Universidade Politécnica do Cávado e do Ave

Stakeholder Engagement and SDGS Disclosure: A Systematic Review on Corporate Strategies

ABSTRACT The 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize the importance of sustainability, prompting stakeholders to demand greater transparency from organizations. Understanding how to incorporate the SDGs into their strategies and effectively engage with...

Capacity Expansion and the Capability–Defect Gap After Automating a Screw-Fastening Station: A Lean Six Sigma DMAIC Case Study in an Automotive Safety-Components Production Line

Background: Automotive safety-component suppliers often must add capacity at short notice, and automation is common. This study quantifies the capacity, equipment-effectiveness, process-capability and nonconformity effects of integrating an automated screw-fastening machine (OP8)...

Does governance shape local financial condition? Evidence from Brazilian municipalities

IMPACTUsing a national panel of all 5,570 Brazilian municipalities from 2018 to 2023, this study finds that stronger managerial governance, measured through planning capacity, staffing structure, and transparency, is associated with more favourable fiscal profiles across three di...

Transferability of Intra- and Inter-Sectoral Coordination Between Training Tasks and Official Matches in Semi-Professional Football Players

Background: This study examined training-to-match transferability of positional coordination in semi-professional football players, comparing responses between defensive and midfield/offensive positional sectors. Methods: Twenty-nine players were monitored during the 2023–2024 se...

Emotion, cognition and technology in neurotourism: an integrative review

Purpose This systematic literature review synthesises literature on the impact of emotional, cognitive and technological mechanisms in tourist decision-making to fill gaps in neurotourism research. Design/methodology/approach Eighty-one peer-reviewed articles (1994–2025) were loc...