Papers by Tuomo Eskelinen
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Mar 3, 2022
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research - Zenodo, Jun 30, 2022
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research - Zenodo, Mar 3, 2022
Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Jun 2, 2016
Sustainability
(1) Background: VALUEWASTE, a European Commission Horizon 2020 project, is attempting to find new... more (1) Background: VALUEWASTE, a European Commission Horizon 2020 project, is attempting to find new and sustainable sources of protein and fertiliser products using biowaste as a resource. Introducing these products to the market is essential to understand the social acceptance, behavioural changes and socioeconomic impacts related to products and value chains. (2) Methods: The applied framework provides insights from market, socioeconomic, and community acceptance points of view. Initially, we designed the context and targets of the study. The acceptance levels were tested in two study regions: the cities of Murcia (Spain) and Kalundborg (Denmark). Secondly, we established a survey questionnaire (N = 523) combining social acceptance and life-cycle assessment methodology questions. Lastly, we performed a scenario-based workshop discussing behavioural changes related to the introduction of new bio-products to customers. (3) Results: Our study of developing new bio-products (food, feed, fertiliser) from biowaste produced forceful comparative results from the two regions regarding three aspects of social acceptance: market, socioeconomic, and community. (4) Conclusions: The present study, engaging citizens, consumers, producers, and policy makers, provides insights into what is important for the social acceptance of new protein sources for food, feed, and recycled fertilisers from bio-waste in the Murcia and Kalundborg city regions. Our observations, based on analyses applying three dimensions of social acceptance, can be directly applied elsewhere, guiding decision makers on how to fortify social acceptance regarding new circular economy business models and the bioeconomy in Europe.
Technology Innovation Management Review, 2017
This report is one output of ABOWE project (Implementing Advanced Concepts for Biological Utiliza... more This report is one output of ABOWE project (Implementing Advanced Concepts for Biological Utilization of Waste), which belongs to EU Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013. ABOWE works with two promising technologies to unlock investments. Two mobile pilot plants have been built and will be tested in several Baltic Sea regions. These pilots are based on a novel biorefinery concept from Finnoflag Oy, Finland, known as Pilot A as well as a German dry fermentation process, known as Pilot B. The pilots form the basis for compilation of Investment Memos and organizing Investor Events. Also a regional model is used to evaluate the new processes’ economic and climatic impacts in each region. The desired outcome from ABOWE is implementer/investor driven continuation projects targeting full-scaleplant investments of the two technologies. The purpose of ABOWE Work Package 2 is to gather and communicate information from many aspects of technologies which are piloted with Pilot A and Pilot B to ...
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2014
ABSTRACT In response to the ongoing multidimensional change occurring in the external environment... more ABSTRACT In response to the ongoing multidimensional change occurring in the external environment, forest sector companies must adapt or create new business models. Our primary objectives are to illustrate the use of an expanded Business Model Canvas for business model design as well as highlight additional evaluation tools that we have developed. We do this via an example from a medium-sized US manufacturer of value-added wood products that desired to design a business model for export market entry. We introduce a method for identifying business models, supported by an evaluation tool and core value calculations. The lessons learned are discussed.
This study is a follow-up on the the implementation of a business model, which was created in a c... more This study is a follow-up on the the implementation of a business model, which was created in a co-creation process between two universities and an established SME specialized in monitoring municipal and industrial water distribution systems.. A shared collaboration sustainability innovation project between two universities and SME company on research, development and innovation context results was analyzed. A product was innovated for water systems monitoring service's needs and generated from two universities and SMEs shared RDI pilot. Authors elaborate findings for commercialization possibilities success factors and challenges for the co-creation concept. Evaluation criteria used are implementation feasibility and environmental & economical value. InTo tool is utilized for after commercialization phase to evaluate business model in this case study. Literature review focuses on collaboration enhanced sustainability innovations, which is used as comparison frame. Authors sugges...
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the web-based environmental innovation processes i... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the web-based environmental innovation processes inthe waste-to-energy field, conducted within the Remowe project in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Poland and Lithuania. The goal of this paper is to discuss lessons learnt from the experiences of these innovation processes in practice and to report experiences from a pilot projects where RPM Screening was employed to enhance the innovation work for waste-to-energy in the Remowe project.MethodsThe paper is based on a foresight methodology RPM Screening which consists of distributedgeneration, mutual commenting, iterative revision, multi-criteria evaluation and portfolio analysis of innovation ideas. The portfolio analysis builds on the Robust Portfolio Modelling. ResultsThe results show that the web platform was a convenient and user-friendly tool for bothgeneration and evaluation of innovation ideas within all of five regions. However, there are some problems to get higher participatory, espe...
Disclaimer This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union (http://e... more Disclaimer This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union (http://europa.eu). The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.
Commercialisation presents complex challenges for both large and small and mediumsized firms, par... more Commercialisation presents complex challenges for both large and small and mediumsized firms, particularly those operating in high technology fields. Many activities, resources and external organisations are often needed in order to bring a new product to market in increasingly competitive, dynamic modern business environments, in which the ability to rapidly create and commercialise new products is an important factor that provides several business benefits. It is therefore important to examine the problems that affect the commercialisation process, which was the main objective of this study. The study was conducted following the strategy of case study methodology (cross-cases), where the main purpose was to search for similarities and differences among three case firms in order to acquire a more sophisticated understanding of the challenges affecting commercialization process of product innovation. The results show that the main challenges confronted during the commercialisation p...
This report is one output of ABOWE project (Implementing Advanced Concepts for Biological Utiliza... more This report is one output of ABOWE project (Implementing Advanced Concepts for Biological Utilization of Waste), which belongs to EU Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013. ABOWE works with two prom ...
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