The aim of active learning is to provide opportunities for learners to think critically about content through a range of activities that help prepare learners for the challenges of professional situations. This chapter aims to present and describe some active learning strategies implemented by the authors, teachers at the Management School of Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), in Portugal. The expected result of this article is sharing successful case studies in Higher Education Institutions.

ResumoAs compras públicas representam a grande parte da execução da despesa pública e, nesse sentido, uma das áreas mais sensíveis em termos de risco de corrupção. Vários são os investimentos dos Governos na contratação pública eletrónica com vista à concretização do princípio da integridade, reforçando, com isso, a sua transparência.Em Portugal, no contexto do governo electrónico, a estratégia passou pela adopção das plataformas de compras eletrónicas, como medida de reforço da transparência nas compras públicas. Os ganhos são significativos. Contudo, este artigo, través de uma revisão de literatura, de carácter exploratório, focando as recomendações e relatórios da OCDE e da União Europeia, salienta que a concretização do princípio da integridade implica medidas articuladas de dimensão tecnológica e de dimensão política e cultura organizacional. A tecnologia pode contribuir para resolver os problemas, mas isso não significa que os problemas se resolvam pelo simples facto de se usar tecnologia.Palavras-chave: governo electrónico; compras públicas; plataformas eletrónicas; transparência; prevenção da corrupção. Abstract Public procurement represents the largest part of public expenditures and, for that reason, is one of the

The rigor and relevance of the results is central to the process of scientific investigation, even in areas where the practice prevails, as is the case of the scientific area of information systems and technology. This issue is also particularly relevant when the underlying epistemological orientation is the interpretivism. Based on a literature review focused on interpretive research in the field of information systems and technology, we find that the generalization of research resulting under the interpretive paradigm are valid and are not exclusive to the positivist orientation. This paper explores the importance of interpretative research in the information systems and technology field. As a result we discuss the different perspectives around the generalization and its interpretation in an interpretative research, supporting the investigator in the grounds of validation of their results.

Bad decisions in public procurement processes have two negative effects: price increase of public goods and services with an impact on public expenditure, and adversely effects on competition, with the negative result of loss of efficiency and social welfare. Electronic public procurement (EPP) has been considered an important tool for promoting competition, simplifying and ensuring transparency in decision-making processes, thus ensuring significant time and money gains. In Portugal, EPP replaced paper-based pre-contractual procedures for communication and processing based on information technologies and systems. Interested in this phenomenon, the authors of this paper structured the TrivPlat project, a tool of free access for monitoring, managing and evaluating electronic public procurement. This paper aims to present the TrivPlat project and its contributions to the discussion about additional efforts needed to be implemented in order to efficiently promote a more transparent and accountable governance, in the defense of public interest.