Educating the managers of the bioeconomy

Abstract

The educational gap for which science is not taught to managers, and management is not taught to scientists, is a significant obstacle to a company's success also in the bioeconomy field. Companies worldwide eagerly seek for new managers, researchers and technologists owning new knowledge and skills in topics spanning from circular production processes through new energy technologies and green chemistry. Most employers, however, have difficulty recruiting qualified professionals due to the shortage of qualified professionals. This shortage includes bioeconomy managers capable to successfully lead bioeconomy companies. Shaping the managers of successful bioeconomy companies, we argue in this study, requires to transfer a closer understanding of the nature of bioeconomy companies and their competitive landscape, as well as identifying the main guiding principles for managing these organizations.

Emerging green routes to nanocellulose

“…Although originating from apparently distant areas such as heterogeneous catalysis, enzymatic catalysis and AC or HC, the new green chemistry technologies to manufacture nanocellulose are ready to be scaled up and, if found to be technically and economically viable, taken up by industry. To accelerate this progress, the new bioeconomy industry needs young researchers and young managers with an updated critical knowledge of the field, including new green chemistry technologies 65 …”

Recent advances in structural modification on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3N 4)-based photocatalysts for high-efficiency photocatalytic H 2O 2production

“…Herein, H 2 O 2 is considered as an environmentally benign, highly active, and safe chemical in a broad range of industrial applications, and it serves as a powerful oxidation agent. In general, H 2 O 2 has been illustrated in various fields such as textile whitening, paper bleaching, environmental remediation, wastewater treatment, bacterial disinfection cleaning agents of electronic materials, and promising energy storage [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Indeed, the pioneering work in synthesizing H 2 O 2 was conducted by Thenard et al in the early 1800s via the reaction of barium peroxide (BaO 2 ) with nitric acid (HNO 3 ) [11].…”

“…To address this critical knowledge gap, the objective of this report is to shed light on recent studies that have investigated various g-C 3 N 4 alterations (Figs. 4(a) and 4(b)). These modifications encompass a wide range of techniques, such as the introduction of carbon and nitrogen vacancies, metallic and nonmetallic elemental doping, the construction of heterojunctions (including Type I, Type II, S-scheme, and Z-scheme), and the passivation of co-catalysts.…”