Factor Requirement
Disruptive innovations Redesigned business models, reconfigured supply chains, etc.
Complex knowledge base Variety of sciences and technologies such as life sciences, agronomy, ecology, food science, social science, biotechnology, nanotechnology, information and communication technologies and engineering
Enhanced degree of cooperation with external actors Cooperation with suppliers, universities and research centres, customers and distributors
Enhanced commercialization efforts New communication to convince customers to adopt new biobased products, often obtained from previous waste streams
Complex and fragmented policy schemes New products and new processes expected to comply to a number of different regulations from different administrative levels; biomass cascade steps often forbidden by current policy