Alvaro Lopes Dias

Álvaro Dias is Professor of Strategy at ISCTE IUL both in Lisbon, Portugal. He holds two PhD, one in Management and Marketing and another in Tourism. MsC in Strategy, MBA in International Business. Professor Dias has over 26 years of teaching experience. He has had several visiting positions in different countries and institutions including Brazil, Angola, Spain, Poland, and Finland. He regularly teaches in English, Portuguese, and Spanish at undergraduate, master and doctorate levels, as well as in executive programs. Professor Dias has produced extensive research in the field of Tourism and Management, including books, book chapters, papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings, case studies, and working papers.

Publications

Cases on Innovation and Sustainability in Tourism
Cases on Innovation and Sustainability in Tourism
Alvaro Lopes Dias. © 2024. 320 pages.
The tourism industry faces a critical challenge: balancing its economic benefits with the growing environmental and social impacts it generates. This delicate equilibrium calls...
Developing a Commercial Ethics Framework for Analysing Marketing Campaigns
Developing a Commercial Ethics Framework for Analysing Marketing Campaigns
Vasco Ribeiro Santos, Tiago Ferreira Vitorino, Álvaro Lopes Dias, Domingos Martinho, Bruno Barbosa Sousa. © 2022. 16 pages.
This study integrates the relationship of business ethics in marketing campaigns and the importance of the repercussion on organizational performance with the aim of creating a...
Olympic and Paralympic Games Project Structure and Governance: The Case of Olympic and Paralympic Games
Olympic and Paralympic Games Project Structure and Governance: The Case of Olympic and Paralympic Games
Fabiano de Alcântara de Lima, Leandro Pereira, José Santos, Renato Lopes da Costa, Álvaro Dias. © 2022. 21 pages.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games is a megaproject that involves huge investment and time effort from public and private entities to take place, which has been facing issues to...
Contributions of Artificial Intelligence in Operational Risk Management
Contributions of Artificial Intelligence in Operational Risk Management
Maria Carolina Carvalho, Rui Gonçalves, Renato Lopes da Costa, Leandro Ferreira Pereira, Alvaro Dias. © 2022. 16 pages.
Considering the last decades and several economic crises, operational risk is a rising area, and companies are slowly realizing that the more they invest in it, the less profits...
Transformational Leadership Contributions for Employee Autonomy
Transformational Leadership Contributions for Employee Autonomy
Alvaro Lopes Dias, Barbara Pascoal, Leandro Pereira, Renato Costa. © 2022. 21 pages.
The performance of a company is affected by several variables and understanding them and knowing how they work is decisive for management. Therefore, this research aims to...
Professionalism Perception and Client Satisfaction: An Analysis of the Bouncers-Doormen Performance
Professionalism Perception and Client Satisfaction: An Analysis of the Bouncers-Doormen Performance
Rui Silva, Ana Amaro, Alvaro Dias. © 2022. 18 pages.
This research aims to evaluate the degree of customer satisfaction of the nightclubs with the security guards, as well as the perception of their professionalism in performing...
Local Knowledge Management and Innovation Spillover: Exploring Tourism Entrepreneurship Potential
Local Knowledge Management and Innovation Spillover: Exploring Tourism Entrepreneurship Potential
Álvaro Lopes Dias, Marta Figueiredo Marques Gomes, Leandro Pereira, Renato L. Costa. © 2022. 14 pages.
Tourism lifestyle entrepreneurs play an essential role in the innovation and competitiveness of tourist destinations. However, existing knowledge about the determinants of the...
Knowledge Management in Projects
Knowledge Management in Projects
Leandro Pereira, José Santos, Álvaro Dias, Renato Costa. © 2021. 14 pages.
Knowledge transfer in project-based organizations has been recognized as a productivity and economic growth promoter that is currently not properly managed. Therefore, it is...
Business Model Design: Novelty and Efficiency
Business Model Design: Novelty and Efficiency
Rayssa Quirino, Alvaro Lopes Dias. © 2021. 11 pages.
Business model design refers to the design of transactions operated by an organization represented by the content, structure, and governance of all transactions that occur in an...
Eco-Innovation in Coastal Hotels: Is there a Match With Tourist Perspectives?
Eco-Innovation in Coastal Hotels: Is there a Match With Tourist Perspectives?
Álvaro Lopes Dias, Ricardo Lopes Ferro, Francisco Espasandín Bustelo. © 2020. 15 pages.
The discussion on coastal hotels' green products is usually one-sided, with a focus on supply or on demand. In this investigation, authors perceive the way both sides think...
Creative Tourism and Creative Entrepreneurs on Coastal Locations
Creative Tourism and Creative Entrepreneurs on Coastal Locations
Mª de Fátima Ramos Leão, Álvaro Lopes Dias. © 2020. 19 pages.
This chapter is developed in the context of over-tourism in the city of Lisbon (Portugal). There is widespread concern about managing this situation, which involves...
Value Creation in Volatile Economies
Value Creation in Volatile Economies
Alvaro Lopes Dias, Georg Dutschke. © 2019. 14 pages.
This chapter presents in a simplified way that communities in volatile economies can create value through the identification, valorization, and operationalization of knowledge...
Determinants of Employee Retention: A Study of Reality in Brazil
Determinants of Employee Retention: A Study of Reality in Brazil
Melissa Rodrigues Ataide Silva, João Conrado de Amorim Carvalho, Alvaro Lopes Dias. © 2019. 13 pages.
One of the biggest challenges faced by companies is the retention of employees. Studies undertaken in the area indicate that the high turnover rate, especially characterized by...
Strategic and Process Management: A Model Oriented for High Business Performance
Strategic and Process Management: A Model Oriented for High Business Performance
Maria Olga Carvalho e Souza, Alvaro Lopes Dias, Emmanuel M.C.B. Sabino. © 2019. 16 pages.
The performance of companies has been of great interest in the organizational and academic world. In Brazil it became a matter of survival, given the high number of premature...