NeVS - Networked Value Systems | University of Vaasa

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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News 05.09.2024

Ostrobothnia Chamber of Commerce Award to Associate Professor Jouni Juntunen

News 03.09.2024

3D metal printing offers opportunities for many different sectors - University of Vaasa's Metal Additive Manufacturing Lab is used by various organisations, researchers and students

Dissertation 07.11.2023

Digital technologies cannot work wonders for organisations if they don't align their social systems accordingly

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Research projects

Project	Duration	Actors
DigitalTwin	01/2020 - 12/2020	Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
AVANGARD – Advanced manufacturing solutions tightly aligned with business needs	10/2019 - 10/2022	Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
CircularDigi - KiertoDigi	09/2019 - 08/2021	Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
Technobothnia Robotic Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (TB-RAM CoE)	03/2019 - 02/2021	Networked value systems NeVS
All4R&D – Promoting academia-industry alliances for R&D through collaboration and open innovation platform	01/2018 - 11/2022	Networked value systems NeVS

Publications

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2025	Comparing feasibility of low-carbon heavy-duty road freight vehicles	Rajalehto, Clara; Helo, Petri
2025	Practicing Impactful Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy	Kuusisto, Jari; Kalliomäki, Helka; Kunttu, Leena; Kalliokoski, Johanna
2025	Vaikuttavaa missiolähtöistä innovaatiopolitiikkaa	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
2025	Developing the Innovation Capabilities of SMEs: The Role of Intermediary Firms in Knowledge Ecosystems	Shahzad, Khuram; Hafeez, Shahid; Heimo, Teppo; Mäenpää, Antti; Mubarak, Muhammad Faraz; Evans, Richard
2025	Sustainability-Oriented Innovation for System-Level Impact	Goodman, Jennifer; Halme, Minna; Juntunen, Jouni
2025	Use of non-fungible tokens in operations and supply chain management	Helo, Petri; Hao, Yuqiuge; Gunasekaran, Angappa
2025	Bridging the chasm between “what could be” and “what is”: the impact of blockchain technologies on public service management	Tan, Evrim; Dan, Sorin; Shahzad, Khuram