UNICAMP’s Faculty of Applied Sciences offers a postdoctoral scholarship for project on Marketplaces  

Those interested have until May 15th, at 8am, to submit their applications to cmorini@unicamp.br. The project “Marketplaces and the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)” led by professor Cristiano Morini, lasts 24 months and will be carried out at the UNICAMP’s Faculty of Applied Sciences in Limeira, São Paulo. The fellowship offered is valued at R$9,047.40.   

The research question is: “What are the challenges, associated risks (various types) and opportunities for the internationalisation of small and medium-sized Brazilian companies via marketplaces?” and the objectives are:  

• To analyse the practices of other customs in terms of cooperation with different marketplaces;  
• To analyse how marketplaces can support SMEs in internationalising their businesses;  
• To identify the factors that attract SMEs to the platform business model.   

The selected candidate must comply with FAPESP’s regulations for postdoctoral fellowships, work with Dr. Morini and the research group, write and publish results as co-author in abstracts, posters and manuscripts, and present research at laboratory meetings, departmental seminars and conferences.  

For further details on the selection process, visit the call website.