UO 2 (8%) closed cycles
11 Direct final storage of Thorium containing fuel elements
A dissertação que resulta desta investigação foi desenvolvida procurando respeitar os padrões de qualidade e profissionalismo exigidos para um trabalho desta dimensão. No entanto, verificaram-se um conjunto de limitações que não podem deixar de merecer registo. Em primeiro, lugar o facto de o estudo ter incidência numa área geográfica de dimensão reduzida as respostas obtidas não são passíveis de generalizações aos vinhos de outras regiões. Por outro lado, verificou-se que das 40 empresas produtoras de Alvarinho que foi possível contatar apenas 13 responderam ao primeiro contato. No entanto, apenas quatro se disponibilizaram para a marcação da entrevista. De facto, ao passo que as entrevistas realizadas aos agentes institucionais permitiram obter uma perspetiva abrangente das questões em análise no estudo, o número de entrevistas realizado a empresas pode condicionar a extrapolação dos resultados para a realidade da sub-região.
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Da limitação resultante do número de empresas que aceitaram participar neste estudo é possível retirar uma recomendação para investigações futuras que reside precisamente na tentativa de alargar o âmbito deste estudo a um leque de empresas mais representativo.
Como consequência dos resultados obtidos no âmbito desta investigação é ainda possível apresentar outras recomendações para futuro. Assim, poderá ser interessante aprofundar em que medida a intervenção das autoridades públicas pode contribuir para o aumento da cooperação entre as empresas.
Outro tema que importará estudar prende-se com a importância do conhecimento e da inovação na mudança do paradigma da gestão destas empresas.
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