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- Supplier-buyer collaboration in new product development: four case studies involving SMEsPublication . Moreira, AntonioNew product development at inter-firm level is clearly an important topic for researchers and managers. Although many papers have reported the importance of collaboration in NPD the collaboration involving partners with different technology endowments and how many small fi rms have managed to achieve a status of reciprocity have remained unaddressed. In this exploratory study four multinationals and sixteen suppliers were visited and their top executives interviewed to determine the key success factors of collaborative product development as perceived by suppliers. Four case studies were prepared in order to exemplify the supplier’s perceptions to inter-firm product development involving differently endowed firms. The main fi ndings are clear: suppliers and clients have different perspectives and play different roles due to the bargaining power exercised by the latter and by the fi ght for reciprocity of the former.
- La internacionalización de pymes industriales a través de multinacionales: presentación de algunos casos de los sectores automotor y electrónicoPublication . Moreira, AntonioEste artículo analiza las actividades internacionales en la relación proveedor-cliente. Se estudia el proceso de internacionalización de pequeñas y medianas empresas industriales portuguesas, teniendo en consideración el canal específico que las multinacionales representan para aquellas en un entorno industrial. Intenta establecer, en particular, cómo los clientes multinacionales condicionan el proceso de internacionalización de sus proveedores y cómo los proveedores subcontratistas reaccionan ante los dilemas estratégicos de la internacionalización condicionada por sus clientes multinacionales. El trabajo se centra en el estudio de cinco casos escogidos de una muestra de 20 pymes subcontratistas de cuatro empresas multinacionales de las industrias automotriz y electrónica. Las conclusiones complementan el marco teórico de las relaciones interorganizacionales. También indican que el trayecto internacional de los proveedores puede ser limitado por la naturaleza episódica de la relación, por la capacidad tecnológica para desarrollar nuevos productos, por las redes internacionales en que los proveedores están insertos y por los cambios en las actividades de la cadena de suministros.
- Critical technologies for the North of Portugal in 2015: the case of ITCE sectors - information technologies, communication and electronicsPublication . Moreira, Antonio; Carneiro, Luís F. Maia; Tavares, Marta P. TeixeiraAbstract: The Commission for Coordination and Regional Development of the North of Portugal (CCDR-N) promoted NORTINOV 2015, a project created to define a regional innovation strategy for the North of Portugal based on automotive clusters and Information Technology, Communication and Electronics (ITCE) clusters. Accordingly, it developed a technology forecast for the year 2015 in order to help the North of Portugal cope with the intensifying global competition and rapid technological changes. This paper describes the methodology used to identify critical technologies for the regional economy of the North of Portugal under the project NORTINOV 2015. It involved three main steps: technology identification and study, in which a list of emerging technologies was implemented; refinement of emerging technologies, in which 90 technologies were identified and finally, classification and hierarchisation of technologies, in which 30 technologies were identified as critical for the crafting of regional innovation strategy. In this final step, a workshop involving major stakeholders of the three clusters under study played a major role.
- Defining the regional inovation strategy for the year 2015: the case of the ITCE clusters in the North of PortugalPublication . Moreira, Antonio; Carneiro, Luis; Celada, CatarinaAbstract: This paper describes the methodology and the definition of the regional innovation strategy, based on the Information Technology, Communications and Electronics (ITCE) clusters, for the North of Portugal under the project NORTINOV 2015, which was promoted by the commission for the coordination and regional development of the north of Portugal (CCDR-N) under the NORTINOV programme. Three strategic lines were proposed to achieve a regional innovation strategy for the ICTE cluster for the year 2015: the strategic line, in order to create conditions for the development of innovative clusters, the sustainability line, in order to facilitate the interaction with other clusters, and the structural line, in order to position the North region as a world-class region.
- Upstream linkages between TNCs and local suppliers: evidences from PortugalPublication . Moreira, AntonioThis paper explores the development of long-term, close relationships that are likely to influence the relationship between Transnational Corporations (TNCs) affiliates and their local suppliers. Based on the interdependencies between six industrial foreign subsidiaries and 26 local suppliers, it is possible to conclude that the complementarity between local suppliers and their TNC clients depends on two dynamics: • on the technological trajectory created by the supplier towards the upper steps of the technological competence • on the technological trajectory created by the transmissive capacity of the TNC client that helps their suppliers on their organisational transformation.
