UNIAG

The Management Applied Research Unit (UNIAG), young R&D Unit created in 2014,
comprises researchers from 4 Higher Education Institutions that are located in the North
Region of Portugal, namely the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), of Cávado and Ave
(IPCA), Oporto (IPP) and Viana do Castelo (IPVC).

National Statute: National R&D

Unit financed by FCT
(Foundation for Science and
Technology, Portugal) since June
2016.

UNIAG web page:

http://uniag.ipb.pt/
 UNIAG - Mission

 The mission of the UNIAG is to promote and develop applied scientific

research, particularly in the fields of business management, its efficiency
and sustainability; tourism and public policies in transversal and
multidisciplinary context, aiming to establish a strong link between theory
and practice, as well as to transfer knowledge to society.

 The main objective of UNIAG is to promote innovation and

entrepreneurship, thus contributing to the identification and promotion of
added value, competitive advantages and development of a potential of
excellence in the regional action area of the 4 Polytechnic Institutes.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GROUPS

UNIAG's research activity is organized in research teams on the basis of the

scientific areas that it represents; and is based on the collaboration of 42 PhD
researchers from 4 Polytechnic Institutes.

Three scientific research groups were created bearing in mind the transversal
and multidisciplinary strand proposed:
(i) Efficiency of Organizations, Markets and Sustainability;
(ii) Efficiency of Public Management and Policies;
(iii) Tourism, Sustainability and Competiveness.
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

Scientific Coordinator
Paula Odete [IPB]

(3 Internationally
renowned
International Paula Odete [IPB]
scholars) Advisor Board Coordinating Alexandra Correia [IPVC]
Committee Fernanda Ferreira [IPP]
Fernando Rodrigues [IPCA]

Ana Paula Monte [IPB] | Head of research group:

Efficiency of Organizations, Markets and Sustainability
Research Groups Nuno Ribeiro [IPB] | Head of research group:
Coordinators Efficiency of Public Management and Policies

Alexandra Correia [IPVC]| Head of research group:

Tourism, Sustainability and Competiveness

Scientific Council All researchers

 PUBLICATIONS (Last 5 years)
Publications with scientific review (ISI+Scopus Indexed)
Others Publications
Total Scientific Publications
No. 200 190

180
160 144
135
140 122
112
120
97
100 89
79
80
46 59
60 38 43
40 23 38
20 21

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (6 months)

Year

Ratios of scientific publications per researcher

No. 4,6
5,0

4,0 3,3
2,7 3,0
3,0

2,0 1,4

1,0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (6 months)

Year
 ONGOING PROJECTS

Principal
Type Area Title
Researcher

National Project Nuno Ribeiro

Management Efficiency and Sustainability of Organizations
(2015 - …) (IPB)

Helena
International Project Integración Regional, Universidad y Desarrollo Sostenible
Management Rodrigues
(2016 - …) en Centro América
(IPVC)
Helena
International Project RED EUREKA (Red Eurocentroamericana para la mejora de
Management Rodrigues
(2016 - …) la sostenibilidad y calidad de las MIPYMES)
(IPVC)
FCT Project Paula Odete
Tourism Living in the Grandma's House
(2017 - …) (IPB)
RESEARCH TEAM

Paula Odete Fernandes [pof@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Economics and Management - 2005
IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8714-4901

Current Pedagogical Experience: Marketing; Marketing Research; Strategic Management;

Data Analysis; International Tourism; Applied Research for International Business Management;
Doing Business in Europe; Advanced Topics of Management.

Research Interests: Tourism Research; Management; Artificial Neural Network;

Entrepreneurship; Econometric Modelling; Marketing and Strategic Management; Market
Research; Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable; Higher Education Quality and Applied
Research Methods.
RESEARCH TEAM
Paula Odete Fernandes [pof@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

Paula Odete Fernandes graduated in Business Administration, received MSc Degree in Management
and a PhD in Economics and Management (2005). She is currently a Full Professor of the Department
of Economics and Management at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança - Portugal. She teaches
several courses in the area of Management, since 1992.

