PROFESOR INSTRUCTOR
Doctor en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, España.
Magíster en Gestión de Empresas, Universidad de La Serena
Diplomado en Gestión de la Innovación y la Creatividad, Universidad Central de Chile.
Ingeniero Civil Industrial, Universidad de La Serena
ÁREAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN
Emprendimiento, Innovación, Creatividad y PYME.
BIOGRAFÍA
Mauricio Castillo-Vergara fue emprendedor y es actualmente profesor de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Sus áreas de trabajo son emprendimiento, innovación, creatividad y PYME. Es un investigador activo en la red FAEDPYME, una de las plataformas más relevantes en Latinoamérica para el estudio y desarrollo de estrategias enfocadas en el crecimiento sostenible de las MiPymes. En esta red, ha participado en proyectos internacionales, colaborando con equipos de diversos países para generar análisis y propuestas que impactan directamente en las políticas públicas y en la gestión empresarial. Su contribución ha sido reconocida en múltiples foros y congresos, posicionándolo como un referente en la investigación sobre innovación en Pymes la región.
PUBLICACIONES RECIENTES
Castillo-Vergara, M., Carrasco-Carvajal, O., Álvarez-Marín, A., Sarango-Lalangui, P., & Muñoz-Cisterna, V. (2024). Innovation in perspective: The role of creativity and open innovation in B2B, B2C, and B2G business models. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 10(4), 100399.
Gomez-Schwartz, D., Castillo-Vergara, M., Contreras González, O., & Espíndola Arellano, C. (2024). An integrated model approach for disaster impact reduction: lessons from a slow onset disaster in Chile. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Castillo-Vergara, M., Ortiz-Henríquez, R., Geldes, C., Muñoz-Cisterna, V., & Escobar-Arriagada, C. (2024). Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies in Chilean Mining: A Comparative Analysis Between Sectors. Mining, 4(4), 913-925.
Castillo-Vergara, M., Hansen, P. B., Santos-Delgado, A., Daniels, F., Infantas, K., González-Martinez, Paulina, & Duarte, D. (2024). The Role Of Civil Society Actors In Innovation: An Integrative Approach With Structural Equations And Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. International Journal of Innovation Management, 28(03n04), 2450015.
González-Martinez, P., García-Pérez-De-Lema, D., Castillo-Vergara, M., & Hansen, P. B. (2023). Determinants and performance of the quadruple helix model and the mediating role of civil society. Technology in Society, 75, 102358.
Valdivia, D. D., Cisterna, V. M., Castillo-Vergara, M., & Millar, C. L. (2023). La percepción de los emprendedores sobre la incertidumbre institucional y el proceso constitucional. Revista del CLAD Reforma y Democracia, (87), 177-205.
Álvarez-Marín, A., Velázquez-Iturbide, J. Á., Castillo-Vergara, M., & Acuña-Opazo, C. (2023). The moderating role of aesthetics and information quality for acceptance of augmented reality. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 1-18.
Sarango-Lalangui, Paul, Mauricio Castillo-Vergara, Omar Carrasco-Carvajal, and Antonio Durendez. «Impact of environmental sustainability on open innovation in SMEs: An empirical study considering the moderating effect of gender». Heliyon 9, no. 9 (2023).
Álvarez-Marín, A., Velázquez-Iturbide, J. Á., & Castillo-Vergara, M. (2023). The acceptance of augmented reality in engineering education: The role of technology optimism and technology innovativeness. Interactive Learning Environments, 31(6), 3409-3421.
Paredes-Corvalan, D., Pezoa-Fuentes, C., Silva-Rojas, G., Rojas, I. V., & Castillo-Vergara, M. (2023). Engagement of the e-commerce industry in the US, according to Twitter in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Heliyon.
Castillo-Vergara, M., Muñoz-Cisterna, V., Geldes, C., Álvarez-Marín, A., & Soto-Marquez, M. (2023). Bibliometric Analysis of Computational and Mathematical Models of Innovation and Technology in Business. Axioms, 12(7), 631.
Carrasco-Carvajal, O., García-Pérez-de-Lema, D., & Castillo-Vergara, M. (2023). Impact of innovation strategy, absorptive capacity, and open innovation on SME performance: A Chilean case study. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 9(2), 100065.
Henriquez, R. O., Crespo, F. A., Geldes, C., Alves Ferreira, T., & Castillo-Vergara, M. (2023). Impact of R&D on the Innovation of Products and Processes in Latin Countries. Axioms, 12(2), 149.
