BEFORT
BEFORT Nicolas
PhD, Management, Economics
Nicolas holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Reims Champagne Ardenne. His teaching at NEOMA BS focuses on the economics of ecological transition and the development of new sustainable practices. His research work, at the crossroads of ecological economics, institutional economics, innovation economics and transition studies, aims at characterizing the formation of new economic spaces or the transformation of existing spaces in the face of ecological transition. To this end, he studies the bioeconomy, the circular economy and the development of sustainable forms of agriculture. His research has been published in journals such as Ecological Economics and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. At NEOMA Business School, Nicolas is the head of the Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development Chair.
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "De la variété des stratégies d’ancrage territorial des firmes en Chimie Doublement Verte", Géographie Économie Société, January 2017, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 133 - 152
10.3166/ges.19.2017.0006
BEFORT, N., "Régulation, verrous technologiques et transition écologique : le cas des formaldéhydes", Revue de la régulation, November 2017, no. 22, pp. 1-29
BEFORT, N., "Lectures : BIRCH K (2017) Innovation, regional development and the life sciences – beyond clusters, Londres et New York, 147 p.", Revue d’Économie Régionale & Urbaine, October 2017, vol. Octobre, no. 4, pp. 733
10.3917/reru.174.0733
BEFORT, N., "Les coproduits dans une bioéconomie : usages, promesses, conflits" Séminaire de restitution de l’étude sur les coproduits menées par l’ADEME et RESEDA. 2017, Paris, France
BEFORT, N., "Verrous, promesses et apprentissages dans la bioéconomie : le cas emblématique du PLA" Journée Glyco@lps. 2017, Grenoble, France
LETHIELLEUX, L., C. ANDRE, M. THENOT, N. BEFORT, "Responsibility or (ir)responsibility of companies in waste management : a multidisciplinary approach" in The World Recycling Convention, 2023, Madrid, Spain
BEFORT, N., M.MORALES, "A review of waste conceptualization – revealing the controversy regarding its commodification" in International Workshop Economics and the Environment - Economics and the environment since the 1950s – History, Methodology and Philosophy, 2019, Reims, France
LHUILLERY, S., N. BEFORT, S. ATMANE, "Biotech and bioeconomy: six of one and half a dozen of the other?" in Colloque SFER 2019, 2019, Reims, France
BEFORT, N., F.VIVIEN, R.DEBREF, "What is the bioeconomy the name of ? An alternative analysis" in Colloque SFER 2019, 2019, Reims, France
BEFORT, N., "Is bioeconomy a sub-sector of biotechnology?" in Colloque SFER, 2019, Reims, France
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "The Bioeconomy, Biotechnology, and the Transition to Sustainability" in ISS (International Schumpeter Society), 2018, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
BEFORT, N., M. NIEDDU, "The Bioeconomy, Biotechnology, and the Transition to Sustainability" in 9th International Sustainability Transition Conference, 2018, Manchester, United Kingdom
BEFORT, N., "The bioeconomy, biotechnology, and the transition to sustainability" in Exploring lignocellulosic Biomass, 2018, Reims, France
BEFORT, N., "The bioeconomy, biotechnology, and the transition to sustainability" in NEST Conference, 2018, Utrecht, Netherlands
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "La compétitivité de la valorisation non-alimentaire des ressources agricoles dans la bioéconomie : normes et modèles économiques" in Colloque de la Société Française d’Economie Rurale, 2017, Reims, France
BEFORT, N., "Verrous, promesses et apprentissages dans la bioéconomie : le cas emblématique du PLA" in Journée Glyco@lps, 2017, Grenoble, France
BEFORT, N., A.ET AL., "Toward a European Bioeconomic Transition ? Is a soft-Shift enough to Challenge Hard Socio-Ecological Issues ?" in Youth Panel Scientist, European Workshop on Bioeconomy, 2017, Paris, France
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "Une analyse des stratégies et fonctionnalités attendues dans la transition vers une bioéconomie à partir des cas emblématiques de l’acide polylactique, succinique et lévulinique" in Filière biomasse : une approche de mésoéconomistes, 2016, Paris, France
