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theidentificationofthemostrelevantconnections;aproposalofabatteryofresultindicatorssoastocapturethemostrelevantconnections;and,finally,aproposalofimpactindicators.Thefirstimpressiondrawnfromobservingtheframeworkofinteractionsafterthemeasureswereorganisedintoclustersisthateverythingisrelatedwitheverything.However, there is a significant variability and it is pertinent to underline that 12interactions represent almost one third of the interactions observed between thevarious Areas of Application. These selected interactions therefore permit thedefinition of a structure of the “strongest” relations between the Areas ofApplication;thisstructureconstitutestheframeworkofthecentralimpactchainsofthePT(followingfigure).Figure2:DiagramofInteractionsbetweentheAreasofApplicationofthePTOnobservingthisfigure,themainaspectthatstandsoutisthecentralpositioningoftheConditionsofEconomicActivityinthedeterminantimpactchains.Indeed,sevenof the twelve selected interactions involve the Conditions of Economic Activity,makingthisarealikea“turntable”thatreceivesinfluencesfromalltheotherAreasupstream and then distributes them to the S&T infrastructures, Entrepreneurshipand,aboveall,BusinessCapacity.Accordingtotheauthorsofthestudy,inordertofullyunderstandandevaluatetheinfluenceandtheimpactsofthevariousMeasures,itisnecessarytoobservehowthePTworksinthelongtermbecausethemaindynamicsofbusinessinnovationandchangeinPortuguesesocietyemergefromtheseinteractions.Inotherwords,itwas12