Publication Authors: Francisco Javier Álvarez-Torres

José Octavio Contreras Sánchez, Vianney Viridiana Contreras Sánchez, Francisco Javier Álvarez-Torres

The healthcare system in Mexico faces persistent and multifaceted challenges, such as the exclusion of vulnerable populations, limited access to medical services in rural and marginalized areas, and increasing pressure due to an aging population. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these structural weaknesses, highlighting the urgent need to integrate innovative technological solutions that not only optimize […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2025: Knowledge Futures: AI, Technology, and the New Business Paradigm
448-453
Ana Lidia Quintero Ramírez, Francisco Javier Álvarez-Torres, Giovanni Schiuma, Gabriela Citlalli López-Torres, Maria D. De-Juan-Vigaray, Clara María Freire Margaça

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are fundamental to Mexico’s economy, representing over 70% of formal employment. Despite their importance, many SMEs, particularly in traditional industries such as leather-footwear, struggle to adopt digital technologies due to outdated infrastructure, limited resources, and cultural resistance to change. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified these challenges, underscoring the need for digital […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2025: Knowledge Futures: AI, Technology, and the New Business Paradigm
454-460
Francisco Javier Álvarez-Torres, Giovanni Schiuma, Francisco Javier Velázquez-Sagahón, Gabriela Citlalli López-Torres

This study explores the complex relationship between technology and well-being in recent graduates entering the workforce of Industry 4.0. While technology offers flexibility through remote work, it also poses challenges like attention fatigue and emotional strain. The research focuses on how recent graduates navigate this balance, particularly as they adapt to their first jobs. On […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2024 – Translating Knowledge into Innovation Dynamics
828-845
Francisco Javier Álvarez-Torres, Giovanni Schiuma

Nowadays, we are facing a world in social and economic compulsion. Different kinds of crises and shocks in the economic and social systems crashed in our reality. This is creating a chaos and uncertainty environment among leaders, entrepreneurs and organizations. It is precisely in this moment of uncertainty that an innovator and resilient leader can […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2023 – Managing Knowledge for Sustainability
841-861
Francisco Javier Álvarez-Torres, Giovanni Schiuma, Gabriela Citlalli López-Torres

Innovation is a fundamental process for the development of a prosperous and dynamic economy in this post-Covid era. The use of the Rao and Weintraub Model (2013) allows us to have an X-ray of the innovation culture of various organizations through the vision of general managers and/or founders. When these types of tools are used, […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2022 – Knowledge Drivers for Resilience and Transformation
2029-2047
Giovanni Schiuma, Eva Schettini, Francesco Santarsiero, Francisco Javier Álvarez-Torres, Gabriela Citlalli López-Torres, Eduardo Álvarez-Rodríguez

Organizations today live in a complex business landscape that requires them to be increasingly resilient, resourceful, intuitive, and flexible. Organizations must confront increasing complexity, turbulence, unpredictability, and the speed of change in the competitive environment. Many different forces and trends are shaping the new business landscape, and rapidly evolving digital technologies are forcing breakthrough and […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2021 – Managing Knowledge in Uncertain Times
1625-1643
Francisco Javier Álvarez-Torres, Gabriela Citlalli López-Torres, Giovanni Schiuma, Eduardo Álvarez-Rodríguez

The global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic represents a challenge for nations in 2020, not just in health issues, but even in well-being, job adaptation, digital competence for the future and develop new types of entrepreneurship among populations (ILO-OECD, 2020). The impact of COVID-19 on workers, workplaces and homes across the globe have been a digital-changing move, […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2021 – Managing Knowledge in Uncertain Times
163-182