https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11984/473 2026-07-09T04:40:35Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11984/14618 La gobernanza de la innovación responsable en la industria: la praxis cooperativista Imaz Alias, Oier; Eizagirre, Andoni; Uriarte, Leire En esta contribución damos cuenta de los resultados de un proyecto de investigación en el que hemos analizado la visión de la industria sobre la gobernanza de la innovación responsable en un caso poco estudiado en la literatura especializada: las cooperativas. La experiencia acumulada evidencia las dificultades para involucrar al sector privado en el desarrollo de proyectos de innovación responsables ante los grandes retos sociales de nuestro tiempo. A su vez, se constata un creciente interés por comprender cómo la experiencia de las empresas que integran una visión social en la definición de la misión, la visión y los valores de su proyecto empresarial puede ayudar a identificar vías para reducir la distancia entre empresas y otros actores interesados. Los resultados subrayan el valor de la innovación responsable en las cooperativas, si bien evidencian la importancia de una interpretación situada. Podemos identificar un conjunto de ideas que dan sentido a la interpretación de la responsabilidad (e.g., el valor del trabajo, el legado, etc.). Sin embargo, las declinaciones de estos valores rectores difieren, lo que sugiere una relación estrecha entre la conceptualización de la innovación responsable y las condiciones institucionales y organizativas de cada empresa.; In this contribution, we report the results of a research project in which we have analyzed the industry's vision on the governance of responsible innovation in a case that has been scarcely studied in the specialized literature: cooperatives. The accumulated experience shows the difficulties in engaging the private sector in developing responsible innovation projects for the grand social challenges of our time. At the same time, there is growing interest in understanding how companies that integrate a social vision into their mission, vision, and values can help identify ways to reduce the distance between companies and other stakeholders. The results underscore the value of responsible innovation in cooperatives but highlight the importance of a situated interpretation. We can identify a set of ideas that give meaning to the interpretation of responsibility (e.g., the value of work, legacy, etc.). However, the interpretations of these guiding values vary, suggesting a close relationship between the conceptualization of responsible innovation and each company's institutional and organizational conditions. 2026-06-30T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11984/14617 Computational Intelligence for Sustainable Glass Manufacturing: A Data-Driven Approach for Energy Efficient Conditioning Peña Mangas, David; Cernuda, Carlos; Reguera-Bakhache, Daniel In the glass container manufacturing process, conditioning is a key stage that contributes to energy consumption. The main objective of conditioning is to cool the glass exiting the furnace to a suitable temperature for container forming. Currently, this stage is managed based on the experience of operators, which is functional but not optimized for energy efficiency. While several approaches to minimizing energy consumption based on process control using physical modeling have been proposed in the literature, they do not completely account for all the involved variables. Moreover, none of these studies leverage the power of data to predict energy consumption patterns. In this paper, we introduce a data-driven method to minimize energy consumption during the glass conditioning stage. We applied this methodology to a specific production line and tested it under various scenarios, achieving potential savings of 5% to 45% in energy consumption. Operational validations in two additional real forehearths showed energy reductions of 26.3–89.3 kWh per operating hour, corresponding to relative savings of 8.2%–22.1%, including a same-production A/B test. The implementation of this method has the potential to significantly contribute to the decarbonization goals of the glass manufacturing industry. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11984/14616 Techno-economic assessment of centralized and decentralized energy management strategies for energy sharing in collective self-consumption schemes Feijoo-Arostegui, Ane; Rodrigues, Luís; Gaztañaga, Haizea; Villar, José; Soares, Tiago; Goikoetxea, Ander The increasing deployment of individual and collective self-consumption systems is reshaping Energy Management Systems (EMSs) under evolving regulatory frameworks. This paper presents a techno-economic comparison between a centralized EMS and a decentralized EMS for flexible resources dispatching and sharing under collective self-consumption schemes. The centralized EMS is formulated as a Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Programming (MINLP) optimization problem, whereas the decentralized EMS employs a rule-based algorithm that requires no information exchange among members. Both strategies have been evaluated under the Spanish regulatory framework, a) using fixed allocation coefficients and b) introducing improvements borrowed from the Portuguese regulation, selected as a benchmark due to its advanced regulatory maturity. For the case of ex-ante allocation coefficients computation, an optimization-based methodology is proposed combining Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) with data clustering techniques. Results indicate that both EMS architectures achieve comparable energetic performance. The centralized EMS achieves the highest levels of self-consumption, self-sufficiency and energy sharing, particularly when proportional allocation coefficients are used, while the decentralized EMS performs closely. From an economic perspective, the centralized EMS provides the highest cost reductions, while the decentralized EMS yields lower economic savings but with significantly less computational effort, with runtimes up to eighteen times shorter. These findings highlight a clear trade-off between economic optimality and computational efficiency, positioning decentralized EMS solutions as a scalable and privacy-preserving alternative for individual self-consumers transitioning to collective self-consumption schemes in evolving regulatory frameworks. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11984/14612 Developing Soft Skills through Dual Higher Education: A Comparison of Education and Business Master’s Students Alvarez-Huerta, Paula; Imaz Aguirre, Ainara; Urkia-Basterra, Iraia This exploratory study examines changes in selected soft skills among master’s students participating in Dual Higher Education (DHE) programmes and investigates whether these changes differ between fields of education and business. Using a pre–post design, data were collected from a convenience sample of 17 students enrolled DHE master’s programmes in education and business. Students completed a questionnaire before and after participating in the programme, and repeated-measures analysis of variance was conducted to analyse changes over time, differences between fields of study, and interaction effects. The results indicated a significant improvement over time in oral and written communication skills, with a medium-to-large effect size. Education students reported consistently higher efficacy beliefs than business students at both measurement points, suggesting stable field-related differences. In addition, a significant interaction between time and field of study was found for social competence, with education students scoring higher than business students at post-test. These findings suggest that DHE master’s programmes may effectively support the development of communication skills, while other soft skills appear to be shaped by disciplinary context and prior experiences. This underscores the need for discipline-sensitive and pedagogically intentional programme design. 2026-06-12T00:00:00Z