in high-quality research.

Fernando Angelino

Programme:Management - Doctor of Philosophy

Specialization:Marketing

Title of dissertation:Exploring university students’ engagement in learning through gamification, transmedia and virtual reality

Supervisor:Sandra Loureiro and Ricardo Bilro

Conclusion date:8 may 2020

Testimony: The PhD program in Management with the specialization in Marketing, provided a wide range of learning experiences, provocative and challenging enough to make me float out of my comfort zone. Highly qualified faculty members and a top-quality teaching and research facilities, together with an outstanding group of international fellow students were, perhaps, the most relevant aspects of my whole experience. The Doctoral Program in Management at Iscte is a unique opportunity to be intellectually challenged with the most recent management issues, current knowledge, and research topics. I strongly recommend this PhD program.

Tiago Lúcio Rapaz

Programme:DBA - Doctor of Business Administration

Title of dissertation:O Terceiro Setor Necessita de (uma) Estratégia? O Caso Português

Supervisor:Prof. Álvaro Rosa and Prof. Marina Andrade

Conclusion date:2016

Testimony:It was my great privilege to be selected for the only DBA program in Portugal. Compared to other, more theoretical PhD programs, advantage of DBA program is in its focus to practical issues. It is my opinion that the DBA Program has high quality, both at the level of the class contents and the faculty itself. At BRU-Iscte the DBA candidate can find a team of experienced scholars who are always available to offer research support and guidance. I want to emphasize the crucial role of the knowledge, rigor and support provided by the DBA program faculty and BRU-Iscte staff. Also, I would like to draw attention to the excellent library of ISCTE-IUL. Through the library platform I had full access to the most reputable research papers in the area. I would strongly recommend the DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) Program in ISCTE, to all who have professional experience in corporate entities and who wish to contribute effectively to the resolution of the issues within the field of Economics.

Zahra Assaraf Ali

Programme:DBA - Doctor of Business Administration

Title of dissertation:Empresas Familiares: Motivação de Colaboradores Não Pertencentes à Família na Hotelaria Portuguesa

Supervisor:Prof. Nelson António

Conclusion date:2015

Testimony:I would like to take this opportunity to thank BRU-IUL for creating this flexible DBA programme, which allowed me to complete my doctoral degree. It gave me tools to keep studying practical issues grounded in a scientific evidence, that are of interest for my career. Had it not been for this flexible - yet not less rigourous – programme, I would have missed the chance to take up this significant study path, due to living abroad. The country I currently live in still doesn't have any such like Doctoral degrees, which I hope will soon be developed, in order to give more professionals great opportunities for growth.

Fotografia de Sílvia Costa

Sílvia Costa

Programme:Management - Doctor of Philosophy

Specialization:Human Resources and Organizational Behavior

Title of dissertation:Uncovering the business opportunity prototype: Cognitive and learning aspects of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition in higher education

Supervisor:Prof. António Caetano

Conclusion date:9 April 2015

Testimony:At ISCTE- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, I had the opportunity to develop myself as a student and as a researcher. At ISCTE, I further developed my rigor, cooperation and academic competencies. I was given the opportunity to conduct my PhD research at the Business Research Unit, where I found all the conditions to develop a complete research project. BRU-Iscte provides all the necessary facilities to conduct research on a full-time basis, as well as other instruments that are crucial for research, such as specific software and equipment. The PhD program provides a relevant learning experience, by offering the necessary transversal knowledge to conduct independent research and by meeting personal research interests at the same time. At BRU-IUL every PhD candidate can find a team of experienced scholars who are always available to offer research support and guidance. The environment among fellow PhD candidates is also cooperative, with joint attendance to research seminars, informal feedback on each other’s work and sharing of experiences. BRU-IUL also supports the attendance of PhD candidates at other institutions and scientific meetings, which is crucial for the development of research. Overall, ISCTE-IUL and BRU-IUL have contributed for some of the most relevant and valuable learning experiences of my life. I would strongly recommend this institution and the PhD program to anyone interested in producing high quality research and looking forward to a very rewarding experience.

