Tras décadas de una disminución constante, el número de personas que padecen hambre (medido por la prevalencia de desnutrición) comenzó a aumentar lentamente de nuevo en 2015. Las estimaciones actuales indican que cerca de 690 millones de personas en el mundo padecen hambre, es decir, el 8,9 por ciento de la población mundial, lo que supone un aumento de unos 10 millones de personas en un año y de unos 60 millones en cinco años…(Leer más)
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Investigadores
Biography
Tomás Santa María González (Ph.D.) is Assistant Professor the School of Business and Economics at UDD in Santiago, Chile. His main research fields are related to Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Business Model Innovation and Circular Economy. Tomas has been working on understanding the challenges, processes and facilitation of circular economy and sustainability-oriented innovation in private sector organizations. His work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals like Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Sustainable Production and Consumption. In Teaching, Tomás gives courses of business sustainability and general management at undergraduate and graduate levels.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Sustainability and Innovation Management at the Karl-Franzens- Universität Graz, and a MSc in Sustainability and Business at University of Leeds. Previous to his academic experience he worked in the beverage, tourism and salmon farming industries, and is the co-founder of an eco-tourism company.
Áreas de Investigación
- •Economía Circular
- •Negocios Circulares
- •Sustentabilidad
Featured Publications
- Framing and assessing the emergent field of business model innovation for the circular economy: A combined literature review and multiple case study approach. Sustainable Production and Consumption. (2021).
- How do incumbent firms innovate their business models for the circular economy? Identifying micro‐foundations of dynamic capabilities. (2022). Business Strategy and the Environment.
- The Circular Sprint: Circular business model innovation through design thinking. (2022). Journal of Cleaner Production.
Biography
Ángel Sevil is Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the School of Business and Economics at Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile.
His primary fields of research are business sustainability, corporate social responsibility, strategy, and innovation.
Angel completed his Ph.D. in Business Administration at IAE Business School. He also earned a Master of Science in Management Studies from MIT, an MBA from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and a Master of Science in Engineering from Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain.
He has been awarded a fellowship and a research grant from the Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research.
His publications have appeared in leading journals, including Journal of Management Studies, Applied Behavioral Sciences, and Sustainability Sciences, among others.
He has been an active member of the STR and SIM Divisions at the Academy of Management.
Finally, Angel has held CEO positions in multinational companies, integrating academic and practical expertise.
Biography
Erica Salvaj is Professor of General Management and Strategy and Research Director at the School of Business and Economics at Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile and Visiting Scholar at Universidad de San Andres, Argentina.
Her primary fields of research are strategy, leadership, social networks, corporate governance, international business, gender and business history.
She completed her Ph.D. in Business Administration at IESE Business School, Barcelona, was GCEE Fellow at Babson College and has received fellowships and research grants from the Argentinean and Chilean National Commissions for Scientific and Technological Research.
Her publications have appeared in leading journals including Global Strategy Journal, Journal of Business Research, Harvard Business Review, Corporate Governance, Business History, Enterprise and Society, Business History Review, Multinational Business Review, among others.
Erica has been an active member of the OMT Division at AOM since 2007 and the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. She contributed as a reviewer, presenter and PDW organizer.
Also, in recent years she has been a faculty facilitator for the Doctoral Student Consortium.
Finally, Erica is board director at Fundación Conboca
Featured Publications
- A comparative analysis of the internationalization of sub-national and central state-owned enterprises: shreds of evidence from Latin America. (2021). Multinational Business Review.
- A Sustainable Management Model for Cultural Creative Tourism Ecosystems. (2020). Sustainability.
- COVID-19 and Higher Education: Responding to Local Demands and the Consolidation of e-Internationalization in Latin American Universities. (2021). Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración.
- Crises conducting stakeholder salience: shifts in the evolution of private universities’ governance in Latin America. (2021). Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society.
- Gender inequality: Curious Practices. (2022). Academy of management proceedings.
- Social Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities (WITHDRAWN). (2021). Academy of management proceedings.
- Subnational State Owned Enterprises in Latin America: International Expansion and Financial Autonomy. (2020). Academy of management proceedings.
- Women may be climbing on board, but not in first class: A long-term study of the factors affecting women’s board participation in Argentina and Chile (1923–2010). (2022). Business History.
