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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Dissertation 23.10.2026

Ecosystem collaboration helps SMEs take a digital leap and maintain their competitiveness

Dissertation 08.10.2026

Cutting emissions from heavy-duty transport requires real data on costs, benefits, and practical limitations

Ostrobothnia Chamber of Commerce Award to Associate Professor Jouni Juntunen

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Research projects

Publications

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2025	Positive Energy Districts Enabling Smart Energy Communities	Siakas, Dimitrios; Rahanu, Harjinder; Georgiadou, Elli; Siakas, Kerstin; Lampropoulos, Georgios
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