O impacto dos FEEI no desempenho das empresas portuguesas

: dois casos de estudo

Abstract

In a moment of transition between the Partnership Agreements between Portugal and the European Union, plus the arrival of the Recovery and Resilience Plan, the understanding about the impacts of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) on Portuguese companies is inevitable. Thus, the main purpose of this research work is to understand the impact of ESIF on Portuguese companies. For that purpose, two Portuguese companies that had investment projects supported by Portugal 2020 (specifically, Compete 2020) are studied as well as their effects on their performances. To this purpose, several documents related to the companies’ activities and investment projects were analyzed, and interviews were conducted with the companies’ representatives. The findings reveal that these Portuguese companies’ performance has improved in several dimensions, such as investment, competitiveness, productivity, and growth. On the other hand, it was also concluded that access to the ESIF should be simplified, de-bureaucratized and decentralized.

Date of Award	12 Jul 2022
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Liliana Fernandes (Supervisor)