Objectives
- To identify new niches for business creation in and out South-Karelia
- To design policy measures and implementation processes on firm/industry/regional levels to support niche creation
- To create analytical & design methodology to perform other projects and thus leverage this outcome to other industries
Business areas in focus
- Waste management
- Packaging business
- New wood products and structures
Work packages
- WP_1 Industry and firm analysis
- WP_2 Defining Niche-opportunities
- WP_3 Business modelling and testing (”desk-study”)
- WP_4 Operationalization of innovations
- WP_5 Development of the operational model / process
Project in numbers
Start date: 01.04.2009
End date: 31.03.2011
Wideness: 70 person months
Budget: 766 000 €
Nicheinno is coordinated by the Northern Dimension Research Centre NORDI at the Lappeenranta University of Technology.