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Strategic Challenges of the Portuguese Molds Industry: A Sectoral Innovation Perspective
António Moreira (DEGEI, GOVCOPP, University of Aveiro, Portugal) and Miguel A. M. M. Ferreira (Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering, and Tourism, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2017
|Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1978-2.ch023
Abstract
In a competitive environment shaped by continuous change, the understanding of the different forces that support or hinder the development of an industry, enables more informed, and assertive decision making. As such, following a sectoral system of innovation perspective that takes into account the temporal evolution of its most important events, the main objective of this chapter is to define a set of strategic lines for the sustainable development of the Portuguese molds industry. The study supports set of strategic priorities so that the Portuguese molds industry can embrace both an international favorable position and an entrepreneurial outward looking governance perspective. This chapter proposes that the future outlook will support the diversification to and the penetration of new sectoral markets, associated with a strong international product engineering and development cluster capable of supplying integrated solutions to several international markets.