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Exploring Private Facilitation Strategies for Industrial Symbiosis: a Case Study from the Swedish Food Industry

Petelin, Evgenii LU (2020) In IIIEE Master Thesis IMEM01 20201
The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Abstract
The concept of industrial symbiosis (IS) provides practical solutions for resource efficiency and low-carbon development. The IS represents a collective, multi-industrial approach for companies to improve their economic and environmental performance through the sharing of heat, electricity, water, by-products, information, and reuse of waste. The main challenges to IS emergence include a long duration and a complexity of the projects. Effective facilitation can accelerate the IS development process. Despite the recognition of diverse facilitation actors and roles, a contribution of private consulting firms to the emergence and development of IS remains unexplored. This study contributes to an understanding of IS facilitation by exploring... (More)
The concept of industrial symbiosis (IS) provides practical solutions for resource efficiency and low-carbon development. The IS represents a collective, multi-industrial approach for companies to improve their economic and environmental performance through the sharing of heat, electricity, water, by-products, information, and reuse of waste. The main challenges to IS emergence include a long duration and a complexity of the projects. Effective facilitation can accelerate the IS development process. Despite the recognition of diverse facilitation actors and roles, a contribution of private consulting firms to the emergence and development of IS remains unexplored. This study contributes to an understanding of IS facilitation by exploring possible roles and strategies of private facilitators. The research design included a grounded theory approach and a single case study from the Swedish food industry. In result, first, possible strategic steps for a private consulting firm to engage in an IS project were described. Second, the results demonstrate that private IS facilitators are valued for expert knowledge and experience in a specific innovation area, project management skills and a willingness to take a financial risk. Third, five main facilitation functions of private consulting firms were identified: project management, diagnostic function, direct transfer of expert knowledge, experience sharing, and providing contacts of service companies. Finally, facilitation actions of private firms were described and allocated to phases of IS systems emergence. A clear understanding of facilitation roles and cooperation options can foster the emergence and implementation of IS projects and enhance resource efficiency and low-carbon development, in Sweden and globally. (Less)
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author
Petelin, Evgenii LU
supervisor
organization
course
IMEM01 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
industrial symbiosis, facilitation, barriers to innovation, innovation intermediary, food industry
publication/series
IIIEE Master Thesis
report number
2020:22
ISSN
1401-9191
language
English
id
9025707
date added to LUP
2020-08-10 11:48:23
date last changed
2020-08-10 11:48:23
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  abstract     = {{The concept of industrial symbiosis (IS) provides practical solutions for resource efficiency and low-carbon development. The IS represents a collective, multi-industrial approach for companies to improve their economic and environmental performance through the sharing of heat, electricity, water, by-products, information, and reuse of waste. The main challenges to IS emergence include a long duration and a complexity of the projects. Effective facilitation can accelerate the IS development process. Despite the recognition of diverse facilitation actors and roles, a contribution of private consulting firms to the emergence and development of IS remains unexplored. This study contributes to an understanding of IS facilitation by exploring possible roles and strategies of private facilitators. The research design included a grounded theory approach and a single case study from the Swedish food industry. In result, first, possible strategic steps for a private consulting firm to engage in an IS project were described. Second, the results demonstrate that private IS facilitators are valued for expert knowledge and experience in a specific innovation area, project management skills and a willingness to take a financial risk. Third, five main facilitation functions of private consulting firms were identified: project management, diagnostic function, direct transfer of expert knowledge, experience sharing, and providing contacts of service companies. Finally, facilitation actions of private firms were described and allocated to phases of IS systems emergence. A clear understanding of facilitation roles and cooperation options can foster the emergence and implementation of IS projects and enhance resource efficiency and low-carbon development, in Sweden and globally.}},
  author       = {{Petelin, Evgenii}},
  issn         = {{1401-9191}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{IIIEE Master Thesis}},
  title        = {{Exploring Private Facilitation Strategies for Industrial Symbiosis: a Case Study from the Swedish Food Industry}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}