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Andres Mejia-Villa holds a PhD in Economics and Business (2018) from the University of Navarra (Spain), Business Administrator (1997) and Master in Economics (2011) from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia). He was director of two Business Administration programs. He has been visiting scholar in the United States and Norway. Currently, he teaches and researches in strategy, innovation, creativity, and circular economy; and he is the director of the MSc Strategic Management and MSc Innovation Management at the University of La Sabana (Colombia). He belongs to the Innovation and Strategy research group from the same university.
This paper contributes to the circular economy (CE) literature by investigating the drivers of success of the CE implementation in the construction sector and how those drivers can complement any implementation process in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). To do so, we analyzed the case of TECMO Estructuras Metálicas, using the methodology proposed by Jaca and colleagues to implement the CE in SMEs. It is a Colombian company with more than five decades of experience in the manufacture and installation of steel and aluminum structures for small and large building and infrastructure projects. The data were collected between August 2019 and November 2020 through direct communication with the company via workshops, meetings, and company reports. This research found that five drivers are relevant for implementing CE in the construction sector: fertile ecosystem, management commitment, identification of valuable materials, green teams, and CE intermediaries. Moreover, this study also contributes to teaching the implementation of the CE in companies, since it shows that through the methodology presented, implementation projects can be developed in postgraduate classes.
Luz Torres-Guevara; Vanessa Prieto-Sandoval; Andres Mejia-Villa. Success Drivers for Implementing Circular Economy: A Case Study from the Building Sector in Colombia. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1350 .
AMA StyleLuz Torres-Guevara, Vanessa Prieto-Sandoval, Andres Mejia-Villa. Success Drivers for Implementing Circular Economy: A Case Study from the Building Sector in Colombia. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1350.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuz Torres-Guevara; Vanessa Prieto-Sandoval; Andres Mejia-Villa. 2021. "Success Drivers for Implementing Circular Economy: A Case Study from the Building Sector in Colombia." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1350.
The European Ecolabel (EU Flower) has the mission to encourage cleaner production and influence consumers to promote Europe’s transition to a circular economy. Nonetheless, little is known about EU Ecolabel evolution; it is not clear what the drivers that encourage its implementation are. Thus, this study aims to assess the growing acceptance of the EU Ecolabel in the European Union, and Spain more specifically, by examining product and service categories and geographical regions. The methodological approach taken in this study is a mixed methodology based on the triangulation method by consulting the EU Ecolabel scheme database, EU Ecolabel delegates from some autonomous regions, and the academic literature. Also, a geographic analysis was run in the ArcGIS Software with data about the accumulation of licenses assigned in 2016. The analysis shows that most products in Spain that have been awarded the EU Ecolabel belong to the following categories: Do-It-Yourself Products (paint and varnish), Paper Products, Cleaning Up Products, and Electronic Equipment. At the same time, the study showed that this ecolabel faces significant obstacles in its diffusion, such as the competition with environmental labels launched previously in Europe and other regional labels. The results of this study indicate the existence of five drivers that may encourage the implementation of EU Flower in a region: (1) public management, (2) communication strategy, (3) sustainable public procurement criteria, (4) local income per capita, and (5) international trade incentives. Finally, this study provides essential recommendations for policymakers to trigger ecolabeling practices such as the need to improve the understanding of the EU ecolabel impact in different levels of activity, which means countries, regions, industrial clusters, firms, and consumers. Also, this investigation identifies areas for further research, and it expresses the need to develop business case studies about ecolabeling with the objective to visualize this phenomenon as an eco-innovation process.
Vanessa Prieto-Sandoval; Andrés Mejía-Villa; Marta Ormazabal; Carmen Jaca. Challenges for ecolabeling growth: lessons from the EU Ecolabel in Spain. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2019, 25, 856 -867.
AMA StyleVanessa Prieto-Sandoval, Andrés Mejía-Villa, Marta Ormazabal, Carmen Jaca. Challenges for ecolabeling growth: lessons from the EU Ecolabel in Spain. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2019; 25 (5):856-867.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVanessa Prieto-Sandoval; Andrés Mejía-Villa; Marta Ormazabal; Carmen Jaca. 2019. "Challenges for ecolabeling growth: lessons from the EU Ecolabel in Spain." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25, no. 5: 856-867.
This study pretends to highlight the usefulness of developing action research (AR) projects as a way to develop a set of integrated studies based on a dual contribution: academic and managerial ones. The concept of AR Project goes one step ahead in terms of AR methodology as an extended case study. We describe an specific AR Project associated to a doctoral theses in the field of innovation intermediation. As main results, we have learned from this experience that (1) the relationship between researchers and practitioners must be collaborative and based on trust and commitment, (2) an AR Project is broader and more complex than a case study, (3) the diffusion of research results must be differentiated for practitioners and academics, and finally, (4) the AR Project is an open and collaborative innovation practice.
Andres Mejia-Villa; José Antonio Alfaro-Tanco. Action Research Projects: one step ahead in the researcher-practitioner relationships. WPOM-Working Papers on Operations Management 2017, 8, 191 -203.
AMA StyleAndres Mejia-Villa, José Antonio Alfaro-Tanco. Action Research Projects: one step ahead in the researcher-practitioner relationships. WPOM-Working Papers on Operations Management. 2017; 8 ():191-203.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndres Mejia-Villa; José Antonio Alfaro-Tanco. 2017. "Action Research Projects: one step ahead in the researcher-practitioner relationships." WPOM-Working Papers on Operations Management 8, no. : 191-203.
Julieth Vanessa Prieto Sandoval; José A. Alfaro; Andres Mejia-Villa; Marta Ormazabal. ECO-labels as a multidimensional research topic: Trends and opportunities. Journal of Cleaner Production 2016, 135, 806 -818.
AMA StyleJulieth Vanessa Prieto Sandoval, José A. Alfaro, Andres Mejia-Villa, Marta Ormazabal. ECO-labels as a multidimensional research topic: Trends and opportunities. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016; 135 ():806-818.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJulieth Vanessa Prieto Sandoval; José A. Alfaro; Andres Mejia-Villa; Marta Ormazabal. 2016. "ECO-labels as a multidimensional research topic: Trends and opportunities." Journal of Cleaner Production 135, no. : 806-818.