Analysis

Analysis | Industrial Risk, Technology & Real-World Constraints

Selected analytical work

Selected Analytical Features

Nearshoring Without Integration

Why industrial value networks remain structurally unchanged.

An analytical feature based on a keynote field analysis presented at the IoT Focus Tech Conference (Minsk, 2019), originally titled “Entering Industrial IoT Value Networks”.

Business Incubation and the Absence of Markets?

Why publicly funded incubation and SME support instruments often fail to produce durable market integration. An analytical feature based on long-term field observation and structural analysis, anchored in a World Bank / infoDev impact assessment (2014) of business incubation models in transition economies.

Analytical Work & References

Selected talks, studies, assessments and analytical contributions.

1. Industrial Tech, Industrial IoT & Hardware Ecosystems

2024 – Deglobalization & Hardware Nearshoring 

Kharkiv IT Cluster Matching Event (Ukraine)

Opp.: Geopolitical resilience, industrial IoT nearshoring for Ukrainian firms

2021 – The Human Capital of Things (Industrial IoT)

 IEEE XII International Conference on Electronics and Information Technologies

Opp.: Skills & industrial IoT value chains

2019 – Industrial IoT: Entering Industrial Value Networks

 IoT Focus Conference, Minsk (Belarus)

Opp.: Integration of Eastern European hardware into European supply chains

2017 – Industry 4.0 Opportunities for Ukrainian IT Companies

 Lviv Innovation Spring (Ukraine)

Opp.: Onshoring potential & digital manufacturing

2. Innovation Ecosystems & Business Incubation (ECA, Central Asia, Ukraine)

2014 – Impact Assessment of Business Incubation Models (ECA)

World Bank / infoDev / UKBI

Opp.: Benchmarking across emerging markets

2014 – Establishing International Market Linkages 

IV Russian-American Forum on Business Incubation (MGIMO, RF)

Opp.: Cross-border innovation cooperation

2011 – Business Incubation & Startup Support in ECA 

Shanghai Technology Innovation Center / International Workshop (PRC)

Opp.: SME and incubation ecosystems

2010 – Foresight on Business Incubation in ECA 

2010 Astana Economic Forum (Kazakhstan)

Opp.: Regional foresight & transition economies

2009 – Incubating the Incubators

World Bank Knowledge Economy Forum VIII (INSEAD, France)

Opp.: Transition economies & innovation adoption

3. Sustainable Technologies & Green Innovation (Bioenergy + Water)

2025 – Water Innovation & Investment

EBRD Foresight Camp (Kazakhstan)

Opp.: Distributed water monitoring, IoT, and investment logic

2012 – Biomass Networks in Eastern Europe 

BMU Energy Biomass Utilization Series (Germany)

Opp.: Cross-border bioenergy & regional energy planning

2011 – Perspectives of Biogas Use in Germany and Internationally 

DBU / German Federal Environmental Foundation (Germany)

 Opp.: Comparative analysis of biogas ecosystems

4. Investment Readiness, Angel Investing & Cross-Border Tech Finance

2023 – Investing in Startups: Criteria for European Investors 

Odesa U-Nation Innovation Conference (Ukraine)

Opp.: Angel/VC evaluation logic

2023 – Business Angels in Germany & Europe (Gigahertz Ventures Case) 

Kharkiv IT Cluster (Ukraine)

 Opp.: Deep-tech angel models

2023 – Crafting Exit Strategies for Business Angels 

Lviv IT Arena 2023 (Ukraine)

 Opp.: Exit logic for industrial/tech portfolios

2014 – infoDev Access to Finance Program: Lessons Learned 

EBAN Annual Congress, Dublin (Ireland)

Opp.: Global angel/seed funding challenges