People (59.9%), sustainability (52.4%) and sales (47.7%) were the three main challenges defined by the micro, small and medium-sized companies that took part in the second edition of the PME Magazine Barometer, a periodic study carried out by PME Magazine in collaboration with More Results, a market research specialist, that in this edition had the partnership of Iberinform, specialist in integrated and customized risk management solutions, and Nova SBE Executive Education.

Pedro Neves, Professor at Nova SBE, explains how humour can be used as a management tool and who are the employees that most benefit or are harmed by this technique.

Nestlé Portugal and Nova School of Business & Economics have launched another edition of their Open Innovation program, START and CO. 2022, and are looking for international startup talents to co-create the future of Food, Nutrition, and Wellness. The novelty of this edition is its Iberian scope, as the programme will also be extended to Nestlé Spain.

To mark International Women's Day, FIBE (Forum Brasil Europa) promoted a conversation about female representation, on March 8, with the participation of researcher Mariana Bugelli and Marta Pimentel, Executive Education Director of Nova School of Business and Economics.

With the help of its community, Nova SBE is dedicated to developing research that can help reduce inequalities and eliminate prejudice in order to advance more and new ways of working towards equal rights and respect for all.

Michael Page has launched its annual study on executive search trends in large companies for the year 2022. Through this analysis, it aims to profile how the labour market in different sectors will behave next year, as well as to analyse what has changed compared to previous years.

Institutoptico, a 100% Portuguese optics group, has developed a partnership with NOVA SBE Executive Education, the best ranked Portuguese Business School in the Financial Times, to stand out in the area of specialised training for opticians.

A study commissioned by Mondial Relay reveals the consumption habits of the Portuguese. More than 70% already shop online and the clothing sector is the one with the highest percentage of adherents.