Sandra Jennina Sanchez Perdomo

Due to climate change and resource scarcity, there is an urgent need to innovate in coffee production and improve productivity, sustainability, and food security. The research aims to identify the critical factors in the classification of the level of innovation maturity in specialty coffee production processes. It focuses on two innovation dimensions: 1. Strategic and sustainable innovation 2. Technological and change management. In a sample of 66 coffee farms selected randomly, the farms are classified into three levels of innovation maturity employing clustering analysis technique. Cluster 1 is the most basic with the lowest values in both dimensions of innovation. Cluster 2 exhibits moderate values in innovation implementation. Cluster 3 is characterized by high values in strategic/sustainable innovation and technological innovation/change management, dedicated to the production of sustainable specialty coffee, the intermediate level. The Principal Components Analysis (PCA) quantifies the impact of each factor on the dimensions of innovation, facilitating the identification of critical processes for implementation. The findings demonstrate the importance of implementing innovative practices into production processes as this integration enhances the quality of coffee and enables the creation of a distinct sustainable specialty coffee that meets the standards of international sustainable trade certifications.

Creating awareness about Sustainability Literacy (SL) and Environmental Literacy (EL) across educational institutions has increasingly captured the attention of researchers. Given the growing yet fragmented literature about SL and EL across academic disciplines, there is a need to expand and connect this knowledge. This research aims to examine the definitions of SL and EL, their association with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Environmental Education (EE) as well as to present a coherent typology of definitions of SL and EL. The study employs a qualitative thematic analysis approach and the PRISMA guidelines for Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs) using a sample set of 38 articles from the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The results provide a significant understanding of the notions, typology, and learning outcomes of SL and EL in the context of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), as well as the most cited SL and EL definitions, the most associated concepts to SL and EL, and the most representative collaboration networks by countries. The findings reveal the interconnection of EL, Environmental Education (EE), ESD, and curriculum design, underscoring the need to integrate sustainability principles into the educational curriculum, as well as the integration of SL and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Higher Education. Finally, this study uncovers an urgent call to enlarge global and local collaboration networks to expand sustainability knowledge worldwide.

This chapter will present the experience and methodology used to build the health innovation doctorate program structured by the Juan N. Corpas University team. For this purpose, that has the contribution of public-private alliances throughout the construction process, under the scheme of three closely related concepts: collaboration, co-creation, and cooperation. The central objective of this case is to show how the doctoral document in health innovation was structured using the alliances between Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) (academia, experts, entrepreneurs in the private sector in health and government) and is focused on the academics and researcher community and postgraduate/master's students and Executive Education along with practitioners and policy makers.

The incubation process of a business idea in its preliminary stages allows a better understanding of the entrepreneur from individual perspectives. However, its study has been limited, generating unsustainability in various ventures. Therefore, business resilience is a key factor for the entrepreneurial spirit, since it allows the entrepreneur to adapt and grow in the face of unexpected changes. The purpose of this research is to analyze entrepreneurial resilience within the framework of a learning management model in incubators. A qualitative approach was obtained through the literature review and a quantitative approach with descriptive, correlational and multivariate statistical analysis. The findings demonstrated that entrepreneurial resilience is decisive in the learning management model in incubators. The research provides a measurement scale with high internal consistency and validity, demonstrated by principal component analysis, ensuring the reliability of the results obtained.

Introducción: En países latinoamericanos, los estudios sobre innovación del usuario son incipientes. En Colombia por ejemplo, no se han encontrado evidencias de investigación formal sobre innovación del usuario. Para llenar este vacío, este estudio exploratorio tiene como objetivo medir el porcentaje de innovación del usuario en la muestra analizada y determinar las características de estos usuarios innovadores. Metodología: Esta investigación es de tipo descriptivo con corte transversal y naturaleza exploratoria. Se aplicó la metodología adoptada en anteriores estudios realizados por en Japón, el Reino Unido y los Estados Unidos. Se aplicó un instrumento de medición para identificar usuarios innovadores sobre una muestra de 433 individuos Bogotá, Colombia. Resultados: Se encontró que existen actividades de innovación del usuario a nivel de consumidor, el porcentaje de innovación del usuario en la muestra analizada es de 4.8% y la tendencia a innovar fue más pronunciada entre los adultos jóvenes menores a 30 años, que terminaron sus estudios de secundaria y se encuentran cursando estudios universitarios. Conclusiones: Los resultados de este estudio exploratorio constituyen un importante punto de partida para una mejor comprensión de las actividades de innovación del usuario en países emergentes o en vía de desarrollo en Latinoamérica.

Subject area Entrepreneurship and family business. Study level/applicability The case is suitable for BA and MBA levels and for courses focusing on family businesses, entrepreneurship, or small and medium-sized enterprises. Case overview The Gomez family is the owner of Colchones Eldorado, a Colombian mattress company, in business for more than 50 years. Its founder and CEO Gumercindo Gomez, 75 years old, had no succession plan but he wanted to ensure the future of his business. Given the urgency of this situation and the complexity of the family structure, Martha Gomez, General Manager, hired a consultant to design the succession plan. To prepare this plan, the consultant must take into account: the preservation of stock ownership within the family, the company's sustainability under the new CEO family member, and the assurance of the family harmony. Expected learning outcomes These include: understanding the characteristics of a family business in the Latin American context; recognizing the stages of the family ownership; and identifying personal characteristics and roles of family members in order to design the basis of the succession plan. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes.