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Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina

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1980-03-28

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0000-0003-4930-2176

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37062142900

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Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Universidad de Cuenca, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, Cuenca, Ecuador
Universidad de Cuenca, Departamento de Espacio y Población, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Ecuador

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Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas

La carrera de Economía inicia sus actividades en 1960, al crearse la Escuela de Ciencias Económicas anexa a la Facultad de Jurisprudencia y Ciencias Sociales, hasta que en 1967 obtiene su propia categorización de facultad. Conformada por las carreras de: Administración de Empresas, Contabilidad y Auditoría, Economía, Ingeniería de Empresas, Marketing y Sociología; la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas cuenta con una misión investigadora de especialización profesional y servicio universitario. Su gestión se centra en la formación de profesionales y especialistas en los niveles de grado y posgrado, el desarrollo científico y tecnológico, así como, el análisis crítico y propositivo, orientados a resolver los problemas nacionales y regionales, en las carreras y áreas de su competencia. El contar con Certificación de Acreditación Internacional ACBSP con un alto porcentaje de docentes e investigadores con PhD y sus vínculos con instituciones afines, le otorgan reconocimiento y nivel académico de prestigio.

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Sucozhañay Calle

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Dolores Catalina

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E-waste management in Ecuador, current situation and perspectives
(Elsevier, 2020) Izquierdo Torres, Ismael Fernando; Vanegas Peña, Paúl Fernando; Tello Guerrero, Marco Andrés; Craps, Marc; Martínez Moscoso, Fernando Andrés; Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina; Paño Yáñez, Pablo José
E-Waste is a global concern because of its accelerated generation rate and increasing impact on the environment. Latin America generated 4.2 Mt of E-waste in 2016. In Ecuador, the amount of E-waste generated increased from 73 kt in 2014 to 90 kt in 2016. This chapter presents an overview of the current situation of E-waste management in Ecuador. The study starts by exploring common issues in Latin America. Then, the country’s situation is analyzed under the lens of the integrated and sustainable waste management framework. This analysis reveals that although the country faces several challenges, such as inefficient collection, improper disposal, limited financial resources, lack of a legal framework, and insufficient data on generation and composition, there are also opportunities for improvement. The Constitution of Ecuador considers nature as a subject of rights, which supports the development of environmental policies and legislation. This work presents a diagnostic for decision making performed in a National Workshop on E-waste management using the Systemic Design of Solutions, and sets a baseline for further research. © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Análisis del proceso de institucionalización de la participación ciudadana en Ecuador
(2023) Pacheco Lupercio, Fernanda Lucía; Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina; Paño Yáñez, Pablo José
The extended constitutional process Ecuador has undergone since 2007 for the approval of its new Constitution and its subsequent application generated high expectations in the specific area of democratic development as the so-called citizen participation systems were implemented at the local level. This article offers a qualitative analysis based on documentary sources and infor-mation extracted from interviews and discussion groups with politicians, technicians and citi-zens, to understand the characteristics and achievements of the process of institutionalization of citizen participation and to assess its democratic quality. In spite of the good practices in the area of social participation, the results offer a scenario of highly institutionalized weak democ-racy, with little progress in terms of the direct and participatory democracy established in its Constitution.
Toward a sustainability balanced scorecard for managing corporate social responsibility: a conceptual model
(Springer, 2021) Cabrera Barbecho, Fanny Narcisa; Sigüenza Guzmán, Lorena Catalina; Guamán Guachichullca, Noé Rodrigo; Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina; Vanegas Peña, Paúl Fernando; Sucozhañay Idrovo, Gabriela Carolina
The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard (SBSC) allows companies to track organizational operations and measure their impact on company objectives. To monitor the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and ensure its alignment with the company’s strategy, CSR elements need to be integrated into the organization’s dashboards. The main goals of this study are threefold: (1) identify the main CSR elements and the proposal of an analysis scheme for CSR’s strategies; (2) assess local and regional CSR implementations using the previously identified elements, and (3) incorporate the identified CSR metrics into a management dashboard based on the findings of the previous steps. Both a systematic literature review and in-depth analysis of case studies were used in this study. The results show that four elements: principles, dimensions, stakeholders, and means can be applied to analyze CSR strategies consistently. In addition, a structure for a management dashboard that incorporates subcategories and indicators for the assessment of sustainable CSR strategies aligned with the company goals is proposed.
Manual de Indicadores de Sostenibilidad en las MiPyMEs textiles en el Ecuador
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2023) Merchán Piedra, Daniel Felipe; Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina; Ontaneda Jiménez, Diego Danny; Sigüenza Guzmán, Lorena Catalina; Sigcha Quezada, Erik Alejandro; Vásquez Salinas, Bernarda Michelle; Vanegas Peña, Paúl Fernando; Reino Chérrez, Fabiola Susana
Improving sustainability of e-waste management through the systemic design of solutions: the cases of Colombia and Ecuador
(Elsevier, 2019) Méndez Fajardo, Sandra; Boni, Heinz; Vanegas Peña, Paúl Fernando; Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina
The rapid increase in consumption of electronic devices, coupled with the low development of effective regulatory frameworks, the missing engagement of the stakeholders, as well as the lack of awareness of consumers and widespread informal recycling activities have been identified as the main challenges for a sustainable management of Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment WEEE or E-waste in developing countries. To tackle this situation, policymakers often take a simplistic approach focusing only on technical and economic aspects, while overlooking the interests of all stakeholders and the causality of the phenomenon. In contrast, many developed countries have implemented legislation incorporating the principle of extended producer responsibility, which requires a firm engagement of relevant actors to achieve effective cooperation. This chapter describes a systemic design methodology which ensures high-level involvement of all pertinent actors. It was successfully applied for the development of the national policy for WEEE management in Colombia (2014-16) and for identifying solutions shaped in a participatory process in Ecuador (2018).