She is Scientific Coordinator of UNIAG (Applied Management Research Unit). She participated in 13
R&D international and national projects (5 as responsible researcher) and supervised one PhD thesis
and several master theses (over 75 master theses). She published more than 190 publications (44
Listed in the Thomson Reuters ISI Index & SCOPUS) in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and
proceedings, and has several communications at international scientific conferences.

She serves as a member of Program Board and Organizing Committees for some Scientific
Committees of International Conferences and has collaborated as reviewer with several journals.
 RESEARCH TEAM

Alcina Nunes [alcina@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Economics – 2008
(Mathematical Economics and Econometric Methods)
IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4056-9747

Current Pedagogical Experience: Business Economics, Microeconomics; Macroeconomics;

Portuguese and European Economics; Health Economics, Econometric Methods; Applied Research
for International Business Management; International Trade Policy; Doing Business in Europe and
Portugal.

Research Interests: Entrepreneurship; Business Demography; Applied Econometrics;

Microeconometrics; Evaluation of Public Policies; Impact Evaluation; Labour Market; Health
Economics.
RESEARCH TEAM

Alcina Nunes [alcina@ipb.pt

Biography

Alcina Nunes graduated and received a MSc Degree in Economics. She has a PhD in Economics, in
the field of Mathematical Economics and Econometric Methods, and is currently a Full Professor of
the Department of Economics and Management of IPB - Portugal. Since 1997, she teached several
courses in the area of economics, quantitative methods, and doing business. She is the pedagogical
director of the bachelor in International Business Management, fully lectured in English by ESTiG-
IPB. She participated in international projects and has several publications in peer-reviewed
journals, book chapters and proceedings at the same time she presents an activity as scientific
reviewer. In the past collaborated with the Office for Strategy and Studies of the Economics
Minister of Portugal as a data manager expert to master the Portuguese employer-employee
matched dataset.
RESEARCH TEAM

Amélia Maria Martins Pires [amelia@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Corporate Management- 2005

IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4312-3820

Current Pedagogical Experience: Accounting Theory; International accounting; Financial

Accounting; Advanced Financial Accounting; Financial Reporting; Consolidated Group
Accounting and Managerial Instruments.

Research Interests: Research fields of interest are mainly Financial Accounting (national and
international); Financial Reporting and Management Accounting, mainly Corporate Governance
and others performance evaluation systems.
 RESEARCH TEAM

Amélia Maria Martins Pires[pof@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

• Amélia Maria Martins Pires graduated in Business Administration (1992), received MSc
Degree in Accounting and Finance (2000) and a PhD in Corporate Management (2005),
specialization in Accounting. She is currently a Full Professor of the Department of Economics
and Management at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança - Portugal.

• She teaches several courses in the area of accounting and management, since 1998.

• She has presented papers at various conferences and published articles in journals, both
national and international.
RESEARCH TEAM

António Borges Fernandes [antoniof@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Management - 2014
IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6526-9903

Current Pedagogical Experience: Financial Management; Budget Management; Investment

Analysis; Companies and Business Assessment; Markets and Financial Instruments; Business
Finance; Financial Calculation.

Research Interests: Management; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Social Responsibility; Tax

Benefits; Financial Management; Budget Management; Investment Analysis; Companies and
Business Assessment; Markets and Financial Instruments; Business Finance.
 RESEARCH TEAM

António Borges Fernandes [antoniof@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

António Borges Fernandes graduated in Accounting and Administration, received MSc Degree in

Accounting and Administration and a PhD in Management (2014). He is currently a Adjunct

Professor of the Department of Economics and Management at the Polytechnic Institute of

Bragança - Portugal. He teaches several courses in the area of Management and accounting,

since 1998. He is member of UNIAG (Applied Management Research Unit). He has some

publications in peer-reviewed journals and has several communications at international

scientific conferences.
 RESEARCH TEAM

Ana Paula Monte [apmonte@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Management Sciences (specialization in Corporate Finance) - 2008

IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9936-0142

Current Pedagogical Experience: Financial Management, Financial Mathematics, Fundamentals of

Finance and International Finance Management; Investment Analysis, Economics and Corporate
Finance; Advanced Corporate Finance; Financial Markets and Instruments; Corporate and Business
Valuation; Analysis and Risk Management.

