Acknowledging Cognitec’s market opportunities and improvement recommendations

Abstract

Currently living in an unprecedented era and probably one of the most difficult situations of thelast few centuries, the global pandemic of Covid-19 had a big impact not only in the worldpopulation but also in the global and naturally the Portuguese economy. This dissertationanalyzes the finances of Cognitec, a technological startup based in Lisbon founded by twochemical engineers, that has as its core business the quality control of personal hygiene,domestic cleaning products and cosmetic products, offering not only laboratory services butconsulting services as well. This dissertation also analyzes who Cognitec’s current clients andcompetitors are, to better understand how could the company possibly thrive and grow afterthis difficult year of 2020.

Date of Award	25 Jan 2021
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Rute Xavier (Supervisor)