Carrasco-Carvajal, O., Castillo-Vergara, M., & García-Pérez-de-Lema, D. (2023). Measuring open innovation in SMEs: an overview of current research. Review of Managerial Science, 17(2), 397-442.
Ramírez Olivares, E., & Castillo-Vergara, M. (2023). Analytical Hierarchical Process to Establish the Criteria for Choosing Explosives Suppliers in Small and Medium Mining Companies. Eng, 4(3), 2407-2420.
Ramos-Escobar, E. A., García-Pérez-de-Lema, D., Castillo-Vergara, M., & Valdez-Juárez, L. E. (2022). Immigrant entrepreneurs: A review of the literature and an agenda for future investigations. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 91, 170-190.
Castillo-Vergara, M., Álvarez-Marín, A., Villavicencio Pinto, E., & Valdez-Juárez, L. E. (2022). Technological Acceptance of Industry 4.0 by Students from Rural Areas. Electronics, 11(14), 2109.
Dario Placencio-Hidalgo, Alejandro Álvarez-Marín, Mauricio Castillo-Vergara, Renato Sukno (2022). Augmented reality for virtual training in the construction industry. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation. Vol 71. N°1, 165-175.
Heredia, J., Castillo-Vergara, M., Geldes, C., Gamarra, F. M. C., Flores, A., & Heredia, W. (2022). How do digital capabilities affect firm performance? The mediating role of technological capabilities in the “new normal”. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 7(2), 100171.
Castillo-Vergara, M., & Lema, D. G. P. D. (2022). Creativity in SMEs: A overview and agenda for future research. BBR. Brazilian Business Review, 19, 431-453.
Castillo-Vergara M., Álvarez-Marín A., Pezoa-Fuentes Claudia & Carrasco-Carvajal O. The Creative Process and Innovation: The Role of Knowledge Management and Industrial Cluster. International Journal of Innovation Management. Vol. 26 Nro. 6. 2250044. https://doi.org/10.1142/S136391962250044X.
Valdez-Juárez, L. E., Castillo-Vergara, M., & Ramos-Escobar, E. A. (2022). Innovative Business Strategies in the Face of COVID-19: An Approach to Open Innovation of SMEs in the Sonora Region of Mexico. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 8(1), 47.
Castillo-Vergara Mauricio, García-Pérez-de-Lema Domingo & Madrid-Guijarro Antonia (2021). Effect of Barriers to Creativity on Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises: Moderating Role of Institutional Networks. Creativity and Innovation Management. Vol 30 (4). 798-815. https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12466
Alejandro Álvarez-Marín, J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide, Mauricio Castillo-Vergara (2021). Technology acceptance of an interactive augmented reality app on resistive circuits for engineering students. Electronics 2021, 10(11), 1286. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10111286
Castillo-Vergara Mauricio, Quispe-Fuente Issis, Poblete Jaqueline (2021). Technological Innovation in the Food Industry: A Bibliometric Analysis. Inzinerine Ekonomika-Engineering Economics. 32 (3), 197-209. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.32.3.26000
Castillo-Vergara, Mauricio, and Domingo García-Pérez-de-Lema. «Product innovation and performance in SME’s: the role of the creative process and risk taking». Innovation 23, no. 4 (2021): 470-488.
González-Martínez, P., García-Pérez-De-Lema, D., Castillo-Vergara, M., & Bent Hansen, P. (2021). Systematic Review of The Literature on The Concept of Civil Society in The Quadruple Helix Framework. Journal of technology management & innovation, 16(4), 85-95.
Valdez-Juárez, L.E.; Castillo-Vergara, M. Technological Capabilities, Open Innovation, and Eco-Innovation: Dynamic Capabilities to Increase Corporate Performance of SMEs. J. Open Innov. Technol. Mark. Complex. 2021, 7, 8. DOI: 10.3390/joitmc7010008
Castillo-Vergara Mauricio, Álvarez-Marín Alejandro, Placencio-Hidalgo Dario. (2018). A bibliometric analysis of creativity in the field of business economics. Journal of Business Research, Volume 85, April 2018, Pages 1-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.12.011
Castillo-Vergara Mauricio, Barrios Galleguillos Nicole, Jofré Cuello Laura, Álvarez-Marín Alejandro, Acuña-Opazo Christian (2018). Does socioeconomic status influence student creativity? Thinking Skills and Creativity, Volume 29, 2018, Pages 142-152, DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2018.07.005
CLASES QUE IMPARTE
Emprendimiento; Gestión de la Innovación