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Background: Emerging economies face a strategic imperative to transform their supply chains, aiming for economic resilience, environmental responsibility, and social inclusivity. Methods: This study, employing the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method, identified and prioritized key drivers for this sustainable transformation. Results: Expert input from supply chain professionals in various industrial sectors revealed five critical factors: top management commitment, stakeholder engagement, regulatory alignment, technological capability, and internal integration. Notably, technological capability and internal integration emerged as the most influential causal drivers, acting as crucial enablers for deeper, systemic change. These findings offer actionable insights for decision-makers in designing more effective transition strategies for logistics and supply chain systems, especially amidst rapid industrialization and escalating sustainability pressures. Conclusions: This research significantly contributes to the growing literature on strategic supply chain redesign, providing practical guidance for firms navigating sustainability transitions within complex, resource-constrained environments. Full article

Currently, the administration of innovation and technology, and the execution of technological projects (in this case, mechatronic projects) is, for all types of organizations, a challenge that requires the use of the creativity and initiative of its professionals, investing or implementing processes, machines, products, and services in such a way that inventions, designs, and prototypes provide solutions to environmental problems and facilitate society. Therefore, in innovation projects, it should be considered that it corresponds not only to the application of new technologies, but also to the generation of an outcome that is useful for the objective, quantifiable, and productive segment, as applied to mechatronic projects. Therefore, it is necessary and relevant to carry out a process of orderly development in the following phases: identification of need, ideation, development, construction, and verification of the final solution of these mechatronic projects. The above is turned towards a comprehensive design process around the academy, which for the purposes of this research takes place at the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, which, according to the indicators of technological development and innovation, is positioned among the top ten positions at a national level (over 350 measured universities) in the DTI-Sapiens ranking, published every two years since 2017 by the consulting firm Sapiens Research and recognized by the international IREG Observatory. The Unit Department for the Administration and Execution of Technological Projects and Innovation: A Case Applied to Mechatronic Projects aims to achieve a balanced technological offer in the universe of R&D&I projects in mechatronics, among economic and social scientific values. In this way, it will be possible to consolidate links with the socioeconomic environment for the transfer of existing knowledge in HEIs, its exploitation by stakeholders, and the increase in the development of R&D&I projects, strengthening capacities in the UEES relationship for the transfer of know-how to companies. Full article

International construction professional service (I-CPS) refers to a knowledge-intensive professional service (KIPS), such as architecture, engineering, and consultancy, which uses technology/human capital as its major input and is better positioned to create new market opportunities and profitability. While the I-CPS market has recently stagnated owing to political, economic, and social uncertainties, the continuous growth and survival of I-CPS firms are becoming an issue, and a country’s competitiveness in supporting these firms is becoming increasingly important. The market structure of an industry results from the competition between countries or firms, which helps identify future market opportunities and establish a timely competitive strategy. The objective of this study is to quantitatively analyze the I-CPS market structure based on top international design firms (TIDFs). This study analyzes the revenue structures of TIDFs by nationality to identify country-specific factors in the I-CPS industry. The Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) Top 225/200 International Design Firms List for the past decade (2011–2021) was used to analyze international revenue in the major 15 countries. This study analyzed the I-CPS industry’s concentration for static analysis, and for dynamic analysis, the rank distribution of TIDFs, their mobility, and instability by firm nationality were analyzed sequentially. The results confirmed that market forces shifted from Europe and USA to Canada and China and that the market position was unstable in many countries. Additionally, this study divides the 15 countries into four static and dynamic combinations: high-static and high-dynamic, high-static and low-dynamic, low-static and high-dynamic, and low-static and low-dynamic. The findings of this study help understand country-level competition in the I-CPS market from a macro perspective, and provide directions for follow-up studies related to the I-CPS market structure. Full article

This paper addresses a challenging global problem, insufficient accessible urban public green space, based on building typology. Offering sufficient public green spaces and maintaining the equalities of citizens’ accessibility in high-intensity urban cities has been increasingly challenging. Thus, providing adequate and accessible green public spaces by 2030 is a sub-goal of SDGs No. 11. Solving this urban problem is commonly considered the responsibility of urban planning; however, the potential of buildings is scarcely discussed in academia. Luckily, in the industry, many top architecture firms (studios) have tapped the particular potential of buildings via design practice. This practice-led research aims to understand the efforts made by industrial circles. Based on the fieldwork worldwide, this study proposes a ‘spiral space’ building typology to work as a conceptual framework for this emerging field. The key benefit of this building typology—incremental production of public green spaces—is qualitatively verified, and the good flexibility and international acceptance of this building typology are demonstrated based on global cases. This work could serve as a basis for future research on how buildings could play a greater role in supporting urban sustainability, such as enhancing the residents’ accessibility to public green space in metropolises. In addition, the building typology and corresponding design strategies discussed herein could also serve as references for future design practice for architects. Full article