http://hdl.handle.net/10071/5838 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:14:28 GMT 2026-04-14T18:14:28Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/32045 Título próprio: The timeless cork design in Portugal; On the cutting edge of sustainability Autoria: Duarte de Almeida, I.; Delgado, M. J.; Montagna, G.; Ramos, L. Editor: Maria do Rosário Monteiro; Mário S. Ming Kong; Maria João Pereira Neto Resumo: Cork is a natural, recyclable, non-toxic and renewable resource obtained from the bark of the cork oak (Quercus suber L.). Its unique properties make cork one of the most versatile and mind-blowing materials and an excellent choice for designing sustainable products and creating new spaces. This paper looks at the Portuguese cork industry's (PCI) efforts to change the cork use paradigm. From the traditional and ancient use of cork to an era where sustainability is the future, sustainable cork products are now emerging with brand-new designs following a circular economy model (CE). Interviews with CEOs, designers, architects and academic experts from the PCI mainframe provided a fruitful discussion on the benefits of using cork products for a sustainable future. Despite being considered a 'green' sector, the results showed that PCI does not fully utilize the CE model. Furthermore, the results identify CE drivers and barriers to rethinking eco-design in the PCI and show that the PCI sector benefits from a CE paradigm because the cork industry is sustainable and can innovate and develop new products. However, implementing CE is difficult as most companies focus on cork stoppers and lack the financial resources to acquire new Industry 4.0 (I4.0) facilitating technologies for a productive and creative paradigm shift. The work of Ramos (2021) served as background for this paper. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/32045 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/31810 Título próprio: The timeless cork design in Portugal; on the cutting edge of sustainability Autoria: Duarte de Almeida, I.; Delgado, M.; Montagna, G.; Ramos, L. Editor: Maria do Rosário Monteiro; Mário S. Ming Kong; Maria João Pereira Neto Resumo: Cork is a natural, recyclable, non-toxic and renewable resource obtained from the bark of the cork oak (Quercus suber L.). Its unique properties make cork one of the most versatile and mind-blowing materials and an excellent choice for designing sustainable products and creating new spaces. This paper looks at the efforts of the Portuguese cork Industry (PCI) to change the paradigm of cork use. From the traditional and ancient use of cork to an era where sustainability is the future, sustainable cork products are now emerging with brand new designs following a circular economy model (CE). Interviews with CEOs, designers, architects and academic experts from the PCI mainframe provided a fruitful discussion on the benefits of using cork products for a sustainable future already. Despite being considered a ‘green’ sector, the results showed that PCI does not fully utilize the CE model. Furthermore, the results identify CE drivers and barriers to rethinking eco-design in the PCI and show that the PCI sector benefits from a CE paradigm because the cork industry is sustainable and can innovate and develop new products. However, the implementation of CE is difficult as most companies focus on cork stoppers and lack the financial resources to acquire new Industry 4.0 (I4.0) facilitating technologies for a productive and creative paradigm shift. The work of Ramos (2021) served as background for this paper. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/31810 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/31811 Título próprio: The timeless cork design in Portugal; on the cutting edge of sustainability Autoria: Duarte de Almeida, I.; Delgado, M.; Montagna, G.; Ramos, L. Editor: Maria do Rosário Monteiro, Mário S. Ming Kong, Maria João Pereira Neto Resumo: Cork is a natural, recyclable, non-toxic and renewable resource obtained from the bark of the cork oak (Quercus suber L.). Its unique properties make cork one of the most versatile and mind-blowing materials and an excellent choice for designing sustainable products and creating new spaces. This paper looks at the efforts of the Portuguese cork Industry (PCI) to change the paradigm of cork use. From the traditional and ancient use of cork to an era where sustainability is the future, sustainable cork products are now emerging with brand new designs following a circular economy model (CE). Interviews with CEOs, designers, architects and academic experts from the PCI mainframe provided a fruitful discussion on the benefits of using cork products for a sustainable future already. Despite being considered a ‘green’ sector, the results showed that PCI does not fully utilize the CE model. Furthermore, the results identify CE drivers and barriers to rethinking eco-design in the PCI and show that the PCI sector benefits from a CE paradigm because the cork industry is sustainable and can innovate and develop new products. However, the implementation of CE is difficult as most companies focus on cork stoppers and lack the financial resources to acquire new Industry 4.0 (I4.0) facilitating technologies for a productive and creative paradigm shift. The work of Ramos (2021) served as background for this paper. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/31811 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/26178 Título próprio: Business model design: Novelty and efficiency Autoria: Quirino, R.; Dias, Á. Editor: Carlos Martins; Paula Rodrigues Resumo: Business model design refers to the design of transactions operated by an organization represented by the content, structure, and governance of all transactions that occur in an organization in order to create value through exploration of a business opportunity. This study has as objective to analyze the impact of one or more business model design has on the performance. Through the conduct of surveys, a sample of 30 companies was collected between Europe and Brazil. The results showed that it was not possible to obtain correlations to validate the hypotheses, due to the great difficulty of obtaining the data by the companies, thus leading to a reduced number of respondents. This study contributes significantly to the theory of innovation and entrepreneurship, as a response to a latent need on the part of the literature to consistently homogenize the understanding about the theme and clear recommendations and practices for management. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/26178 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z