| 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) |