Filipe J. Sousa

Filipe J. Sousa is Assistant Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the Department of Management and Economics, Social Sciences Competence Centre, University of Madeira (UMa) and a member of the Centre of Applied Economics Studies of the Atlantic (CEEAplA), a research centre co-founded by the University of Madeira and the University of Azores. He holds a PhD in Management by the Faculty of Economics of Oporto (FEP) and his main research interests include the "Theories of the Firm". Filipe J. Sousa has been bestowed with the Outstanding Author Contribution Award Winner at the 2011 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, for his "Anatomy of relationship significance: a critical realist exploration" book chapter (featured in "Advances in Business Marketing and Purchasing: Organizational Culture, Business-to-Business Relationships, and Interfirm Networks", edited by Professor Arch Woodside). His major publication is a 2010 conceptual book entitled "Business Relationships and Corporate Nature and Scope: A Critical Realist Analysis", published by Lambert Academic Publishing. His research outcomes have been presented at some of the most important academic conferences in the Management field, namely the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference, the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, and the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Conference. Check his profile at IDEAS or SSRN.