Biography
Mauricio Leiva is a Ph.D. student at the School of Business and Economics at UDD in Concepción, Chile. His main research fields are related to development economics, corporate credibility, business sustainability, and environmental education.
Mauricio has been working on understanding and assessing business sustainability and environmental education. This work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals like World Development, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Environmental Education Research, and Marine Policy. In Teaching, Mauricio gives undergraduate econometrics and microeconomics courses at several Universities of the Concepción.
He also has informed the public policy debate by participating in projects for national institutions: the Center of Applied Ecology & Sustainability (CAPES), the Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), and international institutions: Environment for Development (EfD).
Featured Publications
- From theory to action: Explaining the process of knowledge attitudes and practices regarding the use and disposal of plastic among school children (2022). Journal of Environmental Psychology.
- Environmental educational programs in Chile: Do the characteristics of local governments affect school participation? (2022). Environmental Education Research.
- Prospects for Small-Scale Aquaculture in Chile: User Rights and Locations (2021). Marine Resource Economics.
- Do immigrants increase crime? Spatial analysis in a middle-income country (2020). World Development
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Biography
Roberto D. Ponce Oliva (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor at the School of Business and Economics at UDD in Concepción, Chile. His main research fields are related to Business Sustainability, Climate Change Economics, Water Economics, and Tourism.
Roberto has been working on understanding the relationship between economics, society, and the environment. This work has been published in peer-reviewed journals like the Journal of Cleaner Productos, Sustainability Sciences, and Energy Policy. In Teaching, Roberto gives undergraduate [economics] and graduate [organizations and the environment] courses. In applied research, Roberto has been involved in projects with firms in the water and sanitation sector and the food industry. He also has informed the public policy debate by participating in projects for national [Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Social Development] and international institutions [ECLAC and IADB].
Featured Publications
- Mapping Firms’ adaptive profiles: The role of experiences and risk perception in the aquaculture industry. (2023).
- Trends in research on climate change and organizations: a bibliometric analysis (1999–2021). (2022) Management Review Quarterly.
- Advancing toward water security: addressing governance failures through a metagovernance of modes approach. (2022) Sustainability Science.
- Firms adaptation to climate change through product innovation (2022). Journal of Cleaner Production.
Biography
Felipe Vásquez Lavín (Ph.D.) is a tenured Professor at the School of Business and Economics at UDD in Concepción, Chile. His main research fields are related to Environmental Economics, Climate Change Economics, Water Resource Economics, and Choice Modelling.
Felipe has been working on understanding firms’ and consumers’ decisions related to environmental issues (consumption and production). This work has been published in top peer- reviewed journals such as the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Energy, Policy, and World Development. The solid multidisciplinary component of his research allows him to reach multidisciplinary journals like Water Resources Research, Scientific Reports, Conservation Letters, and Journal of Environmental Management. Felipe teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in econometrics with an emphasis on choice modeling.
In applied research, Felipe has been involved in several projects in water and sanitation, energy, and the food industry with private companies. He also has informed the public policy debate by participating in projects for the Chilean Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economics, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Social Development, and the Ministry of Environment in Uruguay and Peru.
Furthermore, he has led several projects with international institutions such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the International Development Bank (IDB), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the International Development Research Center (IDRC), the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVM) from the global Center of Adaptation (GCA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Featured Publications
- Understanding the role of personal experiences and contextual variables in shaping risk reduction preferences. (2023) Vaccine. (accepted)
- Assessing the Use of Pseudo-Panels to Estimate the Value of Statistical Life. (2022). Applied Economics.
- Use of medical services: How sensitive are the results to different econometric models?. (2022). International Journal of Health Planning and Management.
- Assessing the socio-economic and land-cover drivers of wildfire activity and its spatiotemporal distribution in south-central Chile. (2022). Science of Total Environment.
- Diversifying Chile’s climate action away from industrial plantations. (2022). Environmental Science and Policy.
- Sensitivity of Water Price Elasticity Estimates to Different Data Aggregation Levels (2021). Water Resources Management.
- Estimating Discount Rates for Environmental Goods: Are People’s Responses Inadequate to Frequency of Payments? (2021). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
- Effective Targeting and Additionality. Evaluating the D.L. 701 Reforms for Afforesting Erodible Land in Southern Chile. (2021). Land Economics 10.3368/le.97.4.011520-0003R2
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
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.
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
Nélyda Campos Requena (Ph.D.) is Research Professor at the School of Business and Economics at UDD in Concepción, Chile. Her main research fields are related to Consumer Behavior, Choice Modelling, and Business Economics.
