Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): High Value Added, Resilient and Sustainable Industry
Articles

Portuguese Industrialization: Overcoming a Heavy Heritage

Maria Fernanda Rollo
Nova University Lisbon
Ana Cristina Barros
INESC TEC
Luís Carneiro
INESC TEC
José Carlos Caldeira
INESC TEC, MANUFUTURE

Published 2021-06-14

How to Cite

Rollo, M. F., Barros, A. C., Carneiro, L., & Caldeira, J. C. (2021). Portuguese Industrialization: Overcoming a Heavy Heritage. INESC TEC Science&Society, 1(2). Retrieved from https://science-society.inesctec.pt/index.php/inesctecesociedade/article/view/56

Abstract

With a past full of delays and constraints, with periods of widespread rejection to industrialization, as well as periods of accelerated economic development, Portugal reaches the fourth industrial revolution with a troubled legacy. However, Portugal is now ready to face the main challenges and contest a position among the more advanced countries, namely in terms of overcoming some of the more complex processes of the ongoing 4.0 revolution