Göran Roos

• PhD
• University of South Australia

It seems that all industrialised sectors grounded in natural biological raw materials go through the same cycle of commencing with low-value-added products. As scientific and technical knowledge develops, this opens the pathway towards higher value-added activities, which is taken by some part of the existing firms in the sector and also by other f...

There is a strong conceptual link between the structure of global value chains (GVCs) and innovativeness. However, evidence of the link has largely been limited to the study of GVCs in industries that are purported to be innovative, and the studies have largely been at the level of an individual firm or product. This sampling bias and level of anal...

The article explores opportunities for the sustainable economic development of coastal territories in the Baltic Sea region (BSR) arising in blue economy sectors in the framework of digital transformation. The study argues that more active commercialisation of territorial resources can facilitate the sustainable economic development of the BSR coas...

Strategi er viktig for enhver virksomhet enten man driver kommersielt eller ikke. Denne boken gir en grunnleggende forståelse av strategifaget både på teoretisk og praktisk nivå. Den gir et rammeverk for å utvikle virksomhetens strategi og viser flere måter å angripe strategiarbeidet i organisasjoner på. Boken presenterer den klassiske strategipro...

The study analyses the role of the transit function in the development of a regional transport system drawing on the example of the Kaliningrad exclave region (Russia). The article studies the role and extent of the impact of changes in the volume and structure of transit operations on the value-added creation in the regional economy. The assessmen...

Over recent years, it has become increasingly obvious that the countries, regions and individual systems are now developing within the framework of the emerging technological paradigm. The key elements for their development are knowledge and capabilities, being transformed into the products exported by a given country, these constitute the core of...

The ongoing technological development leads to the emergence of a new value-creation paradigm that calls for changes and structural transformations in economic systems at different levels. Structural transformations are prompted by growing economic complexity. In this context, the selection of industrial strategies and the validation of key regiona...

As technology evolves, it can be difficult to maintain a competitive edge. The management of intangible resources like competence, relationships, brands, processes and systems becomes increasingly important in such a world. Intellectual Capital as a Management Tool reviews the evidence to demonstrate where the intellectual capital view of the firm...

Description In today’s environmental and economic climate, it is important for businesses to drive development towards sustainable and zero-waste industries, responsibly leveraging renewable low-cost inputs to generate high-value outputs for the global market. Marine macroalgae presents modern businesses with opportunities for the development of a...

The macroalgae value chain is similar to other plant-based production chains in that they go through the same chain of production, grow-out, harvesting, processing, utilization, and ultimately disposal. Extraction is a process specific only to the end product and can include the extraction of polysaccharides including hydrocolloids. The extraction...

The economic potentional for the algae industry is seemingly limitless. The range of products that are obtained from macroalgae and that we use in our daily lives suggests that, at least in the developed world, we cannot live through a single day without using something that at least contains some macroalgalderived constituents or something that ha...

This article uses the intellectual capital-based view of the firm, to draw conclusions about both the change in relative importance of resources and the change in relative influence of transformations in the firm’s resource transformation system when introducing digital technologies. The methodology is a synthesis of research conducted on the impli...

The article looks at the literature as relates to technology-driven shifts in employment with a specific emphasis on digital technologies. The article looks at both the arguments for a positive outcome and for a negative outcome. The article concludes that there are probably more jobs going to be created than is presented in popular media but that...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to tie together the insights from the body of research relating to economic complexity theory, structural holes, non-price based competition, and knowledge management. The insights relating to generating national prosperity are synthesised through an intellectual capital lens. Design/methodology/approach The pa...

A summary on the findings of the project lead by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA), Government of South Australia, on Functional and Luxury Food Value Chains into Asia and Australia is given. The work included a roadmap outlining where food value chains may potentially be transformed to higher value add, i.e. functional an...

This paper investigates research specialisation of top ranked universities around the world. The revealed comparative advantage in different research fields are determined according to the number of research articles published. Subsequently, measures of research ubiquity and diversity, and research complexity index of each university, are obtained...

A sub-national economic complexity analysis of Australia’s states and territories. Regional Studies. This paper applies economic complexity analysis to the Australian sub-national economy (nine regions with 506 exported goods and services). Using a 2009 Australian multi-regional input–output table for base data, we determine the number of export go...

While technological developments are evolving at a rapid pace, employee workplace skills are falling behind. This rate of change will continue to accelerate, and it is the responsibility of businesses to provide their employees with a solid foundation for keeping pace with the technology surrounding them. Technology-Driven Productivity Improvements...

The manufacturing sector is increasingly looking to innovation to ensure productivity growth, especially in high-cost operating environments to achieve non-price based competition. The paper begins with an overview of regulatory, technological and consumer trends and developments impacting manufacturing. It considers the shifting balance between fr...

The way we work and the way organisations divide up the necessary tasks between technological artefacts and people is constantly evolving with the continuous technological development. This technological development is also continuously modifying the structures that emerges for holding and combining the distributed diversity of useful technical exp...

examines actions governments, business and individuals need to take to create a vibrant advanced manufacturing sector and increase national prosperity

This paper articulates why manufacturing, and specifically advanced manufacturing, forms the basis for national prosperity. It also discusses the future developments of key technologies that will impact both manufacturing and service activities and their mpact on both firms and society in terms of productivity improvements, skills and jobs, organiz...

The chapter discuss contemporary professional associations by providing a brief history of their development in three waves. First is the development of the collegia opificum during Roman times; second, the development of trade guilds from the early middle ages and onward; and third the development of professional associations in contemporary times...

Purpose – Developed economies with high-cost environments face industrial transitions from scale-based manufacturing (MAN) to knowledge, technology and intangible asset-based sectors. The purpose of this paper is to examine the changes in employment and value-adding profiles of transitioning industry sectors in Australia and discuss the implication...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on an industry policy implementation case involving around 30 manufacturing firms, where the intellectual capital (IC) lens, and especially the intellectual capital navigator (ICN) approach, was found to be very useful for evaluating alternative servitisation strategies. Servitisation is a form of bu...

This chapter reviews various concepts captured under the term Circular Economy, drawn together from various service innovation perspectives. The circular economy is built on the principle that all intermediary outputs that are of no further use in the firm’s value-creating activities are provided as inputs into other firm’s value-creating activitie...

This chapter provides an overview of select literature on servitization, introduces and defines the concept of servitization, and shows why servitization is becoming a required strategy for manufacturing firms. It discusses the key aspects of servitization as innovation along several different dimensions. The chapter also touches upon what type of...

This article briefly discusses the origins and development of the business model concept resulting in a high level definition. Against this backdrop, frameworks from the literature around green business models with examples of green business models and the business model innovation process are presented. The article then discusses the origins and m...