Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

Frugal innovation focuses on the development of accessible products and services using reusable, recyclable, repairable, and low-cost materials. Although it is a relatively recent field, it has gained relevance both in low-income countries, where it originated, and in high-income territories. This research carried out a bibliometric review to analyze the evolution of the literature on this type of innovation. A total of 475 articles were used, extracted from the Web of Science database and published between 2011 and 2024. With the support of VosViewer software, the most cited authors, the most productive journals, the most frequent keywords, and collaborations between countries and organizations were examined. Additionally, relationships between keywords and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were identified, allowing for a connection between frugal innovation and sustainability-related topics. The results contribute to a broader understanding of the countries most engaged in researching or implementing this type of innovation, the most frequently addressed topics, and the connections between regions. The findings also show that, although this approach has high potential in the Global South, there are still barriers that hinder its promotion, along with a trend toward the appropriation of this concept by developed countries to enhance their own technological conditions.

The purpose of the study was to understand the aspects or categories that can guide the reconceptualization of peace in Colombia, for this purpose the visions and interests of the communities of the department of Nariño who participated in the study are taken; The research was carried out from a mixed approach, through the historical-dialectical method and the research techniques used were documentary review, semi-structured interview and survey, in that sense, 403 surveys and eleven semi-structured interviews were applied in the study. The results made it possible to recognize that the aspects and principles to be taken into account for the reconceptualization of peace are the integral presence of the State in the territories, access to and guarantee of social rights, human dignity and social justice, construction of a participatory democracy, active and protagonist participation of citizens in the construction of peace,  political training, plurality, structural transformations, education for peace; In addition, according to the results obtained, it is concluded that it is necessary to build a conceptualization of peace that is not purified of the concrete reality, of political society, that is based on the interests and visions of the different social sectors, in order to advance towards the construction of real peace.

The digital marketing transformation phenomenon has recently attracted significant attention, driven by digitalization and the need for new conceptual frameworks. This study investigates the role of consumers' sense of brand community, brand integrity, and brand interaction in shaping brand love. Additionally, it examines the impact of brand love on switching intention and the intensity of word-of-mouth communication. A survey involving 279 participants was conducted in the context of streaming television services using a convenience sample. This research comprises two studies. In Study 1, hypotheses were tested using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Study 2 conducted a hierarchical cluster analysis. The results confirm the antecedents proposed for brand love. Additionally, brand love was found to have a highly significant effect on word-of-mouth intensity. The current study highlights the direct influence of integrity, sense of brand community and interaction on brand love. In addition, it encounters the significant role brand love plays in evoking WOM intensity. Furthermore, the present study identifies four groups to categorize brand lovers in a cluster analysis.

Urban Air Mobility is an emerging air transport technology whose purpose is to transport passengers and freight at urban, interurban, and regional levels using aerial vehicles capable of vertical takeoff and landing, mostly powered by electric propulsion. This disruptive technology is not only an element of the advancement of aviation technologies but also a pillar of future mobility planning and urban development. To this end, Urban Air Mobility can play a prominent role in shaping urban innovation and sustainable mobility transition strategies. This article, a general thematic review that uses systematic mapping as its methodology, analyzes the sustainable approach to the future development of Urban Air Mobility in cities. However, the concept of sustainability goes far beyond the purely environmental, also considering the social dimension of the concept and considering the entire product/service lifecycle of this emerging technology. At the results level, it is highlighted that the analysis presented here proposes the development of a sustainability framework for Urban Air Mobility that would provide guidelines to support the assessment of environmental, social and economic impacts of this emerging technology, where Life Cycle Assessment would play a key role.

This research analyzes the influence of transformational and transactional leadership styles on the financial and non-financial performance of microenterprises in Guayaquil. The research is quantitative, with a non-experimental, cross-sectional design and correlational scope; The study includes microenterprises located in the city of Guayaquil, whose sampling technique was probabilistic. Among the findings, transformational leadership has a positive and significant relationship with the performance of microenterprises. In contrast, transactional leadership has a significant relationship with performance, which allows us to conclude that these leadership styles contribute positively to microbusiness performance.

