Integrating intangible resources enables creating new types of forest services - developing forest leasing value network in Finland

Laakkonen, Anu; Hujala, Teppo; Pykäläinen, Jouni

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2018.07.003

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“…They either involve a broader range of actors and stakeholders other than just the actual producers and initiators, or they have strong inclusive features and target larger groups and communities. Furthermore, they cover a broad range of goods and services in the forest bioeconomy which include intangible features beyond a mere focus on the production of timber [55]. They also include "softer" outcomes, such as ensuring social stability or strengthening community bonds and identity via collective action and the creation of at least some income in the more remote rural areas where the frequently operate.…”

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Governance of Social Innovation in Forestry

Ludvig

Rogelja²,

Asamer-Handler

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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Over the last decade, the term social innovation has received increased attention as a potential solution to address complex global social problems and to add collective values to society. The forest sector has great potential for fostering employment, community development and reducing increased emigration from rural to urban areas. This potential is not always realised, especially in economically weak and remote rural areas. Hence, this paper tackles the question of how social innovations in forestry are able to succeed under adverse circumstances and contribute to respond to some of the before mentioned challenges? To answer this question, we first identified four very different cases across Europe that are compatible with the criteria of social innovation. Proceeding from this starting point, comparative research was undertaken with the aim to identify the cases´ specific features and key criteria for success. In the cases considered, it is evident that the sheer determination and voluntary investment of time and effort by key individuals, who were convinced of the value of the idea for the community, provided indispensable impetus to all four social innovations. In drawing its conclusions, this paper highlights the principal areas that need consideration and that hence have implications when developing supportive policies. Furthermore, we provide some insight into future research topics that would allow us to better understand the positive impacts of social innovation in the forest-based sector.

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Governance of Social Innovation in Forestry

Ludvig

Rogelja²,

Asamer-Handler

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…The expanded network has higher adaptive capacity, as it contains not only the strong ties between the trusted actors, but also weaker ties to other actors with complementary knowledge sources. The bioeconomy concept needs to intensify its sustainability aspects and include more actors and the civil society as well, as consider intangible services in the forest bioeconomy [29]. This way, it must reach out beyond its main focus of production.…”

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“…They either involve a broader range of actors and stakeholders than mere producers and initiators, or they have strong socially inclusive features and targets. Furthermore, they cover a broad range of services and goods in the forest bioeconomy which extend from intangible features going hand in hand with the production [29]. They also include "softer" outcomes, such as ensuring of social stability or strengthening identity via collective action and the creation of some income in remoter rural areas.…”

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“…The strategy does not directly include the services related to forests and the forest sector. The services are likely to be very important, as they provide material (wood and non-wood), bioenergy, and a full range of other regulating and cultural ecosystem services [13], as well as intangible services [29]. The forest bioeconomy has potential, but it must consider the chances that could be derived from social innovation in the same sector.…”

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Social Innovation as a Prospect for the Forest Bioeconomy: Selected Examples from Europe

Ludvig

Živojinović

Hujala

2019

Forests

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Very recently, social innovation has become a subject of investigation in forest research. Earlier on, social innovation turned into a term used in EU policy strategies for addressing social issues and the self-empowerment of local people, as well as for tackling economic, social, or environmental challenges. The question of how the forest bioeconomy might profit from social innovation remains. The article examined the forest bioeconomy from the perspective of social innovation features: How is social innovation reflected in the forest bioeconomy? The forest sector is identified as one principal supplier sectors in the updated European Bioeconomy Strategy. In the strategies’ general objectives of job creation and employment through the green economy, we detected some links to social innovation. In contrast, the EU Social Innovation Initiative includes social aspects via addressing collective action, integration of vulnerable social groups, and rural and urban economic development, without mentioning explicitly the forest sector. In order to make use of both EU policy documents, it is necessary to enquire on the overlaps. This research focused on the communalities in their policy goals as a reference framework for systematically identifying specific forest bioeconomy activities fitting into both realms. With example of these activities, we showed how the forest bioeconomy plays a unique role in addressing hitherto unmet needs with the development of new types of services. There is rich potential in the forest bioeconomy for private forest owners and producers with activities that range from social biomass plants to collectively organized charcoal (biochar) production in remote rural areas. Most of these are service innovations, while some combine services with product innovations. Our findings challenge positions that regard economic and social issues as strictly separated. As a result, they are identified as two combined complementary sources of income for Europe’s forest owners.

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“…Further sources have been identified in collaborative networks, i.e. of different organizations operating in similar markets or sectors, which have already developed core competencies, or already excel in some areas of business, but are willing to exchange information effectively, and complement R&D efforts to increase knowledge and further improve, especially in highly technological markets where individual innovations have rarely been initiated due to the complexity of cost-benefit assessment methods and costly resources required for the implementation of such systems (Birkinshaw, Zimmermann, & Raisch, 2016;Laakkonen, Hujala, & Pykäläinen, 2019).…”

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IT Tools and Performance Indicators: A Qualitative Overview of Managerial, Organizational, Financial Strategies within Healthcare Sector

Remondino¹

2020

IJBM

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The work examines the different healthcare contexts in which innovation has been applied, or could be applied, resulting in cost containment and increased quality and efficiency of medical care services. In addition, the different factors influencing the adoption of information technologies in the national healthcare systems of the European Union are discussed, in particular as regards the existence of structural barriers. Innovation is defined as the creation of something still not existing, to be uses for new products and services or for more efficient processes and is therefore linked to change, because innovation requires change. Information technology (IT) is described as the acquisition, processing and storage of data by a computing product. This work qualitatively analyses use cases, which are in turn based on quantitative research methodologies (i.e. performance indicators), commonly based on the manipulation of independent variables to generate statistically analyzable data, which guarantees objectivity and provides greater data reliability. Studies have been conducted to observe current trends in access to information technology across different age groups, to detect the existence of correlations between Internet users and online healthcare information searches. In this work, several Italian initiatives for the diffusion of IT applications in the healthcare sector have been analyzed. Some of the ongoing pilot projects include the collaboration of the Politecnico di Milano, through the establishment of the Laboratory of Biomedical Technologies (TBMLab), and the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa, to carry out research on eHealth activities and to promote the development of home automation systems for patients with disabilities. The HHC-MOTES model should also be noted, which aims to analyze the implementation of IT in the healthcare (HHC) sector from the point of view of sustainability in the management, organizational, technological, environmental and social fields (MOTES).

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Integrating intangible resources enables creating new types of forest services - developing forest leasing value network in Finland

Abstract: Highlights • Enhanced business collaboration may enable new types of forest services. • Value creation takes place in a collaborative value network. • We scrutinize value network of forest leasing service in family forests.

Cited by 33 publications

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Governance of Social Innovation in Forestry

Governance of Social Innovation in Forestry

Social Innovation as a Prospect for the Forest Bioeconomy: Selected Examples from Europe

IT Tools and Performance Indicators: A Qualitative Overview of Managerial, Organizational, Financial Strategies within Healthcare Sector

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