Antecedents to forest owner innovativeness: An investigation of the non-timber forest products and services sector

Nybakk, Erlend; Crespell, Pablo; Hansen, Eric; Lunnan, Anders

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.040

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“…They need to be continually renewed and innovated to be competitive over time. Emphasising this, it is very important that renewal is not incompatible with keeping the old traditions and characteristics of forestry [26]. It is quite obvious that the firms with modern technologies are able to more easily obtain working contracts [5].…”

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Innovation Strategy in Slovak Forest Contractor Firms—A SWOT Analysis

Štěrbová

Loučanová

Paluš

et al. 2016

Forests

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Abstract:The aim of the study is to determine the innovation strategy of contractor firms in the Slovak forestry service sector in the area of further innovation activities development. The strategy identification was based on the analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in this sector. The results indicate that weaknesses of contractor firms exceed their strengths and, considering the degree and importance of their impact, opportunities exceed identified threats. Based on these findings revealing the relations in the area of innovation activities of forestry service contractors, the "Strategy of Partnership" was suggested as the most suitable type of strategy. It can be concluded that such a form of grouping cooperation brings many benefits to contractors in the form of information availability, guidance, training, and management of conflicts, risks and uncertainty, which are associated with the innovation process.

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“…Investments in innovations may require cash outlays, which can negatively impact short-term profitability [26]. However, forest contracting firms that engage in risk-taking are more innovative.…”

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Innovation Strategy in Slovak Forest Contractor Firms—A SWOT Analysis

Štěrbová

Loučanová

Paluš

et al. 2016

Forests

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“…Nybakk and Hansen [15] who have studied innovation in nature-based tourist enterprises, point to the importance of entrepreneurial attitudes and suggests that policies that limit risk can serve to make such enterprises more innovative. In a later article the antecedents of innovations in nature-based tourist enterprises are their concern [16]. Results show that social networking and a learning orientation have a positive impact on innovativeness.…”

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"The Future can only be Imagined" - Innovation in Farm Tourism from a Phenomenological Perspective

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Haugen²,

Kramvig³

2010

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This article relates to the fast growing research literature on innovation by adopting a phenomenological perspective of change and how change comes about. We visited nineteen farms in Norway in a project on farm-based tourism. Results show highly differentiated products but similar routes in transforming a farm no longer seen as economically viable, into a way of doing life and doing work that brings a complex of considerations together. The concept of imaginative horizons is used and seen as characteristic of the transformative process of turning the farm into a farm based tourist enterprise. The same transformation becomes a way of keeping the relationship and interdependence between the past and the present vivid and meaningful.

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“…As discussed, several studies have emphasised the importance of external relationships on innovation [41][42][43], and others have emphasised that a large social network influences the capacity for innovation, particularly among small firms and one-person businesses [14]. Large firms are more able to absorb risks than small firms, which may not have the resources to invest in new, high-risk projects [44].…”

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“…Social networks can also be defined as patterns of lasting social relationships among people [12]. Several scholars have studied the importance of social networks in various contexts, including farming [13] and forestry [14].…”

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The importance of social networks in the Norwegian firewood industry

Nybakk¹,

Lunnan

Jenssen

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Biomass and Bioenergy

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This study examines the relationship between social network size, innovation and firm performance among firewood producers in Norway. Moreover, it investigates how this relationship is affected both by the structure and variations in networks and by firm size and age. A questionnaire-based survey was sent to managers of firms (including one-person firms) in the firewood industry in Norway. A total of 645 usable replies were received, and the theoretical model was tested using structural equation modeling. The findings show that social network size has a positive effect on firm performance via innovation by firewood producers. Furthermore, the results show that firewood producers with fewer involved family members and more variation in occupation and entrepreneurial experience in their networks benefit more from larger social networks than other producers do.

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Antecedents to forest owner innovativeness: An investigation of the non-timber forest products and services sector

Cited by 85 publications

References 46 publications

Innovation Strategy in Slovak Forest Contractor Firms—A SWOT Analysis

Innovation Strategy in Slovak Forest Contractor Firms—A SWOT Analysis

"The Future can only be Imagined" - Innovation in Farm Tourism from a Phenomenological Perspective

The importance of social networks in the Norwegian firewood industry

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