Month: December 2024

With the presentation and approval, unanimously and with distinction, of her thesis entitled ““From the inside out: employee-based brand equity and b2b branding dynamics. An exploratory and multilevel analysis”, doctoral student Bianca Maria Martins Sousa completed her PhD in Business Sciences on 20 December 2024. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Pedro Ferreira, a colaborator member of REMIT, and co-supervised by Prof.ª Dr.ª Sílvia Faria, from Portucalense University and integrated member of REMIT.

The paper “Fans’ perceptions of pro-environmental sustainability initiatives in sport and triple bottom line benefits”, published in 2023 in the International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, earned REMIT researchers Ricardo Cayolla and Joana Quintela the Outsanding paper Award, awarded by Emerald publisher. The paper can be consulted here: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ijsms-07-2022-0141/full/html 

As part of the Twin Navaux project, in which REMIT participates, a ‘Dissemination Day’ will be held on 18 December at the facilities of the Technological Support Centre for the Metalworking Industry (CATIM) in Porto.Prof. Fátima Leal, REMIT researcher and project coordinator, will be speaking at the session, which is entitled Towards the intelligent digital twin: technological and economic optimisation of the company. More information can be found here: https://www.cistecnoloxiaedeseno.gal/es/rumo-ao-digital-twin-inteligente-otimizacao-tecnologica-e-economica-da-empresa-o-projeto-twin-navaux/ REGISTER:https://www.cistecnoloxiaedeseno.gal/intranet/campan/inscribir/173 The TWIN NAVAUX project, co-financed by the European Union through the Interreg VI-A Spain-Portugal POCTEP 2021 – 2027 Programme, focuses on promoting the use of Digital Twin in the Naval Auxiliary Industry in Galicia and Northern Portugal.

On November 26th another REMIT research seminar was held.In this seminar, Profs. Jacek Szoltysek and Grażyna Trzpiot (University of Economics, Katowice – Poland), presented the lines of research they are working on, followed by similar presentations by REMIT’s researchers João Carvalho and Helena Albuquerque. The objective was to share experiences, find common research interests and promote international partnerships.Profs. Jacek Szoltysek and Grażyna Trzpiot are carrying out a short research stay at REMIT.