Afonso holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from IST and specializes in Industry 4.0 maturity models. Currently, he researches the way domestic manufacturing of critical technologies shapes the world’s national competitiveness landscape and allows Nations to respond to product shortages through the adaptation of established regulation.
Afonso Amaral
Research topics:National core competencies and dynamic capabilities in times of crisis: Regulation of ventilators and new market entrants in Portugal versus Spain
Enrollment year: 2020
- Research area: Engineering and Public Policy
- Institution in Portugal: Instituto Superior Técnico
- CMU Department: Engineering and Public Policy
Thesis: Boosting Critical Technologies at a National level
PT Supervisor: Joana Mendonça
CMU Supervisor: Granger Morgan
CMU Supervisor: Erica Fuchs
