Abbreviations and acronyms

ADR

Alternative Dispute Resolution

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AICEP

AICEP Portugal Global (Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal)

AMNE

Activity of Multinational Enterprises

ANACOM

Portuguese National Telecommunications Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações)

BSC

Business Services Centre

CEPEJ

European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice

CEPII

Centre for Prospective Studies and International Information

CIT

Corporate Income Tax

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019

CPAI

Permanent Commission for Investor Support (Comissão Permanente de Apoio ao Investidor)

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

DGSTRI

Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index

EATR

Effective Average Tax Rate

EC

European Commission

EEA

European Economic Area

EIB

European Investment Bank

EPL

Employment Protection Legislation

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

EU

European Union

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FDI RRI

FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEP-MTSSS

Strategy and Planning Office of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento do Ministério do Trabalho e Solidariedade Social)

GI

Greenfield Investment

GPA

Government Procurement Agreement

GVC

Global Value Chain

IAPMEI

Portuguese Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação)

ICE

Incentivo à Capitalização das Empresas

ICT

Information and Communication Technologies

IEA

International Energy Agency

IEFP

Portuguese Institute for Employment and Professional Training (Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional)

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INE

Statistics Portugal (Instituto Nacional de Estatística)

IoT

Internet of Things

IRENA

International Renewable Energy Agency

IT

Information Technology

IUTICE

Inquérito à Utilização Tecnologias Informação nas Empresas

LPI

Logistics Performance Index

M&A

Mergers & Acquisitions

MNE

Multinational Enterprise

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PII

Investment for the Interior (Projeto de Investimento para o Interior)

PIN

Potential National Interest (Potencial Interesse Nacional)

PMR

Product Market Regulation

PPP

Purchasing Power Parity

QP

Quadros de Pessoal

R&D

Research and Development

RFAI

Regime Fiscal de Apoio ao Investimento

RHS

Right Hand Side

RIA

Regulatory Impact Assessment

SCIE

Sistema de Contas Integradas das Empresas

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal

SEF

Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)

SIFIDE II

Sistema de Incentivos Fiscais em Investigação e Desenvolvimento Empresarial

SIR

Responsible Industry System (Sistema da Indústria Responsável)

SME

Small and Medium-Sised Enterprise

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

STRI

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index

ULC

Unit Labour Cost

UN

United Nations

UNCITRAL

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

VAT

Value Added Tax

WTO

World Trade Organisation

ZER

Responsible Business Area (Zona Empresarial Responsável)

ZLT

Technology Free Zone (Zona Livre Tecnológica)