%0 Journal Article
%T The COTEC Innovative SME Network from an economic and financial perspective Perspetiva econ¨®mico-financeira da Rede PME Inova  o COTEC
%A Paulo Bento
%A Helena Pindo De Sousa
%A Jo£¿o Oliveira
%J Economia Global e Gest£¿o
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X This article examines the COTEC Innovative SME Network from an economic and financial perspective. The COTEC Network is a group of companies that strives to be a reference for value creation in Portugal by adopting innovative attitudes and undertaking innovative activities. This analysis is made at the Network and sector levels. Portugal¡¯s non-financial SMEs (at the national level) are the benchmark for the Network, and the non-financial SMEs for each economic sector in the country are the benchmark for the COTEC sectors. Although the conclusions require confirmation in future research, they indicate that companies in the Network have much higher levels of economic profitability and financial robustness than Portugal¡¯s SMEs in general, both as a whole and by sector. Este artigo efetua a carateriza  o econ¨®mico-financeira da Rede PME Inova  o COTEC, um grupo de empresas que pretende ser uma refer¨ºncia de cria  o de valor em Portugal, em resultado da ado  o de atitudes e do desenvolvimento de atividades inovadoras. A an¨¢lise faz-se a dois n¨ªveis: Rede e setores. No caso da Rede, o benchmark s o as PMEs n o financeiras do Pa¨ªs, enquanto no caso dos setores s o as correspondentes PMEs n o financeiras. As conclus es, que carecem de confirma  o em futuras investiga  es, apontam no sentido de as empresas da Rede terem n¨ªveis de rentabilidade econ¨®mica e de robustez financeira muit¨ªssimo acima da generalidade das PMEs em Portugal, tanto em termos globais como sectoriais.
%K Finan as Empresariais
%K Rede
%K Inova  o
%K PME
%K COTEC
%K Corporate Finance
%K Network
%K Innovation
%K SME
%K COTEC
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