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "La transition vers une « chimie doublement verte » : le cas de l’acide polylactique" in Stratégies Industrielles d’Innovation et Dynamiques Entrepreneuriales Durables, ULCO, 2016, Dunkerque, France
BEFORT, N., C.LECAT, "Industrie et transition écologique : perspectives pour une réindustrialisation écologique" in De la COP 21 à la transition écologique : enjeux et perspectives, 2015, Reims, France
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "Des logiques produits dans les régulations émergentes du secteur de la chimie doublement verte" in L’atelier « Régulations sectorielles et territoriales : nouveaux espaces de conflit et de compromis » du colloque Recherche et Régulation, 2015, Paris, France
NIEDDU, M., N.BEFORT, F., D.VIVIEN, "Agriculture productiviste et identités dans la chimie doublement verte de la knowedlge based bioeconomy" in Séminaire « Renouveler les approches institutionnalistes sur l'agriculture et l'alimentation: la "grande transformation" 20 ans après » (Communication en session plénière « la bioéconomie en question »), 2014, Montpellier, France
NIEDDU, M., N.BEFORT, J.VAN NIEL, "Les représentations de l’économie circulaire en chimie doublement verte : une variété de modèles" in 51ème colloque de l’ASRDLF, 2014, Marne-la-Vallée, France
BEFORT, N., The Bioeconomy Institutions, Innovation and Sustainability, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, 2023
MORONE, P., D. DALIA , N. BEFORT, Y. GÜLŞAH, The Circular Bioeconomy: Theories and Tools for Economists and Sustainability Scientists, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2023
DOI : 10.1017/9781009232586
BEFORT, N. - "Vers une bioéconomie ! Les enjeux scientifiques, économiques et de soutenabilité d’une nouvelle économie soutenable" - 2019, Paris, France
BEFORT, N. - "Verrous, promesses et apprentissages dans la bioéconomie : le cas emblématique du PLA" - 2018, Toulouse, France
BEFORT, N. - "Une ou plusieurs bioéconomies ?" - 2018, Toulouse, France
BEFORT, N. - "If bioeconomy should be developed as an open-system on ecosystems…" - 2017, Paris, France
DE ROUFFIGNAC, A., N.BEFORT - "Conclusions pour le Youth Scientists Panel du European Workshop on Bioeconomy de l’INRA" - 2017, Paris, France
BEFORT, N., G.BURGÉ - "Bioéconomie, biotechnologies, agro-ressources…Quelles réalités derrière ces termes ? Quels impacts sur notre territoire ?" - 2017, Reims, France
BEFORT, N. - "Les promesses d’une bioéconomie" - 2017, Paris, France
BEFORT, N. - "Verrous, promesses et apprentissages dans la bioéconomie : le cas emblématique du PLA" - 2017, Grenoble, France
BEFORT, N. - "Toward a European Bioeconomic Transition ? Is a soft-Shift enough to Challenge Hard Socio-Ecological Issues ?" - 2017, Paris, France
BEFORT, N., "Towards a political economy of the ecological transition. The case of the bioeconomy" in 32nd EAEPE conference, 2020
BEFORT, N., "The economics of promises in transition to sustainability: the case of bioplastics" in The 10th International Sustainability Transitions conference - IST, 2019, Ottawa, Canada
BEFORT, N., M.MORALES, "A review of waste conceptualization – revealing the controversy regarding its commodification" in 13th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, 2019, Turku, Finland
MORALES, M. E., N.BEFORT, "Symbiose industrielle et urbaine, une stratégie innovant pour la Bioéconomie. Le cas de la Bioraffinerie de Pomacle-Bezancourt" in Journee d'Etude Immobilier durable: de la ville d'aujourd'hui a la cité de demain, 2019
BEFORT, N., F.DE SALIVET DE FOUCHÉCOUR, A.DE ROUFFIGNAC, C. A.HOLT, M.LECLERE, T.LOTH, R.MOSCOVIZ, F.PION, J.-F.RUAULT, M.THIERRY, "Toward a European Bioeconomic Transition: Is a Soft Shift Enough to Challenge Hard Socio-ecological Issues?. Youth scientist panel Position Paper - YSPPP - bioeconomy" in European Workshop on Bioeconomy, 2017, Paris
DOI : 10.15454/1.5087523122132947E12
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "The diversity of business models in doubly green chemistry" in 10th International Conference Renewable Resources and Biorefineries, 2014, Valladolid, Spain