João Guerreiro

João Guerreiro

Programme:Management - Doctor of Philosophy

Specialization:Marketing

Title of dissertation:Three essays on cause-related marketing effectiveness

Supervisor:Paulo Miguel Rasquinho Ferreira Rita and Duarte Manuel Forjaz Pacheco Trigueiros

Conclusion date:March 2015

Placement:Invited Faculty at ISCTE-IUL, Freelance Senior Consultant and Trainer (Wedo, Deutsche Bank, Passio)

Testimony:The specialization in Marketing of the PhD program in Management is an extraordinary opportunity to conduct an in-depth research on topics that will certainly shape the future of Marketing theory and practice. During my time at the PhD program I had the opportunity to use cutting-edge facilities to explore new and exciting topics in Marketing and to work with highly qualified faculty members who were always available to share their knowledge and research experience. Their guidance toward conducting high quality research studies and toward publishing results on peer-reviewed international Journals is a fundamental step to ensure the success of the program. I strongly believe that the PhD Program has improved my abilities to discuss and develop new projects on trendy topics in Marketing and is an invaluable tool for my career.

Paulo Jorge de Brito Horta

Programme:Economics - Doctor of Philosophy

Specialization:Economics

Title of dissertation:The Impact of the 2008 and 2010 Financial Crises on International Stock Markets: Contagion and Long Memory

Supervisor:Prof. Luís Martins and Prof. Sérgio Lagoa

Conclusion date:16th March 2015

Placement:CMVM – Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários

Testimony:I am very happy with the experience I had at ISCTE-IUL during the PhD program in Economics. I emphasize the pleasant and disciplined way the work with my supervisors was conducted during the thesis drafting. I think that together we formed a cohesive and close-knit team that achieved the main goal we set ourselves at the beginning of the program: the publication of the thesis results in international scientific journals

Joaquim Paulo Viegas Ferreira De Carvalho

Programme:Finance - Doctor of Philosophy

Title of dissertation:Essays on credit rating announcements

Supervisors:João Pedro dos Santos Sousa Pereira and Paul Laux

Conclusion date:2014

Placement:Partner at Data 2 Prevent

Testimony:The Ph.D. program allowed me to stretch my insights in several fields of finance, and above all it proved to be a unique opportunity to contact with distinct and complementary subjects of cutting-edge research in this scientific area. Along the program I was able to discover how satisfying and motivating scientific investigation can be. The unrestricted willingness of the faculty staff to provide support all through the way contributed decisively to my perception.

Susana Correia Santos

Programme:Management - Doctor of Philosophy

Specialization:Human Resources and Organizational Behavior

Title of dissertation:Entrepreneurship Dynamics: Opportunities Recognition and Development Process

Supervisor:António Caetano and Luís Alberto Santos Curral

Conclusion date:2013

Testimony:My PhD program experience at ISCTE, was really rich, successful and grateful. Our university and research center, BRU-Iscte, offers the complete set of facilities and support that are absolutely necessary to complete successfully the PhD. The specialization in Human Resources and Organizational Behavior has a complete curriculum program, which give to the students the necessary background to successfully conduct their research. Moreover, the faculty members are always available to cooperate and support the PhD students. The PhD program also promotes research seminars, where students can present their research and receive feedback and comments from faculty members and colleagues. The PhD program supports also the participation in Conferences and other scientific events, in order to give the students the opportunity to meet other colleagues and to receive feedback on their work. As a result of this competitive curriculum and cooperation environment, the PhD students complete their projects with success and with international publications. Having finished my PhD, I can recognize the crucial role of the knowledge, rigor and support provided by the PhD program faculty and BRU-IUL researchers and staff. I have lived the most challenging and positive period of my life as a PhD student, and I just can wish the same of all the students who want also to be enrolled in the BRU-Iscte PhD programs.

