NeVS - Networked Value Systems

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About the research group

Networked Value Systems (NeVS) is a research group that brings together business and engineering to study operations and supply chain management, digital manufacturing and quality management, technology and innovation management, and sustainable energy transition. We are interested in how value networks evolve, how sustainable transformation takes place and how it is shaped by operational excellence, digitalisation, new technologies and products. Under this umbrella, research is organised around four main themes.

The research group focuses particularly on the following themes:

  • Operations and supply chain management
  • Digital manufacturing and quality management
  • Technology and innovation management
  • Sustainable Energy Transition

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Research projects

Project Duration Actors
Brothers from a different mother? How businesses and public sector organizations develop leadership competencies and change processes for blockchain implementation (BizPub) - InnoLab, Technology and Innovations, Management, Marketing and Communication, Networked value systems NeVS, International business and marketing, Human resource management
@PACE Decommissioning of Energy Assets - Digital Economy, Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
KnowHub - Reconnecting universities and enterprises to unleash regional innovation and entrepreneurial activity. - Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
GREENOVET-European VET Excellence Platform for Green Innovation - Networked value systems NeVS, Digital Economy, Technology and Innovations
TULEVA –Logistics and resource management of the future via ubiquitous precision positioning methods - Digital Economy, Technology and Innovations, Smart electric systems, Networked value systems NeVS
Future Ready Harbour Concept – Towards Sustainable Maritime Ecosystem - VEBIC, Renewable energy, Smart electric systems, Networked value systems NeVS, Strategic business development, Management, Technology and Innovations, Efficient Powertrain Solutions
Sustainable Industry Ecosystem (SIE) - Digital Economy, Technology and Innovations, VEBIC, Management, Strategic business development, Networked value systems NeVS
ReWise - Demonstrating resource-wise systems - VEBIC, Strategic business development, Networked value systems NeVS
DigitalTwin - Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
AVANGARD – Advanced manufacturing solutions tightly aligned with business needs - Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations

Publications

Publication year Publication Authors
2025 Comparative analysis of blockchain adoption in the public and private sectors. A technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework approach Benchiș, Melisa Petra; Shahzad, Khuram; Dan, Sorin
2025 Beyond attitude-behaviour debate on sustainable consumption: factors driving sustainable consumption in the fashion industry Ali, Tahir; Heiniemi, Henrika Elisabeth; Shahzad, Khuram; Ojala, Arto; Rahman, Saleem ur
2025 Knowledge management and SMEs’ digital transformation: A systematic literature review and future research agenda Hafeez, Shahid; Shahzad, Khuram; Helo, Petri; Mubarak, Muhammad Faraz
2025 Cybersecurity Risks and Defense for a European Energy Retail Business: A Case Study Using FMEA and Bowtie Incident Analysis Suorsa, Mikko; Helo, Petri
2025 Comparing feasibility of low-carbon heavy-duty road freight vehicles Rajalehto, Clara; Helo, Petri
2025 Vaikuttavaa missiolähtöistä innovaatiopolitiikkaa Kuusisto, Jari; Kalliomäki, Helka; Kunttu, Leena; Kalliokoski, Johanna
2025 Practicing Impactful Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy Kuusisto, Jari; Kalliomäki, Helka; Kunttu, Leena; Kalliokoski, Johanna
2025 Digital Transformation and Changes in Organizational Structure: Empirical Evidence from Industrial Organizations Shahzad, Khuram; Imran, Faisal; Butt, Aurangzeab
2025 Enhancing digital transformation in SMEs: The dynamic capabilities of innovation intermediaries within ecosystems Hafeez, Shahid; Shahzad, Khuram; De Silva, Muthu
2025 Technology-Assisted Literature Reviews with Technology of Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Credibility Challenges Luomala, Mikko; Naarmala, Jyri; Tuomi, Ville

Research group leader

Research group members

Aurangzeab Butt

Teacher
University of Vaasa > School of Technology and Innovations > Industrial Management
aurangzeab.butt [at] uwasa.fi
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Darren Dalcher

Visiting Professor
University of Vaasa > School of Technology and Innovations > Industrial Management
darren.dalcher [at] uwasa.fi
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Kannan Govindan

Adjunct Professor
University of Vaasa > School of Technology and Innovations > Industrial Management
kannan.govindan [at] uwasa.fi
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Harri Haapasalo

Adjunct Professor
University of Vaasa > School of Technology and Innovations > Industrial Management
harri.haapasalo [at] uwasa.fi
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Hafiz Haq

Hafiz Haq

Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Vaasa > School of Technology and Innovations > Industrial Management
Hafiz.Haq [at] uwasa.fi
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Petri Helo

Petri Helo

Professor
University of Vaasa > School of Technology and Innovations > Industrial Management
petri.helo [at] uwasa.fi
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Doctoral students

  • Talha Anis
  • Jussi Antero Aromaa
  • Shahid Hafeez
  • Johanna Marika Huhtamäki
  • Veikka Oskari Huttunen
  • Karri Petteri Kallio
  • Joni Cristian Kukkamäki
  • Thi Cam Huong Le
  • Kodjovi Nyalali Lotchi
  • Riaz Mahmud
  • Tieu Phung Nguyen
  • Jami Johannes Nieminen
  • Tomi Matias Paalosmaa
  • Okko Akseli Partanen
  • Hannele Jaana Johanna Rahkala
  • Clara Natalie Rajalehto
  • Jari Petri Ratilainen
  • Tero Jussi Reunanen
  • Joseph Awali Sebuwufu
  • Mikko Tapani Suorsa
  • Ella Mari Sofia Tolonen
  • Dilshan Asintha Wittahachchi
  • Pirjo Liisa Yli-Viitala
  • Hassan Yousaf
  • Miguel Zamora Cordero