Göran Roos

Göran Roos is a Professor in Strategic Design in the Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne; Adjunct Professor at Mawson Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide; Adjunct Professor at the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre, University of Adelaide, South Australia; Adjunct Professor at University of Technology Sydney Business School, Sydney; Visiting Professor of Intangible Asset Management and Performance Measurement at the Centre for Business Performance, Cranfield University as well as Honorary Professor at Warwick Business School. He is a Stretton Fellow appointed by the City of Playford at University of Adelaide and chairing the Advanced Manufacturing Council in Adelaide; is a member of the Economic Development Board; a member of the Council for Flinders University, Adelaide; a member of CSIRO’s Manufacturing Sector Advisory Council; Senior Advisor to Aalto Executive Education Academy in Helsinki and holds the title of Professor at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He is a member of the editorial boards for Journal of Intellectual Capital;International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital; International Journal of Strategic Change Management & Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting.

Publications

Insights From the Forestry Value Chain's Move Into High-Value Products
Insights From the Forestry Value Chain's Move Into High-Value Products
Göran Roos. © 2022. 13 pages.
It seems that all industrialised sectors grounded in natural biological raw materials go through the same cycle of commencing with low-value-added products. As scientific and...
Harnessing Marine Macroalgae for Industrial Purposes in an Australian Context: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Harnessing Marine Macroalgae for Industrial Purposes in an Australian Context: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Göran Roos, Anthony Cheshire, Sasi Nayar, Steven M. Clarke, Wei Zhang. © 2019. 291 pages.
In today’s environmental and economic climate, it is important for businesses to drive development towards sustainable and zero-waste industries, responsibly leveraging renewable...
Understanding the Macroalgal Value Chain: From Production to Post-Harvest Processing
Understanding the Macroalgal Value Chain: From Production to Post-Harvest Processing
Anthony Cheshire, Sasi Nayar, Göran Roos. © 2019. 21 pages.
The macroalgae value chain is similar to other plant-based production chains in that they go through the same chain of production, grow-out, harvesting, processing, utilization...
Macroalgal Value Chain: Value-Added Products
Macroalgal Value Chain: Value-Added Products
Sasi Nayar, Wei Zhang, Göran Roos. © 2019. 88 pages.
The economic potentional for the algae industry is seemingly limitless. The range of products that are obtained from macroalgae and that we use in our daily lives suggests that...
Basis for Competitive Advantage in the Different Application Domains
Basis for Competitive Advantage in the Different Application Domains
Göran Roos. © 2019. 36 pages.
A competitive advantage can be defined as a condition or circumstance that puts a company in a favorable or superior business position as compared to its competitors. Competitive...
Absolute and Comparative Advantages of South Australia in the Macroalgal Value Chain
Absolute and Comparative Advantages of South Australia in the Macroalgal Value Chain
Göran Roos, Anthony Cheshire. © 2019. 25 pages.
A jurisdiction is said to have a comparative advantage in the production of a good if it can produce this good at a lower opportunity cost than another. It can be said that a...
Conclusions for South Australia From the Analysis
Conclusions for South Australia From the Analysis
Göran Roos, Anthony Cheshire. © 2019. 9 pages.
South Australia has comparative advantages in the early stages of the macroalgal value chain. This provides a foundation for building a macroalgal aquaculture and high-value...
Understanding Luxury Food for the Asian Markets Through an Intellectual Capital Lens: The Case of the South Australian Food Industry and the Chinese Luxury Food Market
Understanding Luxury Food for the Asian Markets Through an Intellectual Capital Lens: The Case of the South Australian Food Industry and the Chinese Luxury Food Market
Göran Roos. © 2019. 54 pages.
When entering the food segment with new or existing products, it is essential to avoid commoditization and cost-based competition. This becomes especially important for a new...
Insights From the Forestry Value Chain's Move Into High-Value Products
Insights From the Forestry Value Chain's Move Into High-Value Products
Göran Roos. © 2019. 16 pages.
It seems that all industrialised sectors grounded in natural biological raw materials go through the same cycle of commencing with low-value-added products. As scientific and...
Preface
Preface
Göran Roos. © 2017. 10 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Technology-Driven Productivity Improvements and the Future of Work: Emerging Research and Opportunities.
Integrated Innovation: The Necessary Route to Profitability
Integrated Innovation: The Necessary Route to Profitability
Göran Roos. © 2014. 23 pages.
In a high cost environment a firm’s ability to create value and hence survive and prosper is dependent on its ability to innovate. This chapter discuss the two principle...
Global Perspectives on Achieving Success in High and Low Cost Operating Environments
Global Perspectives on Achieving Success in High and Low Cost Operating Environments
Göran Roos, Narelle Kennedy. © 2014. 564 pages.
Competing in both high and low-cost operating environments can present a number of unique challenges. In light of global competition and the changing scope of various industries...
Manufacturing in a High Cost Environment: Basis for Future Success on the National Level
Manufacturing in a High Cost Environment: Basis for Future Success on the National Level
Göran Roos. © 2014. 51 pages.
This chapter explores the current state of flux in manufacturing. It examines the forces that drive fragmentation and dispersion of value chains on the one hand and those that...
Manufacturing in a High Cost Environment: Basis for Success on the Firm Level
Manufacturing in a High Cost Environment: Basis for Success on the Firm Level
Göran Roos. © 2014. 88 pages.
This chapter draws on an overview of contemporary literature to distil the best ways for manufacturing firms to adapt to and succeed in high cost environments. Parts of global...
The Role of Intellectual Capital in Business Model Innovation: An Empirical Study
The Role of Intellectual Capital in Business Model Innovation: An Empirical Study
Göran Roos. © 2013. 46 pages.
The Australian Manufacturing Environment has over a short time changed from being low or medium cost to becoming high cost. In the previous environment, success could be achieved...