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Latin America’s lithium drive: International trade perspective in the global lithium battery value chain
(Springer Nature, 2025-04-10) Moreno-Brieva, Fernando; Valdés-Valenzuela, Elicel; Basilio Ruiz de Apodaca, Oihana
Lithium batteries are very important for the energy transition because they allow stabilizing the energy obtained from various renewable sources, which tend to suffer large fluctuations in their energy contribution. Besides, they are widely used in a variety of high-tech products. However, the literature has scarcely addressed the importance of the analysis of the leading Latin American countries from a relative and inter-annual perspective of international trade. Hence, the purpose of this study is to analyze the international trade participation of the main Latin American economies in different components of the global lithium battery value chain, considering their share and relative evolution at the regional level, as well as their global positioning. Our findings show that Latin American countries have little presence in this value chain and that most of its main countries have a constant presence in lithium battery imports, but not in exports, although, most of these countries have experienced a positive evolution in exports and a negative evolution in imports.
Non-Hierarchic Leadership Collaboration: Exploring the Adoption of AI-Driven Social Networking for Addressing Social Challenges in an Extra-Organizational Environment
(Elsevier, 2025-06) Basilio Ruiz de Apodaca, Oihana; Montes Gan, Vicente J.; Moreno-Brieva, Fernando
The literature has explained how technology adoption and usage is affected by many socio-technical issues and how the emergence and evolution of networks is key for innovation. However, empirical analysis of interactions between leadership networks and new artificial intelligence-driven technologies is scarce. To shed new light on leadership communities around the adoption of an existing and a new technology related to leadership networks, we analyze the level of socio-digital engagement of a non-hierarchical network of individuals associated with a prestigious Spanish Foundation in the context of pressing social challenges. We apply a methodology that combines quantitative and qualitative methods, sentiment analysis, and insider research to analyze the strategy applied by the Foundation. Our main results show that the existence of strong, trust-based relationships and the introduction of a well-designed AI-based tool may only have a limited effect on the adoption of technology and the evolution of a network. Specifically, in the case studied, the network of leaders around the Foundation comprised peer leadership networks but not collective leadership networks focused on action on social challenges.