RASCHKA, A., N.BEFORT, B.DOMMERMUTH, "Techno-economic evaluation of BIOFOAMBARK" in 4th Biofoambark Meeting, 2014, Freiburg, Germany
BEFORT, N., "La construction des identités en Chimie Doublement Verte" in L’école d’été du Réseau de Recherche sur l’Innovation, 2013, Belfort, France
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "Comment se construisent les filières territorialisées de la Chimie Doublement Verte ? De l’hétérogénéité des stratégies d’ancrage territorial des firmes" in 50ème colloque de l’ASRDLF, 2013, Mons, Belgium
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "How to build the filières of Doubly Green Chemistry? The diversity of strategies of involved firms" in Colloque ESEE, 2013, Lille, France
NIEDDU, M., C.CAZALS , A.SERGENT , A.YOUSSEF , F., D.VIVIEN, N.BEFORT, "La présence d'une problématique d'ancrage territorial dans les publications scientifiques en chimie doublement verte, une approche exploratoire" in Colloque Coleit 2012, 2012, Troyes, France
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, F., D.VIVIEN, E.GARNIER, C.BLIARD , B.KUREK , A.YOUSSEF, "De l’usage des systèmes sectoriels d’innovation dédiés à la transition vers l’usage des ressources renouvelables : le cas de la chimie doublement verte" in L’école d’été du Réseau de Recherche sur l’Innovation, 2012, Montpellier, France
NIEDDU, M., F., D.VIVIEN, E.GARNIER, C.BLIARD, B.KUREK, N.BEFORT, "Diversity in biorefinery : an interdisciplinary approach on Science, Business and « doubly green » Chemistry" in 2nd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions Diversity, plurality and change : breaking new grounds in sustainability transition research, 2011, Lund, Sweden
ANDRE, C., L. WIART, N. BEFORT, M. THENOT, "Institutionnalisation de l'économie sociale et solidaire et transition écologique : quel(s) jeu(x) d'influence? Chapitre 3" in Fabriquer l'économie circulaire, Monographie d'un projet transmanche., Blot, Domingo, Dormoy, Le Meec et Wiart Eds, Presse Universitaire du Septentrion, 2024
BEFORT, N., "Technological Lock-in" in Dictionary of Ecological Economics - Terms for the New Millennium., Brent M. Haddad, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz and Barry D. Solomon, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Environmental Policy, Michigan Technological University, US Eds, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023
MAGRINI, M., B., N. BEFORT, M. NIEDDU, "Chapter 24 - Technological Lock-In and Pathways for Crop Diversification in the Bio-Economy" in Agro-Ecosystem Diversity: Reconciling Contemporary Agriculture and Environment Quality., Lemaire, G., Carvalho, P., Kronberg, S., Recous, S. Eds, Editions Elsevier, 2018
LEVIDOW, L., M. NIEDDU, F. VIVIEN, N. BEFORT, "Transitions towards a European bioeconomy" in Ecology, Capitalism and the New Agricultural Economy The Second Great Transformation., Gilles Allaire, Benoit Daviron Eds, Routledge Academic, 2018
LEVIDOW, L., N.BEFORT, F., D.VIVIEN, "Transition du régime agroindustriel européen vers la bioéconomie : Life Sciences versus Agroécologie" in Transformations agricoles et agroalimentaires Entre écologie et capitalisme., Allaire, G., Daviron, B. Eds, Editions QUAE, pp. 167-180, 2017
BEFORT, N., "La présence d’une problématique d’ancrage territorial dans les publications scientifiques en chimie doublement verte" in Ecologie Industrielle et Territoriale - COLEIT 2012., Junqua, G., Brullot, S. Eds, Presse des Mines, pp. 269-306, 2015
BEFORT, N. - "L’énergie, c’est un enjeu sociétal, Juliette Roger- citation-Ouest France" - 2021, Reims
AYRAPETYAN, D., N. BEFORT, F. HERMANS, "From local markets to global legitimacy: A materialization perspective on technological innovation system's dynamics", Research Policy, January 2025, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 105130
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105130
LHUILLERY, S., N. BEFORT, S. ATMANE, "Biotechnology or bioeconomy: Six of one and half a dozen of the other?", Ecological Economics, March 2025, vol. 229, pp. 108470
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108470
AYOUB, M., N. BEFORT, M. MATT, "From Niches to Global Value Chains: The Role of Firms' Collaborative Strategies in the Bioeconomy", Business Strategy and the Environment, February 2025, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 2571-2588
