Academia–enterprise collaboration is understood as a determinant that improves innovation and competitiveness. The mechanisms by which this collaboration occurs have awakened increasing interest among academics, as well as in the business sector. This research aims to identify how open innovation communities can mediate the academia-enterprise relationship, as well as the factors that are more affected by this mediation. Based on the literature, the article addresses the definition of open innovation communities (OICs), university–enterprise cooperation, knowledge transfer (KT), as well as an understanding of OICs as a mechanism for academia–enterprise transfer. An analysis of twelve OICs, conformed by professors, students, graduates, and experts from a Colombian higher education institution is performed. For the data analysis, a factor analysis involving structural equation modeling is carried out. Our results highlight the most important characteristics to take into account in the study of knowledge transfer when OICs are involved, and they also indicate the level of connection between these factors.

The concept of sustainable consumption has been described in the literature from different perspectives, but few have focused on defining the consumer perspective and strategies to appropriate this knowledge and behaviors in the classroom, which becomes a major challenge in times of Covid 19 and confinement. This article proposes an approach to the concept by university students from the implementation of a pedagogical strategy, which involved the implementation of a virtual learning community and the evaluation of the understanding of this concept through the use of mind maps (pre and post). Through the mind maps, data were collected to evaluate the understanding of the concept, the analysis of semantic richness and systemic complexity. The results show the associations established by the students, proposing a categorization system arising from the data and the previous literature review. The study concludes that the students broadened their vision of sustainable consumption in terms of the actors involved, consumption decisions and the social and environmental dimensions of sustainability.

IntroductionThe rapid advances in technology, market pressures, globalization, and, recently, the COVID-19 pandemic show the need to find educational models that respond to these realities while improving the employability levels of young people and promoting economic growth. This research analyzes how the professional formation model, where two learning spaces, the academy, and the company, are combined, promotes the closing of gaps and economic growth, through the development of intellectual capital that arises from this relationship, in an emerging economy such as Colombia.MethodsThe methodology used corresponds to a qualitative approach, where the vision of the actors involved in the training process at the undergraduate level in Colombia is analyzed through semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and documentary analysis.Results and discussionThe results show five major elements to consider for the formation of the intellectual capital required for the success of the relationship and the reduction in the gaps between academia and business: decision-making mechanisms, inter-organizational coordination, knowledge.

Las tendencias hacia el desarrollo, la competitividad y la sostenibilidad determinan la necesidad de nuevas estrategias en la formación de profesionales que tengan las capacidades y competencias necesarias para concebir el concepto de la sostenibilidad. Las exigencias del mercado, el acceso a las nuevas tecnologías y en general la globalización, han desencadenado cambios en la forma de ver y actuar sobre los problemas sociales y ambientales del mundo, siendo necesario encontrar desde la educación superior nuevas formas de acercamiento a estas realidades.

El nuevo escenario de la economía está modificando los determinantes de la competitividad. Por ejemplo, existen cambios tecnológicos que transforman la manera de intercambiar, y se han incrementado las medidas proteccionistas en los mercados de mayor envergadura a nivel mundial. Por ello, es necesario discernir sobre los retos de la región en una nueva época, caracterizada no solo por la globalización, sino por una rapidez en el comercio que avanza con mayor ritmo que las regulaciones de los acuerdos comerciales.