- Outstanding Author Contribution Award Winner, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence (2011).
- Best paper award (ex aequo), 1st Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Doctoral Consortium, University of Southern Denmark, Odense (2004).
- Short-term fellowships, Science and Technology Centre of Madeira (2004, 2005, 2010).
- PhD scholarship, Science and Technology Centre of Madeira (2004-2008).