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
Digitally mediated decarbon communities in energy transition (DigiDecarbon)	01/2022 - 12/2024	InnoLab, Technology and Innovations, Marketing and Communication, Networked value systems NeVS, Strategic business development
Combined transport as sustainable and intelligent supply chain solutions in Southern Ostrobothnia (TruckTrainEP)	11/2021 - 08/2023	Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
Brothers from a different mother? How businesses and public sector organizations develop leadership competencies and change processes for blockchain implementation (BizPub)	02/2021 - 12/2022	InnoLab, Technology and Innovations, Management, Marketing and Communication, Networked value systems NeVS, International business and marketing, Human resource management
@PACE Decommissioning of Energy Assets	01/2021 - 01/2022	Digital Economy, Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
KnowHub - Reconnecting universities and enterprises to unleash regional innovation and entrepreneurial activity.	11/2020 - 11/2022	Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
GREENOVET-European VET Excellence Platform for Green Innovation	11/2020 - 10/2024	Networked value systems NeVS, Digital Economy, Technology and Innovations
TULEVA –Logistics and resource management of the future via ubiquitous precision positioning methods	09/2020 - 08/2022	Digital Economy, Technology and Innovations, Smart electric systems, Networked value systems NeVS
Future Ready Harbour Concept – Towards Sustainable Maritime Ecosystem	08/2020 - 01/2021	VEBIC, Renewable energy, Smart electric systems, Networked value systems NeVS, Strategic business development, Management, Technology and Innovations, Efficient Powertrain Solutions
Sustainable Industry Ecosystem (SIE)	07/2020 - 12/2022	Digital Economy, Technology and Innovations, VEBIC, Management, Strategic business development, Networked value systems NeVS
ReWise - Demonstrating resource-wise systems	04/2020 - 03/2022	VEBIC, Strategic business development, Networked value systems NeVS

Publications

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2025	Higher education as a driver of green innovation and entrepreneurship: A systematic literature review and future research agenda	Nguyen, Phung; Timilsina, Binod; Shamsuzzoha, Ahm
2025	Emergence and prospects of digital mediation in energy communities: ecosystem actors’ perspective	Shahzad, Khuram; Tuomela, Sanna; Juntunen, Jouni K.; Yousaf, Hassan
2025	Ensuring Supply Chain Transparency by Deploying Blockchain-Enabled Technology: An Overview With Demonstration	Shamsuzzoha, Ahm; Shahzad, Khuram; Nousiainen, Essi; Ranta, Mikko; Helo, Petri; Govindan, Kannan
2025	Greenhouse gas emissions, energy and cost-efficiencies associated with liquefied biogas-powered heavy-duty timber trucks in industrial roundwood transportation	Huuskonen, Sami; Karjalainen, Jouni; Poikela, Asko; Venäläinen, Pirjo; Riekki, Kirsi; Helo, Petri; Kauranen, Pertti; Tilli, Aki; Kärhä, Kalle
2025	Issues in managing open innovation-based supplier networks in Industry 5.0 context	Mubarak, Muhammad Faraz; Evans, Richard; Petraite, Monika; Jucevicius, Giedrius; Shahzad, Khuram
2025	Hybrid Additive Manufacturing for Assembly and Postprocessing Solutions	Cordero, Miguel Zamora; Toshev, Rayko; Helo, Petri
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