Purpose – Increasing competition in global markets requires many countries to seek new growth sectors. In addition, the nature of competition is changing. This paper applies the business ecosystem concept and studies San Diego as a spatial health and life sciences ecosystem. The purpose of...

Purpose – To study the motives for partnership in marketing channels and provide an empirical study on mutual selection between manufacturers and distributors. Design/methodology/approach – The data were collected mainly from the interviews which present the perspectives of both the Finnish...

Industry competition is moving from the company-level towards business ecosystems, where organizations must develop mutually beneficial relationships with each other. This paper studies business ecosystem phenomena, focusing especially on the spatial (geographical) context within the health and...

This paper builds a conceptual model of electric vehicles’ (EV) ecosystem and value chain build-up. Based on the literature, the research distinguishes the most critical challenges that are on the way of mobility systems’ electrification. Consumers still have some questions that call for...

The paper contributes towards improving the understanding over the potential of bioeconomy by focusing on a regional context. The study is realised by applying a combination of PESTEL analysis, resource analysis and analysing true and potential cases with high bioeconomy relevance and potential...

Biogas is typically burned to produce electricity or used as vehicle fuel. This case study analyses possibilities to utilise biogas directly in industrial applications to replace current fossil raw materials. True industrial cases are analysed by considering economic impacts of using either...

Purpose: The purpose of the research is to study the applicability of the (Q,R)-model in inventory management of the maintenance materials in investment intensive industry companies. The objective of the research is to answer the following research questions: 1. What is the applicability of...

Purpose: Numerous stage models have attempted to clarify management priorities during the early stages of companies. However, a need for more focused and context-specific studies exists. This study seeks to clarify the early stages of technology- intensive companies in Southern California. To...

Multinational companies are making significant investments in high-risk developing countries lured by the lower factor cost and growth potential. Much research has deliberated on the risks related to such international business, and in particular the country risk. However, there are only a few...

The article addresses the issues of Supply Chain (SC) performance measurement – the process of qualifying the efficiency and effectiveness of the supply chain. The aim of this study is to create a supply chain measurement framework for the manufacturing industry. This study creates a framework...