João Carlos Veloso Gonçalves Ralha

Programme:DBA - Doctor of Business Administration

Title of dissertation:Perceived determinants of the managerial effectiveness of performance measurement in municipalities

Supervisor:Prof. Carmen Lages

Conclusion date:2012

Testimony:The ISCTE DBA programme was a learning and rewarding experience that allowed me to understand that knowledge is at our service if we know how to search for it.´ It turned me into a more prestigious and respectabe person, also in my area of work, the management consultancy. It had a high ROI and most important of all, I became a science knowlegeable person.

António Sarmento Batista

Programme:DBA - Doctor of Business Administration

Title of dissertation:O crédito scoring como técnica de medição do risco nas actividades económicas

Supervisor:Prof.Carlos Gonçalves and Prof. José Dias Curto

Conclusion date:2009

Testimony:I was the first DBA in Portugal, graduated by ISCTE in 2009, approved with highest classification, distinction and honours for my thesis which title is “Credit Scoring – A methodology to prevent and reduce bad debts”. This thesis was rewrited and published in a book “Credit Scoring” (2012) edited by Editora Vida Económica and used by some financial institutions for training their staff on consumer credit. In spite of, my long professional experience (more than 35 years), in sound international companies, I found in DBA by ISCTE a “key-door” for scientific research on financial fields. Today I am a teacher at Universidade Europeia | International Laureate Universities, since 2010, in charge of Scientific Coordinator for Accounting, Corporate Finance, Banking and Accounting Auditting.

Oliver Kristen

Programme:Management - Doctor of Philosophy

Specialization:Quantitative Methods applied to Management

Title of dissertation:Essays on latent variables models for stock market analyses

Supervisor:José Carlos Gonçalves Dias and Sofia Correia Brito Ramos

Conclusion date:in progress

Testimony:After completing Master studies both in my home country Austria and abroad, I just wasn’t finished. I was gearing towards further intellectual challenge, and wanted to materialize some of my own research ideas rooted in the area of Quantitative Finance. I chose to enroll at BRU-Iscte because it provided a well-structured mix of coursework and research activities, which I think have helped me especially in the initial stages to face the different academic rigor of a PhD program as compared to my previous studies. I was fortunate in finding two supervisors who are not only most knowledgeable in their fields, but also supportive and stimulating in terms of new research ideas. Thanks to them I managed to develop my skills very gradually, whose benefit I can now see clearly given the things that were accomplished. I was also encouraged to present my research at conferences and publish early, as well as to spend a visiting period at another foreign top university. I am still only in the second year of the PhD program, but already now I can profess that it has been extremely rewarding for me.

José Nuno Sacadura

Programme:Management - Doctor of Philosophy

Specialization:Quantitative Methods applied to Management

Placement:Banco BPI (Coordinator DOIF-Valuation) and ISCAL (Assistant Visiting Professor of Finance)

Testimony:The Doctoral Program in Management at BRU-Iscte helped me to achieve my academic goals without leaving a full time job. The close collaboration with an outstanding faculty lead me to learn on how to do better research and expand the way I think about management problems. I would recommend this Program to anyone who pursues a PhD degree and wants to acquire new knowledge in a process of posing questions, answering them and publishing results

Luís Fernando da Costa Baptista

Programme:Management - Doctor of Philosophy

Specialization:Acccounting

Conclusion date:In progress

Placement:Chartered accountant and partner of society Pontes, Baptista & Associados, SROC

Testimony:For me the Ph.D. in Management has three major key points: The first is the flexibility of the schedule that enables students to be in the program without interrupting their professional or academic carriers. The program compels the students to be completely focus for a whole week, four times a year, and gives them the necessary rational investigation periods for the assessments required. The second is the quality of the teachers, all proven researchers in theirs fields. With a sensible, but yet rigorous and demanding approach, they motivate the students for a critical thinking-networking-knowledge-based world. To ensure the success all is complemented with a set of mandatory assessments that although hard working, enables students to experience the necessary steps to become a researcher. The final, but extremely important third point, is the simple and fast access, through the institution databases, to the most advance knowledge in the field of management. These three major key points had allow me to give the first steps in becoming an independent researcher, which ultimately will provide me the tools to excel my academic and business skills. I strongly recommend the Ph.D. in Management program.