“…Although several national and supranational strategy papers on the concept of a bioeconomy have recently been formulated in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa, considerable variation in terms of definitional scope still remains (Biber‐Freudenberger, Basukala, Bruckner, & Börner, ; Bracco, Calicioglu, Gomez San Juan, & Flammini, ; Hausknost, Schriefl, Lauk, & Kalt, ; Priefer, Jörissen, & Frör, ). While some strategies focus on traditional biomass production and processing sectors, such as forestry and the pulp and paper industry, others highlight the significance of innovations in the high‐tech sectors to develop the bioeconomy of the respective country (Beermann, Jungmeier, Pignatelli, Monni, & Van Ree, ; Dubois & Juan, ; Pülzl et al., ).…”