Purpose
Católica International Business Platform is a community of corporate, institutional and academic leaders that collaborate to cocreate relevant knowledge to the internationalization ecosystem.
The Platform was launched in 2021, during the first meeting of the Strategic Council, a forum where we take decisions concerning the development and sustainability of the initiative.
In the 2024-2026 triennium, we want to increase the visibility of our projects by the corporate sector and deepen our initiatives of capacitating the ecosystem.
Partner Engagement
Founding Partners
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2021-2023 Activity
Learn & Share cases are the academic team's top priority and consist of the sistematization of company learnings, to catalyse knowledge share among different sectors.
Case pool: Grupo Nabeiro, Sumol+Compal, Grupo Tecnimede, Gelpeixe, Riberalves, Sogrape, Critical TechWorks, CUF, Farfetch
Think Forward Meetings are integrated in the multisectorial Think Tank that annually gathers board members of companies with maturity in internationalization, to reflect on growth challenges and on procedural learnings.
Raise the Bar Projects promote prototypes of innovative solutions, in close collaboration with the partner companies, envisioning the publication of case studies.
At the end of 2023, we had three ongoing projects: one for corporate development when transitioning from the first to the second generation in a family business, another for collaboration among companies of the same sector to explore synergies in internationalization, and a third project for geographical and sectorial capacitation promoted by public entities.
Community Engagement
The Platform has some initiatives open to the ecosystem, which aim to reinforce knowledge about strategic management in topics related to sustainable internationalization, and promote collaboration among companies.
CEO Future Ready Academy
Joining this community entails participating in a 5-day executive program, targeted to C-Level functions. The initiative is developed in partnership with the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and with Católica-Lisbon Executivos.
Gen Z Academy
This community for entry-level positions has two goals:
Bring Erasmus students and graduates in Economics and Management closer to Portuguese companies with potential for international growth.
Companies can ask the Platform to perform the Future Readiness Survey, which assesses the degree of organizational preparation, considering the ambition proposed by the Administration.
Soon, we will the launch the Look Forward Observatory, which will be dedicated to conducting benchmarking studies and progress reports, based on national and international statistics that are relevant to the advancement of the internationalization ecosystem of the Portuguese companies.
Conferences and Opinion Articles
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Academic Team
E-mail: ibp.clsbe@ucp.pt
Phone: (+351) 217 206 241
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