Economics in Pulp and Paper Making

The course is a post-gradual course. The objective is to increase the understanding of the interplay between economic and technology factors, and between different industrial sectors, in the forest-based value chains and biorefinery production. The course combines economic and management theory lectures with presentations of industrial cases by industry representatives.
 Driving forces behind the bioeconomy concept and biorefineries
 The economics of biorefinery industry
 Economic aspects of forest industry/biorefinery investment and operations
 Strategic considerations in the forest industry
 Innovation and the biorefinery
 Marketing and customer behaviour