Competitiveness of portuguese exports in the last decade

Dos Santos, Maria José Palma Lampreia; Diz, Henrique

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Competitiveness of portuguese exports in the last decade

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dc.contributor.author	Dos Santos, Maria José Palma Lampreia
dc.contributor.author	Diz, Henrique
dc.date.accessioned	2017-12-27T23:38:03Z
dc.date.available	2017-12-27T23:38:03Z
dc.date.issued	2015-09
dc.description	Artigo baseado na comunicação proferida 8th EuroMed conference of the EuroMed academy of business: Innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainable value chain in a dynamic environment, realizado em Verona (Italy), 16-18 setembro de 2015	pt_PT
dc.description.abstract	The economic and financial crisis that has been affecting the world economy since 2008 affected the European countries in different ways. Portugal, a small peripheral country with a widely open economy suffered the consequences derived from the crisis that were amplified by a strong imbalance of the public accounts, large public and private debts, and insufficient levels of competitiveness of its industries and services. In order to aim at re-establishing the capability to grow, a restrictive budget procedure and changes in labour laws were put in place. Therefore, the economy may only significantly grow through an important increase in exports, sine internal consumption, both public and private, will continue to decrease. This paper aims at evaluating the competitiveness of the major Portuguese exports at world level during the decade 2005-2014, analyzing the main groups of products. The methodology use was based on the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA). Results show that Portugal overtook the situation of a non-competitive to a competitive country in exports. However, the effect of the crisis can be seen from the fact that the value of exports decreased more than the rest of the world, as a consequence of the imbalance of public finances and of the restrictive political and fiscal measures taken to overcome the situation. From these results one may conclude that there is a need to increase the level of performance of the Portuguese economy, namely through measures aimed at growth in competitiveness, in internationalization, and thus including education, training and research.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	DOS SANTOS, Maria José Palma L.; DIZ, Henrique - Competitiveness of portuguese exports in the last decade. In: VRONTIS , Demetris; WEBER, Yaakov; TSOUKATOS, Evangelos (eds.) - Innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainable value chain in a dynamic environment: 8th EuroMed conference of the EuroMed academy of business: book proceedings. Verona (Italy): EuroMed Press, 2015. ISBN 978-9963-711-37-6. pp. 544-557	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978-9963-711-37-6
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7810
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	EuroMed Press	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	emrbi.org/wp.../09/euromed2015%20book%20of%20proceedings-2015-09-08.pdf	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Revealed comparative advantage	en
dc.subject	Portugal	pt_PT
dc.subject	Exports	en
dc.subject	Competitiveness	en
dc.title	Competitiveness of portuguese exports in the last decade	en
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Verona, Italy	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	557	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	544	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainable value chain in a dynamic environment: 8th EuroMed conference of the EuroMed academy of business: book proceedings	en
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person.givenName	Maria José Palma Lampreia
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