NIPE - Centre for Research in Economics and Management

What NIPE - Centre for Research in Economics and Management does

NIPE - Centre for Research in Economics and Management (legal name: Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais) is a non-profit university research center hosted at the School of Economics and Management (EEG) of the University of Minho, located on Campus de Gualtar in Braga, Portugal. Founded in 1999, the center conducts multi-disciplinary academic research across econometrics, health economics, industrial organization, tourism economics, environmental economics, public finance, and political economy, and trains graduate and doctoral researchers through events including the annual NIPE Summer School, seminars, brown bag seminars, and research training programs.

The center's core outputs are peer-reviewed publications (journal articles, books, book chapters, working papers, doctoral dissertations), funded research projects, and policy consulting deliverables. It does not sell commercial products; instead, revenue flows from FCT base and programmatic grants (UIDB/03182/2020 and UIDP/03182/2020), European Commission project funding (notably FEDER), international development contracts with the World Bank and OECD, and consulting engagements with Portuguese public institutions such as Banco de Portugal, Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, Câmara Municipal do Porto, and the Azores Regional Directorate for Environment and Climate Change.

NIPE operates globally through research collaborations, with active projects spanning Portugal, Spain, Croatia, Brazil, Sweden, the Netherlands, Mozambique, and Cape Verde, and partners include INESC TEC, ICS-ULisbon, Universidade de Aveiro, the European University Institute, and industry partners such as Bosch Car Multimédia Portugal. The center has completed 86 research projects and 93 consulting projects, and its researchers edit and publish in top-tier journals including the Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, and European Journal of Finance.

Name

NIPE - Centre for Research in Economics and Management

Legal name

Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais

Website

https://nipe.eeg.uminho.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NIPE is a non-profit university research center at the University of Minho in Portugal that conducts academic research in economics and management, funded primarily by Portuguese and EU grants, and serves government agencies, international organizations, and the global academic community.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Campus de Gualtar, Braga

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

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B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research Grants (FCT Funding): Base funding from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) under unit fundingUIDB/03182/2020 and UIDP/03182/2020
2. Consulting Projects: Knowledge transfer and consulting contracts with government agencies, municipalities, and organizations such as Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Banco de Portugal
3. EU and International Project Funding: European Commission projects, World Bank assignments, and international development organization contracts

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NIPE is a non-profit academic research center that produces peer-reviewed publications, working papers, books, and doctoral dissertations in economics and management, and delivers funded research projects and consulting studies for government agencies, municipalities, and international organizations. It also operates an annual Summer School and regular academic seminars as research training and dissemination activities.

Product overview

NIPE (Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais) is a research center at the University of Minho, Portugal. It is not a product company but rather an academic research institution that produces and disseminates research through publications (journal articles, books, working papers), organizes research training events (Summer Schools, seminars), and conducts funded research projects. The center's activities focus on economics and management research including health economics, public policy, tourism development, labor markets, and fiscal analysis.

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Products and services

• NIPE Research Publications
• NIPE Summer School
• Research and Consulting Projects

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência (INESC TEC)coreTechnology or IntegrationCollaborates on research projects including 'Dinâmicas Concorrenciais e Inovação no Modelo de Negócio na Era Digital' (Competitive dynamics and innovation in digital business models)
• Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de LisboacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in project 'Os Perdedores da Representação' with shared research objectives on political representation
• Universidade do Minho (NIPE/EEG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution providing administrative infrastructure, facilities, and academic framework
• Bosch Car Multimédia Portugal, S.A.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry partner in Easy Ride project on connected vehicles ecosystem
• Universidade de AveirominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in 'Continuidade e Mudança nas Políticas Públicas em Portugal (1975-2020)' research project
• European University InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic collaboration partner on salary and labor market studies
• Banco de PortugalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngaged researchers for consulting project on audit and asset impairment, and co-authored publications with central bank economists
• Direção Regional do Ambiente e Alterações Climáticas - Governo dos AçoresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient for 'Roteiro para a Neutralidade Carbónica dos Açores' consulting project
• World BankminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPMR Colombia project - support for carbon pricing policy assessment
• OECD - Productivity Innovation and Entrepreneurship DivisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on AI diffuse Project for policy research
• Câmara Municipal do PortominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned evaluation study on financial impact of competency delegation
• Câmara Municipal de MatosinhosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned study on financial impact of competency delegation in municipality

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• INESC TEC: Portuguese R&D institute with applied research across technology and management. Direct partner with NIPE on the 'Dinâmicas Concorrenciais e Inovação no Modelo de Negócio na Era Digital' project; overlapping research interests in digital business models and innovation, though with a more engineering-oriented portfolio.
• ICS - Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa: Social science research institute at the University of Lisbon. Direct partner with NIPE on the 'Os Perdedores da Representação' political representation project; comparable in academic-publishing and grant-funded model but with broader social-science scope.

Direct peers

• REM - Research in Economics and Mathematics at ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa: Economics research unit at ISEG, the leading Portuguese economics and management school. Shares NIPE's FCT-funded research center model and competes directly for talent, EU grants, and policy advisory work within Portugal.
• Católica Lisbon SBE Research Center: Research and doctoral training arm of Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics. A leading Portuguese business school with economics and management research that competes with NIPE for faculty, grants, and policy mandates.
• Nova School of Business and Economics Research: Research arm of Nova SBE in Lisbon, Portugal. Comparable in economics and management research focus, though typically with a stronger business-school orientation and larger doctoral program; competes with NIPE for Portuguese public-sector consulting and EU funding.
• CEFUP - Centre of Economics and Finance at the University of Porto: Portuguese economics and finance research center at the University of Porto. Closely comparable to NIPE in mission, FCT funding model, and publication activity; NIPE's own website links to CEFUP's joint ranking platform (cefup-nipe-rank.eeg.uminho.pt), evidencing direct collaboration and a near-identical research profile.

Broad incumbents

• Toulouse School of Economics: Top-ranked European economics research and training institution with extensive industry organization and public economics work, areas where NIPE also publishes. Operates at a much larger scale but functions on similar competitive-grant economics.
• IZA - Institute of Labor Economics: Germany-based international economics research institute with strong labor-economics and policy research focus. Comparable to NIPE in its academic publishing model and grant-funded operations, but at much larger scale and global reach.
• CEPR - Centre for Economic Policy Research: UK-based pan-European economics research network that aggregates and disseminates research from many affiliated centers. NIPE researchers collaborate within CEPR-adjacent projects; CEPR is a broader incumbent with wider funding base and policy influence than NIPE.
• Barcelona School of Economics (BSE): Consortium of Catalan research institutions producing economics research and doctoral training. Comparable to NIPE in mission and methodology; larger and more internationalized, with broader funding and faculty base.

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