Business Sustainability: Innovation in Entrepreneurship & Internationalisation - Proceedings of ISPGAYA Congress 2024: Volume One. DE

This volume presents the proceedings of the 2024 ISPGAYA conference. The papers in this book deal with business sustainability, with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. The publication of this proceedings intends to increase and dynamize investigation linking theory and practice, always pointing to innovative approaches. The conference and this resulting book intend to involve a wide variety of stakeholders in the direction of a "smart" national and global development model that contributes toward the achievement of 2030 agenda outlined by the United Nations. This is volume one of a two volume set.

List of contents

Part 1: Education.- Chapter 1: Assessing The State of Literacy In Sustainability and Energy Efficiency In Portuguese.- Chapter 2: Development of PLUGUINHO : A Game For The Teaching of Energy Efficiency.- Chapter 3: Education and Environmental Awareness Through Digital Platforms.- Chapter 4: Emotional Regulation and Expressiveness In Emerging Adults Attending Higher Education.- Chapter 5: Empowering Young Minds: Digital Stories Enhancing Social-Emotional Learning through Computational Thinking In Portuguese Children.- Chapter 6: Inclusion and Attention To Diversity In Higher Education.- Chapter 7: The Use of AI By Portuguese Higher Education Students.- Part 2: Electronics & Industrial Automation.- Chapter 8: Development of Low-Loss, Sustainable Reluctance Motors: Implementation and Control of Ripple Optimization Methods.- Chapter 9: Flexible Industrial Control Solution: Automation Wizard Pi.L.C.- Chapter 10: High-Voltage Front-End Implementation In Inverter Design for Advanced Three-Phase Electric Motors.- Chapter 11: Probabilistic Analysis of The Impacts In The Smart Grids Integrating Photovoltaic Generation and Electric Vehicles.- Chapter 12: Sub-threshold Pseudo-resistors For Sustainable Ap+B14:D14plications: Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Temperature Variations.- Chapter 13: Challenges of Adhering Technology 4.0 in agriculture: A Perspective on Small Properties.- Chapter 14: The Pathway From Industry 4.0 To Industry 5.0: Enhancing Sustainability Through Emerging Technologies.- Chapter 15: Three-Phase Sinusoidal Signal Generator With Harmonic Injection For Synchronous Reluctance Motor Control.- Part 3: Information Technology & Cybersecurity.- Chapter 16: AI Literacy In Portuguese-Speaking Contexts: Validation of A Comprehensive Assessment Tool.- Chapter 17: Digital Transition In The Safety and Defence Area - The Case of Portugal.- Chapter 18: Invisible Sky Guard: Technology In Airport Security and Passenger Privacy.- Chapter 19: Merging Mathematics With AI and IoT As A Lever For City Sustainability.- Chapter 20: The Role of Computational Parallelism In Artificial Intelligence Learning Models.- Part 4: Sustainability.- Chapter 21: A Novel Approach For The Second Life of EV Batteries.- Chapter 22: Future-Proofing Economies: Carbon Credits and Sustainable Innovation.- Chapter 23: Integrating AI Into Co-Design Processes To Achieve Gender Equality In The Innovation Ecosystems of Brazil And Portugal: A Literature Review.- Chapter 24: Public Policies and SDG 5 Aimed At Women In The Microregion of Guarapuava/Pr-Brazil.- Chapter 25: Sustainability For Interpersonal Relationships In Business, The Case of Negócios à (sobre) mesa .- Chapter 26: Socioeconomic Profile of Rural Communities: Insights From Brazil.- Chapter 27: Sustainable Development Goals of The 2030 Agenda. Decent Work and Economic Growth.- Chapter 28: Sustainable Perspectives: Analysis of Institutional Development Plans At Higher Education Institutions.- Chapter 29: A Sustainability Views: Analysis of How Visitors See The Services Offered By Northern Portugal's Hotel Industry Digital Economy and e-business In The Tourism Sector.

About the author

Fernando Luís Almeida: PhD in Engineering and Computer Science from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). Holds a Masters in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship and a degree in Computer Engineering and Computing by FEUP. In the last 15 years of activity he has performed professional functions in the field of university polytechnic education, business, and applied research in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and information technologies. Integrated researcher at INESC TEC’s Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship. He is a founding member of the US-based International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP). Currently, Director of the Higher School of Science and Technology as Coordinating Professor at ISPGAYA.
José Carlos Morais: Ph.D. in Sociology from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (FAH, UP of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (FAH, UP) since 2010, the year when received the Principal Lecturer at Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaia (ISPGAYA). Director of the Journal of Psicologia, Educação e Cultura andresearcher as member in CEOS.PP (Center for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Porto). From 2014 to the present, he has held the presidency of the ISPGAYA Technical-Scientific Council. He teaches courses in undergraduate and masters cycles in the area of social sciences, research methods and humanities. Organizer of the 2022, 2023 and  2024 editions of the ISPGAYA international congresses dedicated to the theme of «sustainability». Since 2017 he has regularly participated in international collaboration programs-ERASMUS in Europe and in the USA.
José Duarte Santos: PhD in Management from Vigo University. Holds an MSc in Marketing and a degree in Business Sciences. Between 1987 and 2002, he played various roles in sales, marketing, and management of companies in the information technology sector. From 2003 to 2018, he was a management and marketing consultant. Since 1999, he has been a professor in higher education in Portugal in the fields of management and marketing. He is currently a marketing professor at the Accounting and Business School of the Polytechnic of Porto (ISCAP/P.PORTO). He is also a senior researcher at the CEOS.PP - Centre for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal. His main areas of research are relational marketing and digital strategies of customer relationship.

Summary

This volume presents the proceedings of the 2024 ISPGAYA conference. The papers in this book deal with business sustainability, with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. The publication of this proceedings intends to increase and dynamize investigation linking theory and practice, always pointing to innovative approaches. The conference and this resulting book intend to involve a wide variety of stakeholders in the direction of a "smart" national and global development model that contributes toward the achievement of 2030 agenda outlined by the United Nations. This is volume one of a two volume set.

Product details

• Assisted by: Fernando Luís Almeida (Editor), José Carlos Morais (Editor), José Duarte Santos (Editor), José Carlos Morais (Editor), José Duarte Santos (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 26.10.2025
• EAN: 9783031991462
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3199146-2
• No. of pages: 500
• Illustrations: Approx. 500 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Sustainability, Globalization, Internationale Wirtschaft, Internationales Management, CSR, Entrepreneurship, Green Economy, International business, Business transformation, social innovation, Business Models, Unternehmertum / Start-ups, conference proceedings, Dynamic sustainability