Strategic change in the forest industry towards the biorefining business

Näyhä, Annukka; Pesonen, Hanna-Leena

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2013.04.014

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“…In light of this, an important challenge is that pulp and paper firms often find it difficult to initiate cooperative relations with partners from downstream industries (Näyhä and Pesonen 2014). Our interviews also highlighted this issue, which appears to reflect a concern for becoming locked into value chain relationships where the pulp and paper firms are considered as mere suppliers of raw material with little value added.…”

Section: Developing New Market Knowledgementioning

confidence: 88%

“…with energy or chemical industries) as key underpinnings for the lack of resource mobilisation (Swedish Energy Agency 2014). Other studies have also pointed to mobilisation of resources as one of the major problems for the development and deployment of forest biorefineries in Europe and North America (Näyhä and Pesonen 2012;. They find that pulp and paper industries are no longer profitable enough to shoulder the costs for developing and deploying biorefineries.…”

Section: Technological Innovation Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…But our knowledge on chemicals is very limited.' Furthermore, pulp and paper firms were found to face significant difficulties in establishing strategic partnerships with actors from downstream industries (see also Chambost et al 2008;Karltorp and Sandén 2012;Näyhä and Pesonen 2014). In summary, these combined characteristics imply that the ability of Swedish and Finnish pulp and paper firms to innovate outside existing products and processes is generally limited.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Identified reasons include lack of competencies, high capital intensity of the industry and difficulties in establishing strategic partnerships with actors from industries along the value-chain (Hansen and Coenen 2013;Novotny and Laestadius 2014;Näyhä and Pesonen 2014;Palgan and McCormick 2016).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Unpacking resource mobilisation by incumbents for biorefineries: the role of micro-level factors for technological innovation system weaknesses

Hansen

Coenen

2016

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

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Unpacking resource mobilisation by incumbents for biorefineries: the role of micro-level factors for technological innovation system weaknesses

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Coenen

2016

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“…The implementation of biorefinery processes implies high financial risks. Risk sharing through partnerships is likely to open up new public funding opportunities and could represent a decisive factor for attracting additional investors (Näyhä and Pesonen, 2013). Improving the collaboration and cooperation partnerships of the main stakeholders of forest-based biorefineries suggest decisive advantages for the implementation of forest-based biorefineries (IEA Bioenergy, 2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

From wood to food: Approaching stakeholder integration in forest-based biorefinery development / Vom Holz zum Lebensmittel: Ein Beitrag zur Integration von Stakeholdern bei der Entwicklung von Holz-Bioraffinerien

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Schwarzbauer

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Die Bodenkultur: Journal of Land Management, Food and Environment

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SummaryThe expansion of existing pulp mills with additional technology processing concepts to forest-based biorefineries implies high risks. A stakeholder-integrated strategy development is therefore more likely to open up such new business opportunities. Therefore, this paper aims to develop and verify a feasible approach. For this purpose, Porter's deliberate strategy was extended in context of a case study on the production of hemicelluloses for value-added food markets. Considering two different strategies based on technological approaches, the case of pre-extraction can be given preference considering the interests of involved stakeholders regarding food additive marketing. The implementation process of a forest biorefinery remains widely case dependent, but nonetheless this paper provides some guidance concerning realization steps. The study proved that vast concordance between three different stakeholder groups can be achieved in case of two complex options. Hence, coordination of stakeholder interests is feasible in context of technology implementation strategy development. Keywords

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Technological innovation systems for biorefineries: a review of the literature

Bauer

Coenen

Hansen

et al. 2017

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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Abstract:The concept of a bioeconomy can be understood as an economy where the basic building blocks for materials, chemicals and energy are derived from renewable biological resources. Biorefineries are considered an integral part of the development towards a future sustainable bioeconomy. The purpose of this literature review is to synthesize current knowledge about how biorefinery technologies are being developed, deployed, and diffused, and to identify actors, networks and institutions relevant for these processes. A number of key findings can be obtained from the literature. First, investing more resources in R&D will not help to enable biorefineries to cross the 'valley of death' towards greater commercial investments. Second, while the importance and need for entrepreneurship and the engagement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is generally acknowledged, there is no agreement how to facilitate conditions for entrepreneurs and SMEs to enter into the field of biorefineries. Third, visions for biorefinery technologies and products have focused very much on biofuels and bioenergy with legislation and regulation playing an instrumental role in creating a market for these products. But there is a clear need to incentivize non-energy products to encourage investments in biorefineries. Finally, policy support for biorefinery developments and products is heavily intertwined with wider discussions around legitimacy and social acceptance. The paper concludes by outlining current knowledge gaps. 3This is a post-print version

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Strategic change in the forest industry towards the biorefining business

Cited by 81 publications

References 36 publications

Unpacking resource mobilisation by incumbents for biorefineries: the role of micro-level factors for technological innovation system weaknesses

Unpacking resource mobilisation by incumbents for biorefineries: the role of micro-level factors for technological innovation system weaknesses

From wood to food: Approaching stakeholder integration in forest-based biorefinery development / Vom Holz zum Lebensmittel: Ein Beitrag zur Integration von Stakeholdern bei der Entwicklung von Holz-Bioraffinerien

Technological innovation systems for biorefineries: a review of the literature

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