A regional response to a global problem: single use plastics regulation in the countries of the Pacific alliance
(2020) Abril Ortiz, Adriana Lorena; Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina; Vanegas Peña, Paúl Fernando; Moscoso Martínez, Juan Andrés
Unsustainable production and consumption patterns of single use plastics are causing worldwide negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts on land-based and marine ecosystems. Nevertheless, in Latin America, plastics governance is still fragmented across borders because of dispersed normative adoption and limited regional coordination. In this context, the instrumental level of articulation between the international principles of environmental law and the formal legal arrangements from the Pacific Alliance countries is assessed to analyze how this strategic platform can contribute to offering a regional response to the global problem of single use plastics. For this purpose, an illustrative case study of the national and subnational regulation developed by the Pacific Alliance and its members was performed. To this end, a framework analysis was conducted on the official legal documents from Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Ecuador. The results show extensive and scattered subnational regulation to control the consumption of plastic bags and single use plastics, with diverse policies on extended producer responsibility, educational and economic strategies to influence mainly the consumer’s behaviour. Recommendations are presented in order to improve plastics governance in the region through the legal component.
Indicators to evaluate elements of industry 5.0 in the textile production of MSMEs
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022) Vásquez Salinas, Bernarda Michelle; Flores Sigüenza, Pablo Andrés; Sigüenza Guzmán, Lorena Catalina; Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina; Arcentales Carrión, Rodrigo Nicanor
Textile MSMEs are going through a period of instability and greater difficulty in executing their operations due to factors derived from the pandemic, globalization, policies, and environmental and social needs. This is driving companies to abandon classic methods and turn to the use of innovative concepts as manners to promote sustainability and resilience. One of these concepts is Industry 5.0, which, according to the European Commission, focuses on sustainable manufacturing and operator well-being and complements Industry 4.0 as it seeks to improve factory efficiency through technology by placing the human being at the center of development. At the same time, it minimizes environmental and social impacts and enhances resilience. Aware that implementing these new trends is a challenge for MSMEs, this study contributes to the generation of indicators to evaluate elements of Industry 5.0 in the textile production of MSMEs, supporting the development and implementation of strategies focused on this area. The construction of the set of indicators is based on a 3-phase framework that consists of doing a systematic literature review, selecting the indicators by a process of analysis and comparison, and expanding their characteristics through elaborating data sheets. As part of the results, 172 indicators completed a rigorous selection and validation process. These will serve as the basis for developing sustainable, resilient, and human-centered production models that can be carried out in future research
Transformational leadership and stakeholder management in library change
(Igitur Utrecht Publishing And Archiving Services, 2014-01-01) Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina; Zhimnay Valverde, Cristian Fabián; Sigüenza Guzmán, Lorena Catalina
This article aims to analyse the role of library managers as change agent when implementing Library 2.0, using transformational leadership and stakeholder management approaches. To do so, a case study in a Latin American academic library was performed. The experiences acquired for a period of six years were analysed, during which three library managers were involved in managing change. Qualitative data from documents, interviews, and observations were collected, and qualitative analysis methods were used to obtain in-depth understanding of the change process. Results show that lack of transformational leadership and stakeholder management contribute to delayed implementation and limited adoption of innovations. Although library managers recognized the importance of different stakeholders to implement changes, they did not apply systematic and proactive strategies to define and manage them. All in all, library managers should be trained as change agents, with emphasis on transformational leadership and stakeholder management skills.
The impact of managers' personality on task and relationship conflict: The moderating role of family and non-family business status
(2024) Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina
When it comes to organizational conflict in (small) family businesses, managers’ personality has received little attention. We investigated the relationship between managers’ personality traits (Big Five) and their perceptions of task conflict and relationship conflict in two types of firms (family vs. non-family business). We collected data from 103 managers in small firms (56 family firms and 47 non-family firms) in Ecuador. Our findings show that family firms have less relationship conflict compared to non-family firms. Managers’ personality seems to play a key role in perceiving conflicts. Particularly, managers’ openness and extraversion are related to less perceived conflict. Introverted managers in non-family businesses perceive more relationship conflict than those in family businesses. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
The effectiveness of inter-municipal cooperation for integrated sustainable waste management: a case study in Ecuador
(2022) Villalba Ferreira, Mario Emmanuel; Sucozhañay Calle, Dolores Catalina; Scholten, Peter; Dijkstra, Anneke Geske
There is an increasing awareness that effective waste management is essential for transitioning towards a circular economy and achieving sustainable development goals. Scholars have studied inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) as a governance solution with the potential to generate economies of scale and reduce financial costs in waste management. However, previous research has not yet focused on measuring the effectiveness of different types of cooperation on social and environmental outcomes. We analyse the effect of different types of IMC, ranging from indirect to collaborative, on Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) indicators. Our embedded qualitative case study in the emerging metropolitan region of Cuenca-Azogues (Ecuador) found that municipalities that invested in more complex cooperation types achieved better integrated waste management performance, particularly on final disposal, citizen participation, inclusion of recyclers and environmental sustainability.