Research Interests: Corporate social responsibility and sustainability; Financial performance; capital
structure determinants; behavioural finance; financial literacy and entrepreneurship; households
overindebtness; asset valuation; financial risk management; BSC and performance management
methods, tools and models.
RESEARCH TEAM

Ana Paula Monte [apmonte@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

Ana Paula Monte graduated in Business Administration, received MSc Degree in Business
Management and a PhD in Management Sciences – specialization in Corporate Finance (2008). She is
currently a Full Professor of the Department of Economics and Management at the Polytechnic
Institute of Bragança - Portugal. She teaches several courses in the area of Corporate Finance, Financial
Risk Analysis, and Financial Calculus since 1995. She is member of UNIAG (Applied Management
Research Unit). She is member of Scientific Commission of the Master in Accountancy and Finance-
MAF (APNOR). She participated in 3 R&D international projects (2 as coordinator in IPB) and teached in
3 intensive programs (2 LLP/Erasmus IP). She supervised 28 master theses. She has more than 40
publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and proceedings, and has several
communications at international scientific conferences. She has collaborated as reviewer with some
journals and international scientific conferences.
RESEARCH TEAM

Carlos Rompante Cunha[crc@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Computer Science - 2015
IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3085-1562

Current Pedagogical Experience: Programming Languages; Distributed Systems, Computer and

Networks Security, Mobile Applications Development .

Research Interests: ICT & Tourism Research; Pervasive and Mobile Computing; Cooperative
Networks; Entrepreneurship; ICT Innovation & Strategic Management.
 RESEARCH TEAM

Carlos Rompante Cunha [crc@ipb.pt] IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

Biography

Carlos Rompante Cunha is graduated in Computer Science, received a Ph.D. Degree in Computer
Science (2015). He is currently an Assistant Professor of the Department of Computers Science and
Mathematics at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança - Portugal. He teaches several courses in the
area of Computer Science, since 2003. He is Deputy Coordinator of the Department of Computers
Science and Mathematics and also Director of the BSc Degree in Informatics and Communications.
He is member of UNIAG (Applied Management Research Unit) and Collaborator of INESC TEC, Porto.
He participated in 2 R&D projects and has more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals and
proceedings. He serves as a member of Program Board for some Scientific Committees of
International Conferences and has collaborated as reviewer with several journals, being member of
the Editorial Advisor Board of two International Journals.
RESEARCH TEAM

Cláudia Miranda Veloso [claudiamiranda@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Economics and Management - 2012
IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and UA | University of Aveiro

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6612-0580

Current Pedagogical Experience: Financial Management; Finances; Investment Analysis;

Project Analysis; Advanced Topics of Management; Marketing; Hospitality Management;
Strategic Management.

Research Interests: Management; Tourism Research; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Marketing

and Strategic Management; Market Research; Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable;
Higher Education Quality and Applied Research Methods.
 RESEARCH TEAM

Cláudia Miranda Veloso [claudiamiranda@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

European PhD in Social Sciences (Economics and Management) and she is graduates in Management
from the ISEG University of Lisboa. She is currently an assistant professor at ESTGA – School of
Technology and Management, University of Aveiro and at ESTIG - School of Technology and
Management, Institute Polytechnic of Bragança, where she lectures several courses in the areas of
management and economics, both at master and graduate levels. She is a researcher at UNIAG –
Management Applied Research Unit. She participated in 1 R&D international projects and has more
than 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and proceedings, and has several
communications at international scientific conferences. She has collaborated as a member of
Organizing Committees and of some Scientific Committees of International Conferences and also has
collaborated as reviewer of some International Conferences and as chairman of sessions of several
International Conferences.
RESEARCH TEAM

Elisabete Paulo Morais [beta@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Computing - 2009

IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1923-2341

Current Pedagogical Experience: Databases; Digital Marketing; Information Systems;

Management Information Systems; Information Technology.

