Innovation in forestry : territorial and value chain relationships /

This book is the result of the COST Action E51 on 'Integrating Innovation and Development Policies for the Forest Sector', which studied innovation policies and processes in the forest sector in Europe. It contains 18 chapters, which are grouped into 2 parts: one on the innovation field of...

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Corporate Author: European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (Organization). COST Action E51.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Study of Innovation in the Forest Sector : Relevance and Research Background / Gerhard Weiss
  • Theoretical Approaches for the Analysis of Innovation Processes and Policies in the Forest Sector / Gerhard Weiss
  • Networks of Small-Medium Enterprises Operating in Forestry : Some Theoretical Concepts and Empirical Evidence / Davide Pettenella and Daria Maso
  • Innovation-related Knowledge Flows : Comparative Analysis of Finnish and Estonian Wood Sectors / Kadri Ukrainski and Miika Kajanus
  • Institutional Innovation in European Private Forestry : the Emergence of Forest Owners' Organizations / Américo M.S. Carvalho Mendes, Blaz̆ S̆tefanek, Diana Feliciano, Diana Mizaraite, Dragan Nonić, Emil Kitchoukov, Erlend Nybakk, Gabriel Duduman, Gerhard Weiss, Liviu Nichiforel, Maria Stoyanova, Pekka Mäkinen, Rosário Alves, Vojislav Milijić and Zuzana Sarvas̆ová
  • The Contribution of Leader+ to the Implementation of Innovative Forest-related Projects / Diana Feliciano, Bill Slee, Gerhard Weiss, Anne Matilainen and Thomas Rimmler
  • How to Support Firm Competitiveness in Timber Industries? Clusters as Policy Means in Four European Countries / Thomas Rimmler, Roger Coppock, Roland Oberwimmer, Andreja Pirc, Stjepan Posavec and Gerhard Weiss
  • Innovation in Forest-related Territorial Goods and Services : an Introduction / Bill Slee
  • Innovative Market Opportunities Related to Carbon Sequestration in European Forests? / Lorenzo Ciccarese, Peter Elsasser, Antonis Horattas, Davide Pettenella and Gregory Valatin
  • The Role of Networks in Non-wood Forest Products and Services Market Development / Daria Maso, Anne Matilainen and Davide Pettenella
  • The Role of Cooperation in Enhancing Innovation in Nature-based Tourism Services / Anne Matilainen, Gerhard Weiss, Zuzana Sarvas̆ová, Diana Feliciano, Carmen Nastase and Monika Prede
  • Innovations in Wood-based Enterprises, Value Chains and Networks : an Introduction / Pekka Ollonqvist
  • Role of Policies and National Programmes on Innovations in Timber-frame Construction / Tomas Nord, Saana Tykkä, Denise McCluskey, Fahrudin Bajric, Laura Bouriaud, Mårten Hugosson, Anders Q. Nyrud, Pekka Ollonqvist, Anders Roos, Kadri Ukrainski and Kristian Bysheim
  • Networks and Local Milieus as a Furniture Industry Innovation Platform / Pekka Ollonqvist, Tomas Nord, Andreja Pirc, Kadri Ukrainski, Vuokko Takala-Schreib, Meelis Teder, Wladyslav Strykowski and Anne Viitala
  • Innovation in the Wood Bio-energy Sector in Europe / Erlend Nybakk, Anssi Niskanen, Fahrudin Bajric, Gabriel Duduman, Diana Feliciano, Krzysztof Jablonski, Anders Lunnan, Liana Sadauskiene, Bill Slee and Meelis Teder
  • Policy and Market-related Factors for Innovation in Forest Operation Enterprises / Laura Bouriaud, Edgar Kastenholz, Lukás̆ Fodrek, Zbigniew Karaszewski, Piotr Mederski, Thomas Rimmler, Arto Rummukainen, Liana Sadauskiene, Jaroslav Salka and Meelis Teder
  • Innovation in EU Forestries : a Science-Policy Dialogue / Filip Aggestam and Gerhard Weiss
  • How to Support Innovation in the Forest Sector : Summary and Conclusions / Gerhard Weiss, Pekka Ollonqvist and Bill Slee.