Vítor Ferreira

Vitor Hugo Ferreira has received his PhD from Lisbon University (ISEG) in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, focusing the innovation dynamics and regional catching up. He was the Executive Director of Leiria Business School in Portugal until 2020. He is an associate professor of Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and has been collaborating with some European Business Schools in Finland, Holland, Hungary and France. Since his MSc which has focused Portugal Vs China: Strategies, Competences and Innovation, he has been working as consultant in entrepreneurship and innovation projects for many different companies and Business Associations, where he has also worked as a Business Consultant and taught courses for business owners. He was co-responsible for several important studies such as the comparison of the Portuguese mold industry with the Chinese, the evaluation the education needs of Leria’s Region and the evaluation of a hydrogen-based industry in South Africa. He is author of many scientific published works, chair at GBATA (Global Business and Technology Association) and reviewer in many different conference and journals. He was also coordinator of the MSc in Management Control and co-founder of the company Look and Go. He is an invited professor at IBS - ISCTE in Lisbon and Feevale University in Brazil. He is co-founder of Plan4Sustain. Currently he is the General Manager at Startup Leiria.

Publications

Evolution and Structure of Innovation Co-Creation Networks Between Universities and Industry: The Case of the Polytechnic of Leiria (Portugal)
Evolution and Structure of Innovation Co-Creation Networks Between Universities and Industry: The Case of the Polytechnic of Leiria (Portugal)
Ana Lúcia Sargento, Vítor Ferreira. © 2023. 28 pages.
Collaborative university-industry R&D is currently acknowledged as a key determinant of regional innovation. Several motivations to engage in such collaboration networks have...
The Impact of Entrepreneur Personal Characteristics on New Firm Growth: The Case of Portugal
The Impact of Entrepreneur Personal Characteristics on New Firm Growth: The Case of Portugal
Vítor Hugo Santos Ferreira, Tomás Almeida Luís. © 2021. 26 pages.
Entrepreneurship has emerged as a key vector, introducing dynamism in stagnant markets, through technological change, innovation, and process restructuring. However, despite all...
Successful and Unsuccessful Routes for Entrepreneurs: Lessons From an Entrepreneurial Regional Project Program
Successful and Unsuccessful Routes for Entrepreneurs: Lessons From an Entrepreneurial Regional Project Program
Susana Cristina Serrano Fernandes Rodrigues, Vitor Hugo Ferreira, Gabriel Silva. © 2020. 24 pages.
There is significant research on entrepreneurs, but little on financed entrepreneurial project programs at the regional level. This chapter attempts to identify which of the...
Leadership and Organization Innovation Adoption: A Case Study
Leadership and Organization Innovation Adoption: A Case Study
Vítor Hugo Santos Ferreira, Henrique Miranda. © 2019. 29 pages.
Innovation is a tool to ensure competitiveness. Firm survival is inexorably linked to its ability to reinvent itself, obviously apart from other circumstances. Organizational...