Studies

Discover the publications resulting from studies on various topics.

The Cork Sector

Description

2023

Once the most critical period of the pandemic was over, the economy recovered quickly, but was faced with the largest inflationary surge in decades, forcing central banks to reverse the direction of monetary policy and rapidly raise interest rates. The cork industry, like most economic activities, was affected by these phenomena. APCOR decided to develop, in this context, an updated portrait of the industry's situation as a strategic support tool for companies.

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The Cork Sector

from the Forest to the Consumer

2020

"The Cork Sector: from Forest to Consumer" , aims, in a summary manner, to present the cork sector in its main areas: the cork oak forest and production, the business structure, investment and innovation, foreign trade, and the main client industries - wine and construction; as well as an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that influence the sector. This is the summary of a study launched by APCOR and carried out by the Centro de Estudos de Gestão e Economia Aplicada (Center for Management and Applied Economics Studies), da Universidade Católica, as part of the Cork_Inov project. The full version of the study is only available in Portuguese - “A Fileira da Cortiça: da Floresta ao Consumidor”.

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