IDENTIFYING CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY ACTORS IN WASTE FLOW MANAGEMENT

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Dr. Tero Peltola & prof. Saku J. Mäkinen

Tampere University of Technology

Department of Industrial Management

PICMET’15 | August 2 - 6, 2015 | Portland, Oregon, USA

• Motivation – Waste business in Brazil

• Theoretical frame– Why ecosystem level perspective?

• Results & Conclusions• Next steps

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Outline

Brazilian waste business ecosystem• Regulations

Federal, State, City• Geographical variations• Informal sector

• MSW ~200 000t/d

Abrelpe, Panorama Dos Residuos Solidos no Brasil 2013. Sao Paulo, Brazil: 2014

THEORETICAL FRAME

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What is the right horse

• Bet on the brightest technological innovation?• Find the best business ecosystem?

– Establish a new one, or entry to the existing one?

– Either way, the understanding the existing business ecosystem is vital.

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Ecosystem level approach

• Focusing on one company / offering is too narrow perspective

• Combination of several networks• Companies / organizations are members in

several networks– They might have different roles – Place in the value chain might be different

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Adner, R., The Wide Lens: A New Strategy for Innovation. Penguin Group US, 2012Adner, R. and R. Kapoor, "Value creation in innovation ecosystems: How the structure of technological interdependence

affects firm performance in new technology generations," Strategic Management Journal, 31, 2010.Cusumano, M. A. and A. Gawer, "The elements of platform leadership," MIT Sloan Management Review, 43, (3), 2002

The dimension of the technological actor

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Mason, K. and M. Spring, "The sites and practices of business models," Industrial Marketing Management, 40, (6), 8. 2011

RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS

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Households

Private landfill

CustomerMunicipality

Waste transportation

Waste pickers

Waste container owners

Recycling wholesaler

Crushing machinery

Incineration

Investors

Waste sorting machinery

Recycling facilitator

Technological actors

Conclusions

• The amount of waste is increasing in developing countries– Business opportunities will be emerged– Tremendous challenge to capture the value

• The amount of actors in the waste business ecosystem is huge– The role of informal sector

• There are three kinds of technological actors; product, process and infrastucture

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Next steps

• Ecosystem level approach to – Waste business [continues] – Flexible energy systems

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Thank You

• The authors thank CLEEN cluster in the Strategic Centre for Science (SHOK) in Finland for funding the research reported in this article

• More info about ARVI program http://www.cleen.fi/en/arvi

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http://fi.linkedin.com/in/teropeltola

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