Intercultural education is a reality that is becoming more and more established in countries like Ecuador, which have a multiethnic context linked to the dynamics that intertwine different symbolic universes and traditions. In this same order of ideas, gastronomy as a social phenomenon can result in an innovative resource that, if used pedagogically for teaching the English language, can contribute to strengthening identity and intercultural dialogue, particularly in the university context. However, beyond the Ecuadorian reality, in today's globalized world, it is essential that university education considers learning the English language as part of that protean integration into the labor world that awaits the country's future professionals. Thus, the objective of this article is to characterize innovative strategies for learning English in Ecuadorian universities, based on the use of gastronomy as a teaching resource. It is clear that, from the point of view of pedagogy, the teaching-learning process of English for university students is not limited to the transmission of linguistic skills, but requires an understanding of the cultural differences that influence their use, and this must permeate the educational strategies of teachers. The methodological process on which this article was based included a critical hermeneutics of the academic production that has been developed on the subject, particularly that which directly concerns the university environment of Ecuador. In this regard, articles and other texts located on specialized sites such as Google Scholar, Dialnet and Redalyc were used. Among the most significant findings is the reaffirmation of educational strategies based on gastronomy that, when teaching the English language, revalue the cultural traits themselves, maintaining diversity as a notable axiological element and not as a problem to overcome.

A careful look at the Higher Education systems in Latin America reveals a process of progressive strengthening from the end of the 20th century to the present 21st century. Some experts associate this circumstance with the joint concern shown by the various social actors involved in this area of society, such as the State, the market, families and the individual actors themselves. In Ecuador, various variables can be analyzed that have led to a positive evolution of access to universities during the third decade of the 21st century to have a holistic view of this phenomenon. This is the objective set out in this article, based on the application of a qualitative-quantitative approach and a methodological strategy that includes the application of some tools of documentary design and statistics with data obtained from the Senescyt website; Among the latter, the application of multiple linear regression to determine the influence of the variables on university enrollment, as well as an analysis of temporal patterns, trends and gaps between 2017 and 2022. The statistical resources seek to document in a much more didactic and visible way, the expansion of institutional coverage that has occurred in the Ecuadorian territory, because of the social inclusion policies put into practice to attract to the higher education system many of those sectors of the population, traditionally marginalized, such as indigenous people and inhabitants of rural areas. This study thus allows for a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon in question, where the intensification of efforts to ensure that more people could access higher education in the country is evident.

Inclusion is a fundamental right of persons with disabilities, guaranteed by the Federal Constitution of Brazil (1988). Based on the principles of human rights, this study aims to analyze how different educational leadership styles impact the inclusion of students targeted by Special Education in the elementary level of a municipal public school system. A qualitative, descriptive approach was adopted through a bibliographic review, according to the methodological guidelines of Gil (2019), drawing upon primary, secondary, and tertiary sources, as well as scientific publications available on the CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) platform. The specific objectives are: a) to describe transformational, situational, and servant leadership styles within the context of school management; and b) to identify how these leadership styles can be applied in school institutions from an inclusive perspective. The research is justified by the fact that, over the past four years, there has been an increase of more than 50% in the enrollment of students receiving Special Education services in the municipal public school system. The results indicate that transformational leadership promotes inclusion by motivating professionals and fostering innovation in pedagogical processes; situational leadership allows for the adaptation of strategies to meet various educational demands; and servant leadership emphasizes student well-being, contributing to the development of a collaborative and inclusive school environment.

The present state of the art is developed from the perspective of documentary research, with the aim of identifying research trends about the educational processes of juveniles under custodial measures linked to juvenile justice systems, particularly the pedagogical practices deployed by educational actors in this context, based on a rigorous and systematized exploration of the information collected from literature in the period 2018-2024. For this purpose, a methodology consisting of three phases was used: preparatory, heuristic and hermeneutic, as well as four categories of analysis: objectives, methodology, source of information and theoretical perspectives. Using Atlas.ti software, version 9, and following the logic of open, axial and selective coding, we proceeded to the analysis and interpretation of the codes through the “relevance/opacity” method proposed by Pintos (2003). The results highlight the importance of recognizing the social context as a mediator in the resocialization process of this population and the need to continue conducting more field research that allows for in-depth and critical investigation and interpretation of the power relations that underline the pedagogical practices in the interaction of the educational actors in terms of the ethos of each context.

According to estimates from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), out of the approximately four million individuals deported from the U.S. in the past decade, a significant proportion — at least 20% — were former gang members. After serving their sentences, these individuals were expelled to Mexico. Due to their distinctive physical characteristics and hybrid cultural identities, these deportees are likely to confront myriad hurdles in their efforts to assimilate into Mexican society. This study endeavors to explore the social pathways and opportunities available to these individuals for societal reintegration, with the aim of comprehending the essence of their assimilation processes. Additionally, this research seeks to identify the key actors and contexts that enable these deportees' reintegration into their new lives in Mexico. To fulfill these objectives, we carried out a series of comprehensive interviews with former gang members, now deportees, residing in Guadalajara. The findings underscore the severity of the challenges these individuals face in terms of social integration: significant issues include family reintegration and the acquisition of employment; the development of mental health disorders; a predilection towards alcohol and drug use, leading to potential addiction; and an increased susceptibility to violence and entanglement in organized crime.