Research Interests: Databases; Tourism Research; Information Systems; Modeling Information

Systems; Marketing and Strategic Management; Market Research; Entrepreneurship; Higher
Education Quality and Applied Research Methods.
RESEARCH TEAM

Elisabete Paulo Morais [beta@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

Elisabete Paulo Morais graduated in Computer Engineering, received MSc Degree in Information
Management and a PhD in Computer Science (2009). She is currently a Full Professor of the
Department of Informatics and Mathematics at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança - Portugal. She
teaches several courses in the area of Computer Science, since 1997. She is coordinator of the
Department of Informatics and Mathematics and vice-president of the scientific technical council of
the Superior School of Communication, Administration and Tourism of Mirandela. She has more than
30 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and proceedings, and has several
communications at international scientific conferences. She serves as a member of Program Board for
some Scientific Committees of International Conferences and has collaborated as reviewer with
several journals.
RESEARCH TEAM

Isabel Maria Lopes [isalopes@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Information Systems and Technologies – 2012

IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5614-3516

Current Pedagogical Experience: Computing; Data Base; Systems Analysis; Programming

Languages and Algorithm; Information Systems.

Research Interests: Information Security; Information Systems Security in Public

Administration; Information Systems Security Policies; Higher Education; Virtual Social
Networks; Smart Cities; Portuguese Smart Cities Network; Dimensions of a Smart City.
RESEARCH TEAM

Isabel Maria Lopes [isalopes@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

Isabel Maria Lopes graduated in Management Informatics, received MSc Degree in Management
and a PhD in Information Systems and Technologies (2012). She is currently a Professor of the
Department of Computers and Communications at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança -
Portugal. She teaches several courses in the area of Informatics, since 1995. She has some
publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and proceedings, and has
communications at international scientific conferences and has collaborated as reviewer with
journals and conferences.
 RESEARCH TEAM

João Paulo Teixeira [joaopt@ipb.pt]

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computers Engineering
Full Professor (Signal Processing, Neural Networks, Rehabilitation)
IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Research Experience
 Coordinator of Projects: http://www.ipb.pt/~joaopt/
 The naturalness of synthetic speech - ICT COST Action 258 ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6679-5702
 ANTÍGONA - home shopping electronic commerce using a speech interface
 Development of the project and prototype of a Hospital bed electrically articulated
Research Interests
Scientific Areas Projects
Signal Processing
Tourism Time Series Forecast
Speech Signal Processing EEG Analysis
Voice Disorders Diagnose
Prosody ECG Analysis
Vocal Acoustic Analysis Alzheimer Disease Diagnose based on EEG

Neural Networks Text-to-Speech

RESEARCH TEAM

João Paulo Teixeira [joaopt@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

João Paulo Teixeira is graduated, Master and PhD in Electrical and Computers Engineering from
the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He is Professor since 1995 in the
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança teaching in the areas of digital electronics, signal processing
and rehabilitation engineering. He is author of 2 books, twelve chapter books, 27 review articles
and more than 50 conference papers, all with revision by his peers. His research interest areas
are related with signal processing and signal modulation and forecasting. He is working with
Artificial Neural Networks, Speech Signal Processing, EEG signals for diagnosis of Alzheimer
disease, ECG signal events detection and Prediction of Tourism Time Series.
RESEARCH TEAM

Jorge Manuel Afonso Alves [jorge@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Business and Management Studies -2012

IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5168-8795

Current Pedagogical Experience: Financial Accounting; Ethics of International Business;

Project Based Learning; Consolidated Group Accounting; Managerial Instruments.

