New technologies, market-based solutions, and regulation have proven inadequate in
remedying today's human caused ecological crises. This suggests that detrimental social …

Innovation in the forest sector is a growing research interest and within this field, there is a
growing attention for institutional, policy and societal dimensions and particular when it …

This paper aims to contribute to the conceptual debate on the connection between social
innovation and social entrepreneurship, considering the role of the 'social'within this …

Forest management has been recognized as a significant challenge for various scientific
fields, namely because the difficulties in creating employment and economic dynamics in the …

Socio-technical innovation is based on new patterns of interaction involving a set of new
behaviors that have been legitimized in a given context. The approach of socio-technical …

Social innovation (SI) impacts are long-term changes that affect different dimensions of
territorial capital (ie, economy, society, environment, governance) for the territory in which SI …

Responding to a number of longstanding challenges such as poverty, wide-ranging
inequalities, environmental problems, and migration, requires new and creative responses …

Attention to social innovation and its role in sustainable development have been rising.
However, the knowledge of social innovation pertaining to rural areas, including the forestry …

There is a growing perception that social enterprises represent a significant solution to the
range of contemporary challenges facing rural areas across Europe. However, while much …

Forest-dependent communities in remote rural areas face challenges such as delocalization
of industry and loss of economic activities (only partially stemmed by tourism), ageing …