Nélyda has been working on understanding how consumers respond to product’s attributes during different choice situations. This work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals like Aquaculture Economics & Management.
In Teaching, Nélyda gives undergraduate economics course, and has taught graduate (economics and environmental valuation), and lifelong learning courses (Microeconomics).
In applied research, Nélyda has been involved in several projects.
She also has informed the public policy debate participating in projects for national institutions (Regional Government, Ministry of the Environment MMA, and Ministry of Education).
Featured Publications
- A comparison of mixed logit and latent class models to estimate market segments for seafood faced with ocean acidification (2023 ). Aquaculture Economics & Management.
- Can higher education admission be more equitable? Evidence supporting the inclusion of relative ranking in the process. (2021 ). Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja.
Biography
• Ph.D. Marketing, Retailing, Experiential Marketing and Consumer Culture, Université Panthéon Sorbonne
• Marketing, Bachelor in Communication, ESPM Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing
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Biography
- • Ph.D. in Business Administration and Management, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Italia.
- • M.Sc. in Business Administration, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile.
- • Industrial Engeneer Sciences, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile.
Área de investigación: Emprendimiento, Innovación y Empresa
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Biography
Ph.D. student at the School of Business and Economics at UDD in Chile, Chile. Her main research fields are strategy, business sustainability, and organizational behavior.
Joana has been working on understanding firms’ adaptation to the physical impacts of climate change. This work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals like Cleaner Production.
Featured Publications
- Firms’ adaptation to climate change through product innovation. (2022). Journal of Cleaner Production, 350, 131436.
- Firms’ Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change: A Literature Review. (2022). In Academy of Management Proceedings.
- Trends in research on climate change and organizations: a bibliometric analysis (1999–2021). (2022). Management Review Quarterly.
- The Role of Circular Business Modeling in the Entrepreneurial Identity-Construction Process. (2021). Sustainability.
Biography
Has been working on assessing the role of internal corporate governance mechanisms on organizational sustainability outcomes. This work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals like Management Review Quarterly. In Teaching, Julián Díaz gives undergraduate management courses. In applied research, Julián Díaz has been involved in several projects with firms in the manufacturing sector.
Featured Publications
- Mapping the research about organisations in the latin american context: a bibliometric analysis. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-022-00296-3. Management Review Quarterly
- Trends in research on climate change and organizations: a bibliometric analysis (1999–2021). (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-022-00298-1 Management Review Quarterly
- Entrepreneurial Intention: Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and University Support. (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc7010011 Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity
- Empirical research on high-growth entrepreneurship: a literature review and Latam research agenda. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1108/MRJIAM-09-2021-1231 Management Research
Biography
Ph.D. student at the School of Business and Economics at UDD in Concepción, Chile. His main research fields are related to [sustainability and innovation in emerging economies.
Walter has been working on understanding/assessing /evaluating innovation in emerging economies. This work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals like Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, Thunderbird International Business Review.
In applied research, Walter has been involved in several projects with firms in the HealthCare sector. He also has informed the public policy debate participating in projects for national and international institutions.
Featured Publications
- How do digital capabilities affect firm performance? The mediating role of technological capabilities in the “new normal”. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge. (2022). Journal of Innovation & Knowledge.
- New strategies to explain organizational resilience on the firms: A cross-countries configurations Approach. (2022). Sustainability.
Biography
Mauricio Leiva is a Ph.D. student at the School of Business and Economics at UDD in Concepción, Chile. His main research fields are related to development economics, corporate credibility, business sustainability, and environmental education.
Mauricio has been working on understanding and assessing business sustainability and environmental education. This work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals like World Development, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Environmental Education Research, and Marine Policy. In Teaching, Mauricio gives undergraduate econometrics and microeconomics courses at several Universities of the Concepción.
He also has informed the public policy debate by participating in projects for national institutions: the Center of Applied Ecology & Sustainability (CAPES), the Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), and international institutions: Environment for Development (EfD).
Featured Publications
- From theory to action: Explaining the process of knowledge attitudes and practices regarding the use and disposal of plastic among school children (2022). Journal of Environmental Psychology.
- Environmental educational programs in Chile: Do the characteristics of local governments affect school participation? (2022). Environmental Education Research.
- Prospects for Small-Scale Aquaculture in Chile: User Rights and Locations (2021). Marine Resource Economics.
- Do immigrants increase crime? Spatial analysis in a middle-income country (2020). World Development
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