Transition to Bioeconomy: Perceptions and Behaviors in Central  and Eastern Europe

Pașnicu, Daniela; Ghenţa, Mihaela; Matei, Aniela

doi:10.24818/ea/2019/50/9

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“…Economies function in specific cultural, geographical and cultural factors that shape awareness and decision making, aiming to lead to the success of SOI. So, companies' behaviors are influenced also by the larger context in which they operate [37][38][39][40]. Thus, the politics and institutional contexts in which companies operate are crucial for technological and sustainability transitions and are determined by different features of special and cultural spaces [41].…”

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Key Drivers and Skills Needed for Innovative Companies Focused on Sustainability

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Sustainable innovation at a company level drives economic, environmental and social improvement at a national level. Recent evidence has shown that businesses have increased the managerial attention and investments dedicated to sustainability. This paper aims to identify the most important drivers supporting companies to develop innovation activities oriented towards making the business models more sustainable. We explore microdata from the 2016 Innobarometer “EU Business Innovation Trends” (Flash Eurobarometer 433), covering 8635 companies from 29 countries. Using statistical classification methods, we identify the most important factors that are related to innovation activities that have the potential to shape the efficiency of raw material usage and environmental protection. The most relevant factors emphasized by our analysis are: innovation performance of the country (innovation), percentage of the company turnover invested in innovation activities, percentage of total turnover invested in acquisition of machines, equipment, software or licenses, percentage of total turnover invested in company reputation and branding, including web design, percentage of total turnover invested in software development.. Also, our analysis highlights the skills that are needed the most by companies in order to support their innovation activities targeting sustainability. Our results are useful for better understanding the attention that is given to sustainability by innovative companies, and what the main factors that boost innovation dedicated to sustainability are.

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“…Our paper follows the directions targeted by other Romanian researchers who initiated analyses on the specificities of agriculture in Romania from a bioeconomic perspective [19][20][21]. However, the previous works of specialists did not present or detail the specific characteristics of farmers in Romania, including how they perceive or approach the phenomenon of the bioeconomy.…”

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“…The theoretical definition of the term bioeconomy given by the EC in the 2012 and 2018 strategies is not sufficient. There is still a lack of clarity that prevails in the scientific literature regarding the role, contribution, and implementation of the bioeconomy in the current socio-economic context [21][22][23].…”

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“…The elaboration of the questionnaire took into account the perception, understanding, and evaluation of the concept of bioeconomy [19], based on the model developed by the EC in Eurobarometer 501 from 2020 [21,55,56]. Based on scientific papers [57,58], we argue for the usefulness of this quantitative research in determining the agricultural workers' perceptions about the bioeconomy, which materialized during the collection and analysis of the data after the questionnaire was developed and distributed.…”

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Bioeconomy in Romania: Investigating Farmers’ Knowledge

Bălan

Zeldea

2023

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The approach of studying the perceptions of Romanian farmers regarding the bioeconomy brings an element of novelty, and the study intends to add value to works in the field. The literature regarding the attitudes of farmers towards the adoption of new bioeconomic practices is quite limited at the European level and even more so in Romania. However, Romania’s agricultural potential is recognized nationally and internationally. This article aimed to explore the attitudes of Romanian farmers towards the bioeconomy and to take a step forward in determining a set of scientific actions necessary for the initiation of a national strategy dedicated to the bioeconomy. The quantitative research presented is based on a comprehensive survey. The analysis revealed the role of the bioeconomy in agricultural activities and the expectations of respondents in relation to the main aspects addressed by the concept of bioeconomy. The findings pointed out the contribution of Romanian public institutions in explaining and promoting this complex phenomenon to agricultural workers. The results led to three main conclusions: (i) farmers’ attitudes towards the bioeconomy are generally positive, although their knowledge is limited; (ii) public authorities are not sufficiently involved in supporting and promoting the bioeconomy; (iii) the bioeconomy is underfinanced at the national level. The findings draw attention to a great investment potential in the agricultural field that could foster job creation and regional development in Romania. A closer collaboration between researchers, decision-makers, local authorities, and farmers as well as the expansion of technological research are the conditions needed for the development of the bioeconomy in the agriculture of Romania.

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“…change [7]. Taking into account that the bioeconomy can be shaped by sectors exploiting biomass, it may make up a substantial part of the economy: land and marine ecosystems and the services they provide; all primary production industries that use and produce biological resources (agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and aquaculture); and all economic and industrial sectors that use biological resources and processes to produce food, feed, bio-based products, energy, and services [8].…”

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Assessment of the Concentration and Structure of the Bioeconomy: The Regional Approach

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The bioeconomy is seen as crucial for achieving a climate-neutral Europe by 2050; therefore, it is important to monitor and illustrate the performance and trends of the bioeconomy development not only at state level but also in regions. The research aims to develop a methodology for the identification of bioeconomy concentration and the structure of bioeconomy enterprises at a regional level. The methodology of the research is based on four main steps: (1) defining the framework of bioeconomy enterprises; (2) setting data sources and research limitations; (3) estimating the bio-based share of bioeconomy industries; (4) estimating a location quotient which provide data serving to assess the level of concentration of the factor analysed. The research is based on the analysis of 119 municipalities and 30 387 bioeconomy enterprises by using a location quotient. The research results revealed that the municipalities could be classified into three groups according to the concentration of the bioeconomy. Such a classification of municipalities allowed us to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each municipality in the field of bioeconomy and potential development possibilities. The novelty of the research provides a methodological background for municipal-level monitoring of the bioeconomy and suggestions for improving the uneven development of the bioeconomy. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-07-01-05 Full Text: PDF

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Transition to Bioeconomy: Perceptions and Behaviors in Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 10 publications

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Key Drivers and Skills Needed for Innovative Companies Focused on Sustainability

Key Drivers and Skills Needed for Innovative Companies Focused on Sustainability

Bioeconomy in Romania: Investigating Farmers’ Knowledge

Assessment of the Concentration and Structure of the Bioeconomy: The Regional Approach

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