Knowledge-Driven Developments in the Bioeconomy: Technological and Economic Perspectives

Strategies for Knowledge-Driven Developments in the Bioeconomy - an International and Interdisciplinary Perspective.- Part I: Bioeconomy Systems: Theoretical Underpinnings.- Transformation of Economic Systems: The Bio-Economy Case.- Structural Change, Knowledge and the Bioeconomy.- Some thoughts about the bio-economy as intelligently navigated complex adaptive systems.- Part II: Framing the Bioeconomy: Regional and National Approaches.- Varieties of Knowledge-Based Bioeconomies.- International Bioeconomy Innovations in Central America.- Bioeconomy Potential for the Brazilian Innovation System.- Tasmania's Bioeconomy: Using all Capitals to Sustain Innovative and Entrepreneurial Agrifood Value Chains.- Agricultural Biomass Utilisation as a Key Driver for Malaysian Bioeconomy.- University-Industry Relationships in the Bioeconomy Innovation System of Denmark.- Part III: Resources of the Bioeconomy: Sustainable Biomass Supply.- Increasing Biomass Production to Sustain the Bioeconomy.- Importance of Sugarcane in Brazilian and World Bioeconomy.- Economic Evaluation of Short Rotation Eucalyptus Plantation Harvesting System: a Case Study.- Technology and Sustainability of Crop Fibre Uses in Bioproducts in Ontario, Canada - Corn Stalk and Cob Fibre Performance in Polypropylene Composites.- Part IV: Bioeconomy Applications: Optimizing Processes and Management of the Bioeconomy.- Strategic Supply Chain Planning in Biomass-Based Industries - a Literature Review of Quantitative Models.- Structuring the Planning Tasks in Biomass-Based Supply Chains.- The Use of Biomass for Energy Production and Organic Fertilizer for Mitigating Climate Change and Improving the Competitiveness of the Agricultural Enterprise: The Case of the UPAP in Puriscal, Costa Rica.- Bioethanol as the Sole Solvent for Vegetable Oil Extraction and Biodiesel Production.