Innovation and entrepreneurship research related to the forestry sector has progressed
significantly in recent years, integrating an increasing number of topics and developing …

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 …

Forest ownership is changing in Europe. Reasons include recent institutional changes in
Eastern Europe, changing lifestyles of non-agricultural owners and afforestation. At present …

The role of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) in industrialised country economies has
declined in the past, but they are generating renewed interest as business opportunities. In a …

This article conducts a systematic literature review of journal articles on innovation in forestry
and forest-based industries. We include international, English language, peer-reviewed …

Political frameworks and policies have a strong influence on the institutional ecosystem and
on governance patterns, which in turn shape the operational space of civil society initiatives …

The term “social innovation”(SI) is currently applied to denote a broad range of activities
connected to explicit goals and supposedly designed to address inherent societal problems …

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 …

There is increasing emphasis on innovation as a driver of continued prosperity in the rural
economy. Globalisation poses challenges to rural areas given technological advances and …

Driven by political and economic reforms since 1990, the forestry sector in southeast
European (SEE) countries has faced changes which have resulted, among others, in the rise …