Research Interests: Earnings Management; Teaching Methodologies in Accounting and

Management; Financial Accounting Quality (Using Econometric Models); Efficiency of Non-profit
Institutions; Heritage Assets.
RESEARCH TEAM

Jorge Manuel Afonso Alves [jorge@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

Jorge Manuel Afonso Alves graduated, MSc Degree in Accounting and Administration and a PhD
in Business and Management Studies (2012). Is a Full Assistant Professor of the Department of
Economics and Management at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança - Portugal. Has been
teaching several courses in the area of Accounting and Management, since 2001. Has, as co-
author, a book and some publications in peer-reviewed journals, a book chapter and has several
communications at international scientific conferences.
 RESEARCH TEAM

Luís Carlos Pires[luica@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering - 2005
IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1672-0577

Luís Carlos Magalhães is Graduated in Electronics Engineering - Industrial Control. In 1999 received
an MSc degree in CIM – Computer Integrated Manufacturing and in 2004 a PhD degree in
Manufacturing Systems Engineering. He is a Coordinator professor at School of Public Management,
Communication and Tourism, at the Business and Legal Sciences department, lecturing Logistics,
Production Management and Project Management. Currently he is the dean of School of Public
Management, Communication and Tourism, president of the scientific and pedagogical councils of
the school. It is a full member of the Mountain Research Centre and the Research Unity in Applied
Management. His main research interests focus on the study of supporting architectures to virtual
enterprise life cycle and its associated functionality, making the migration to the subject from
production to tourism and applying its functionality to education, namely in agile project based
learning, having published several papers on that issue and being members of several team projects.
RESEARCH TEAM

Nuno Adriano Baptista Ribeiro [nunoa@ipb.pt]

PhD in Business Economics, Autonomous University of Madrid - 2012
IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5070-647X

Current Pedagogical Experience: Public Accounting; Sectorial Government Accounting; Public

Sector Auditing; Management Accounting; Advanced Governmental Accounting and Public
Finance, among other.

Research Interests: Public Accounting, Local Finance, Local Government accounting, structural
equations analysis, third sector efficiency, BSC applied to Public Administration
RESEARCH TEAM

Nuno Adriano Baptista Ribeiro [nunoa@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

Nuno Adriano Baptista Ribeiro graduated in Auditing and Management Control, received MSc
Degree in Accounting and Auditing and a PhD in Business Economics (2012). He is currently a
Assistant Professor of the of Economics and Management Department at the Polytechnic Institute
of Bragança – Portugal and his coordinator. He teaches several courses in the area of Accounting
and Auditing, since 1997. He is researcher responsible for research line 2: Management Efficiency
and Public Policies of UNIAG (Applied Management Research Unit). He has more than 30
publications in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings, and has several communications at
international scientific conferences. He serves as a member of Program Board and Organizing
Committees for some Scientific Committees of Conferences and has collaborated as reviewer with
several journals.
RESEARCH TEAM

Ricardo Fontes Correia [ricardocorreia@ipb.pt]

PhD Degree in Management - 2010
IPB | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0132-4002

Current Pedagogical Experience: Marketing; Tourism Marketing, Branding, Wine Tourism,

Services Marketing, Strategic Marketing.

Research Interests: Regional Branding, Local Community and Tourism, Industrial Networks
and Regional Development, Wine Tourism
RESEARCH TEAM

Ricardo Fontes Correia [ricardocorreia@ipb.pt]

Biographical Note

With an academic career started in 2003 is currently Associated Professor at the Polytechnic
Institute of Bragança, and director of the Tourism Marketing Graduation. His areas of research
interest are Territorial and Tourism Marketing, Industrial and Regional Dynamics, Wine
Marketing, Networks and Industrial relationships, Tourism Branding.

We should also emphasize his regular participation in research programs, conferences and
international scientific meetings, as well as the publication of several chapters in books and
articles in international journals.