Bertha Vallejo

• PhD
• Visiting Researcher at Polytechnic University of Valencia

For decades, the literature has analysed the different elements of strategic technological alliances in the automotive industry. However, few empirical studies have analysed the rapidly changing constellation of automotive alliances in the last decade. This article presents a systematic literature review supported by the analysis of 309 automotive...

Implementation of the US IRA in 2022 significantly changed the practice of automotive-related industrial policy in the US. We scrutinize its influence on a third country, Canada, where, in response to the IRA, more than CAD 42 billion has been committed to secure three battery plants with a value of CAD 19 billion. The purpose of our research is to...

To cite: Vallejo, B. and Mordue, G. (2024), Editorial [Special issue: Automotive Value Chains: A Decade of Disruption and Transformation], International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Vol.24 No.5, p. 1-4. Link: https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=ijatm&year=2024&vol=24&issue=5

The existing literature on social protection does not sufficiently address the role of traumatic experiences in vulnerability and resilience. A failure to address trauma in highly traumatized and vulnerable populations could suppress the potential effect of social protection programs. This study used a natural experiment (N= 464) to explore the eff...

The global COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the low resilience of supply chains and employment fragility in most economic sectors. The research is based on two independent online surveys. On the one hand, this research explores the level of readiness towards adopting I4.0 technologies in automotive firms in Mexico. On the other hand, it explores the m...

This chapter reviews public-private partnerships' experiences in Africa, identifying the challenges and barriers to their implementation. The analysis is based on a systematic literature review and supplemented by interviews with representatives of 12 African science granting councils, allowing for a discussion of the role they should play in facil...

While it is increasingly important to strengthen the existing knowledge base in Africa to adequately respond to the rising risks and impacts of climate change on water resources, a significant research gap remains to identify areas and mechanisms to cope with these societal challenges. The aim of the paper is twofold: i) to provide subject-specific...

The civil war in Northern Uganda left communities traumatised and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although many government programmes have been implemented for rehabilitation, those with PTSD are often unable to grasp the opportunities presented due to underlying trauma. This study found that psycho-social support and trauma c...

This study explores the innovation intermediaries’ landscape in sub-Saharan Africa, considering Science Granting Councils (SGCs) as the key intermediaries in the system. Based on extensive desk research, personal interviews, and an online survey, the study discusses the roles and functions performed by SGCs as intermediators and influences of scien...

This paper explains how successful innovation systems interact with trade and global value chains (GVC) participation to foster learning and technological upgrading. It conducts an empirical investigation of 74 developing countries for 3 years, 2000, 2005 and 2010, to show that, while some countries manage to trade and export across a large number...

Public-private partnerships in research and innovation (PPPs in RI) have become a key element in the research and innovation policy of countries. The study presents an analysis of the processes, practices and the attendant bottlenecks in promoting PPPs in RI by science granting councils in sub-Saharan Africa. The research combines several technique...

The book: Innovacion, Redes de Colaboracion y Sostenibilidad. Experiencias Regionales y Tendencias Internacionales de la Industria Automotriz (Martinez Martinez, A. and Carrillo Viveros, J., editores).

En este libro, coordinado por Adriana Martínez y Jorge Carrillo, se presentan nueve capítulos en los que diversos especialistas analizan las transformaciones recientes de la industria automotriz desde una perspectiva regional, pero que obedece a los cambios y tendencias internacionales. Dichas mutaciones han sido resultado de las presiones ambienta...

It is of great importance that development projects (especially those projects that target improving the livelihood of rural communities) continue to deliver their intended benefits over their intended economic life – we call this ‘project sustainability’. Applying an experimental design, our study reveals that active involvement of project benefic...

Although the effect of transformational leadership on project success is empirically supported, less is known about the mechanisms that explain this effect. To address this issue, we propose the mediating role of team-building as a possible explanation of the relationship between transformational leadership and project success. Based on a field sur...

This study reviews the evaluation of capacity development, identifying capacity development (CD) modalities and the schools of evaluation currently in place. The research joins the results agenda debate, arguing that in dealing with CD interventions, pre-defined indicators fail to represent the process and the key elements that take CD recipients t...

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To be cited as: Vallejo, B. (2015). The emergence of parallel trajectories in the automobile industry: Environmental issues and the creation of new markets. UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series. No. 2015-037. UNU-MERIT. Maastricht. The Netherlands. Abstract In the past few years we have witnessed how traditional manufacturing relationships between North...

This research presents a descriptive study regarding collaborative learning in a multicultural classroom at a vocational education school in The Netherlands. The study bridges two domains of research: research on culturally diverse learning environments – which has mostly concerned primary and general secondary education – and studies on collaborat...

This research explores changes over time in the learning responses and innovation capacity of auto parts suppliers in Mexico, in the context of the confluence of market changes brought about by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) regulations – which included labor, production and organizational requirements and consequent changes in the...

The study presented in this paper describes preliminary findings on changes in the adoption of different learning mechanisms before and after the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), based on a study of 193 Mexican automotive firms. The results obtained give us useful insights on the composition and capability levels o...

The paper presents preliminary remarks on learning responses of automotive firms in Mexico to the new economic environment brought about in 1994 when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect. The analysis is based on panel firm-level data on the automotive industry obtained from the National Survey on Employment, Salaries, T...