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Years of rapid and indiscriminate logging of Philippine forests, coupled with little reforestation, have led to more frequent, widespread, and damaging natural disasters, such as floods, landslides, and other environmental damages. With strong political will and noble intentions, President...
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Years of rapid and indiscriminate logging of Philippine forests, coupled with little reforestation, have led to more frequent, widespread, and damaging natural disasters, such as floods, landslides, and other environmental damages. With strong political will and noble intentions, President...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011583715
This article focuses on the question of how eco-innovation projects can lead to the break-out of an industrial trajectory. Using the example of the Aquitaine wood industry, we question how eco-innovation projects promoted by the ‘competitiveness cluster’ might help to modify that trajectory....
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In this article, through the case study of the Aquitaine forest-wood-paper filière, we emphasize the need for integrating a stronger consideration of natural resources in the analysis in terms of innovation systems. Based on the main specificity of this sector, i.e. its important dependence on...
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Along with the entire economy, the wood industry in the Republic of Croatia also has to face strong and numerous competitors, both in the home and foreign markets. Solutions for survival and future development should be sought in market competition. Modern marketing increasingly uses branding as...
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-->that the projects studied are in fact guided by a complex and variable structure of goals, in which environmental objectives are not always a priority. Our analysis shows that actors combine environmental and techno-economic objectives in some specific compromises.
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Although several wood industry experts advocate the need for more product development in the industry, few studies have investigated the actual product development process in this context. This explorative study investigates innovation, specifically product development, in the Swedish and...
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Although several wood industry experts advocate the need for more product development in the industry, few studies have investigated the actual product development process in this context. This explorative study investigates innovation, specifically product development, in the Swedish and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200877
Environmental aspects of the wood product supply chain have been on the agenda for a couple of decades now. It is claimed that unsustainable forestry practices may damage biodiversity and the provision of forest ecosystem services, while wood is simultaneously perceived as a renewable material...
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