- Knowledge capability flows in buyer-supplier relationships: challenges for small domestic suppliers in international contextsPublication . Moreira, AntonioPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand how suppliers have managed to accumulate knowledge in their relationship with large multinational clients. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology was based on four case studies’ qualitative data, collected from semi-structured, in-depth interviews. The buyers were selected among the largest MNEs of the electronics, automotive and footwear industries and the suppliers were selected among the set of SMEs supplying to those MNEs. The objective was to assess the supplier’s knowledge transfer-oriented capabilities and the buyer’s interaction-oriented capabilities in the SBR. Findings – The paper highlights the important leading role of the client in the buyer-supplier relationship involving SMEs as well as the knowledge-sharing atmosphere of successful cooperative relationships. Although it confirms the advantages of alliances for SMEs, knowledge transfer-oriented capabilities, are used by SMEs in order to sustain client satisfaction and to strengthen their core competencies. Despite all efforts of SMEs, if clients are not willing to use interaction-oriented capabilities, buyer-supplier relationships are doomed to failure. Research limitations/implications – One practical implication is that, if SMEs are adequately supported by public policies, it is possible to transfer knowledge from more advanced to less endowed economies . The main limitation stems from the fact that it is not possible to claim generalisation as the research is the result of a series of four case studies. Originality/value – The paper uses dyadic relationships as a viable option to compensate internal knowledge deficiencies of SMEs in their relationship with MNEs. It complements former research as little is known about the importance of alliances in the context of knowledge acquisition and learning in SMEs. It contributes to the SME scientific literature by investigating how SMEs learn from their alliance partners.
- CRER: an integrated methodology for the incubation of business ideas in rural communities in PortugalPublication . Moreira, Antonio; Martins, Susana Paula LeitãoPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for incubating business ideas in rural communities in Portugal. The work provides an example of a bottom-up approach to rural entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses case study of an entrepreneurial support organisation conceived and used in rural European regions and aiming at local development through entrepreneurial boost. Findings – Although the methodology for incubating business ideas was adapted from a similar situation in France, its originality comes from the description of how the awareness of local specificities requires a calibration of the framework. Research limitations/implications – The case study is the outcome of a pioneering study of incubation of business ideas in rural areas. Further research needs to be taken in order to claim generalisability of these findings to other less favoured target groups. Practical implications – The incubation of business ideas can be used to encourage local development in declining rural regions. It is important to calibrate the framework used to the local/regional reality. Originality/value – Apart from being innovative in providing a supportive entrepreneurial infrastructure with mentoring people-based support in the creation of new firms in rural areas, it is also a nation-wide entrepreneurial service innovation.
- The crucial relationship among energy commodity prices: evidence from the spanish electricity marketPublication . Moutinho, V.; Vieira, J.; Moreira, AntonioThe main purpose of this article is twofold to analyze: (a) the long-term relation among the commodities prices and between spot electricity market price and commodity prices, and (b) the short-term dynamics among commodity prices and between electricity prices and commodity prices. Data between 2002 and 2005 from the Spanish electricity market was used. Econometric methods were used in the analysis of the commodity spot price, namely the vector autoregression model, the vector error correction model and the granger causality test. The co-integration approach was used to analyze the long-term relationship between the common stochastic trends of four fossil fuel prices. One of the findings in the long-term relation is that the prices of fuel and the prices of Brent are intertwined, though the prices of Brent ten to ‘‘move’’ to reestablish the price equilibrium. Another finding is that the price of electricity is explained by the evolution of the natural gas series.
- Single minute exchange of die: a case study implementationPublication . Moreira, Antonio; Pais, Gil Campos SilvaThe Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED), a process-based innovation originally published in the mid 1980s, involves the separation and conversion of internal setup operations into external ones. Although very important in increasing productivity SMED experiences are not very widespread in Ibero-America. Accordingly, this article has as its main objective to contribute to the literature addressing this less studied topic: SMED. A case study was put forward emphasizing a process-based view. The main finding is that by implementing SMED techniques the firm managed to eliminate wastefulness and non-added value activities worth around 360 000€, which is about 2% of the firm’s sales volume.
- The importance of collaboration in knowledge management in public services: creating value for stakeholdersPublication . Moreira, Antonio; Zimmermann, Ricardo Augusto; AL-SHAMMARI, M.Knowledge management, understood as a means of value creation for stakeholders, has become one of the main concerns of the “New Economy,” and therefore, is receiving a great deal of interest from academics as well as the business world. Formerly restricted to private companies, the concern for knowledge management is now studied in public institutions in order to understand the influence of customers’ demands. As public services are part of a complex network in which citizens are the main players, public authorities are increasingly trying to identify and deploy programs that promote the modernization and simplification of Portuguese public services. Knowledge management activities play an important role in these programs; therefore, this study seeks to understand how collaborative knowledge practices are implemented in Portuguese public services. This study aims primarily at understanding the importance of collaboration in knowledge management having the value creation for Portuguese public institution stakeholders’ in mind. In order to gain a better understanding of this theme, this chapter presents a case study involving the Simplex Program, created and managed by Agência para a Modernização Administrativa (AMA) and its implementation in the municipal councils of Porto and Águeda and the Inter-municipal Community of Vale do Minho.