DOI : 10.1002/bse.4107
BEFORT, N., M. AYOUB, M. MATT, "The role of dynamic capabilities in the development of eco-innovations", Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, June 2025, vol. 53, pp. 101031
DOI : 10.1016/j.cogsc.2025.101031
BEFORT, N., "Coming together over climate change", Climate Change Review, January 2023, pp. 16-18
GIURCA, A., N. BEFORT, "Deconstructing substitution narratives: The case of bioeconomy innovations from the forest-based sector", Ecological Economics, May 2023, vol. 207
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107753
GROUIEZ, P., R. DEBREF, F. VIVIEN, N. BEFORT, "The complex relationships between non-food agriculture and the sustainable bioeconomy: The French case", Ecological Economics, December 2023, vol. 214, pp. 107974
DOI : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800923002379?via%3Dihub
BEFORT, N., P. GROUIEZ, R. DEBREF, F. VIVIEN, "Les récits de la bioéconomie comme grille de lecture des tensions sur les transformations écologiques du capitalisme", Revue de la régulation, December 2023, vol. 2nd semester, no. 35
DOI : 10.4000/regulation.23106
BEFORT, N., "Les écoles de commerce doivent former de futurs dirigeants à l’économie soutenable de demain", L'union, July 2023
BEFORT, N., A. GIURCA, A. TAYLOR, "Exploring transformative policy imaginaries for a sustainable Post-COVID society", Journal of Cleaner Production, April 2022, no. 344
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131053
AYRAPETYAN, D., N. BEFORT, F. HERMANS, "The role of sustainability in the emergence and evolution of bioeconomy clusters: An application of a multiscalar framework", Journal of Cleaner Production, November 2022, vol. 376
DOI : 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134306
BEFORT, N., "Opinion | Vers une Union européenne écologique ?", Les Echos, September 2022
BEFORT, N., "The sustainability agenda could be a rallying point for the EU", Finance Derivative, October 2022
BEFORT, N., "When green innovations become self-defeating", The European Climate Change Review , October 2022
BEFORT, N., "The EU is divided, climate action could provide unity", Global Banking & Finance review, November 2022
BEFORT, N., "The promises of drop-in vs. functional innovations: The case of bioplastics", Ecological Economics, March 2021, vol. 181
DOI : 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106886
BEFORT, N., "Going beyond definitions to understand tensions within the bioeconomy: The contribution of sociotechnical regimes to contested fields", Technological Forecasting and Social Change, April 2020, vol. 153, pp. 119923
DOI : 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.119923
BEFORT, N., M. NIEDDU, "Bioéconomie?: un retour historique sur deux problématisations de l’usage des ressources renouvelables", Nature Sciences Sociétés, July 2020, vol. 28, no. 3-4, pp. 216-225
DOI : 10.1051/nss/2021011
VIVIEN, F., M.NIEDDU, N.BEFORT, R.DEBREF, M.GIAMPIETRO, "The Hijacking of the Bioeconomy", Ecological Economics, May 2019, vol. 159, pp. 189-197
DOI : 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.01.027
BEFORT, N., F. DE FOUCHÉCOUR, A. DE ROUFFIGNAC, C. A. HOLT, M. LECLÈRE, T. LOTH, R. MOSCOVIZ, F. PION, J. -F. RUAULT, M. THIERRY, "Toward a European bioeconomic transition: is a soft shift enough to challenge hard socio-ecological issues?", Nature Sciences Sociétés, October 2019, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 438-444
DOI : 10.1051/nss/2020004
BEFORT, N., M.NIEDDU, "De la variété des stratégies d’ancrage territorial des firmes en Chimie Doublement Verte", Géographie Économie Société, January 2017, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 133 - 152
DOI : 10.3166/ges.19.2017.0006
BEFORT, N., "Régulation, verrous technologiques et transition écologique : le cas des formaldéhydes", Revue de la régulation, November 2017, no. 22, pp. 1-29
BEFORT, N., "Lectures : BIRCH K (2017) Innovation, regional development and the life sciences – beyond clusters, Londres et New York, 147 p.", Revue d’Économie Régionale & Urbaine, October 2017, vol. Octobre, no. 4, pp. 733
DOI : 10.3917/reru.174.0733
BEFORT, N. - "L’énergie, c’est un enjeu sociétal, Juliette Roger- citation-Ouest France" - 2021, Reims