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Markku Tuominen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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AHP-based expert analysis of Forest industry strategies
International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2007Co-Authors: Kalle Elfvengren, Jukka Korpela, Markku Tuominen, Pentti SierilaAbstract:This study evaluates different strategic courses of action concerning the whole Forest industry sector. The assessments are based on the opinions of a group of experts in Finnish Forest Industries. The aim of the study is to evaluate the factors of success and their relative weights, and to evaluate the formulated strategy alternatives of the Forest Industries for the future (the year 2010 and beyond). The decision support method Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been utilised in the assessment of different strategies. With AHP, it is possible to evaluate several strategies and to synthesise qualitative and quantitative factors in the decision making.
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a gdss based approach to the strategy analysis of Forest Industries
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2001Co-Authors: Jukka Korpela, P Sierila, Markku TuominenAbstract:In this paper we present the results of a study where a GDSS-approach was used for a SWOT-based strategy analysis of the Finnish Forest Industries. Forest Industries belong to the basic, strategic Industries in the world, and they have a great importance for the Finnish economy. This study is the first part of a research program that aims at finding visions and alternative strategies in the field of Forest Industries, and at developing new scientific methods. The program is a learning process where one central tool is the GroupSystems-software. Thus, the contribution of the program is both methodological and gives new knowledge for Forest Industries. In this paper, the focus is on describing how the first part of the Finnish Forest Industries SWOT-analysis was conducted in a GDSS-laboratory by using the GroupSystems-tool. The study included the identification and prioritisation of the environmental change factors, i.e. threats and opportunities, faced by the Finnish Forest Industries in the future.
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HICSS - A GDSS-based approach to the strategy analysis of Forest Industries
Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 1Co-Authors: Jukka Korpela, P Sierila, Markku TuominenAbstract:In this paper we present the results of a study where a GDSS-approach was used for a SWOT-based strategy analysis of the Finnish Forest Industries. Forest Industries belong to the basic, strategic Industries in the world, and they have a great importance for the Finnish economy. This study is the first part of a research program that aims at finding visions and alternative strategies in the field of Forest Industries, and at developing new scientific methods. The program is a learning process where one central tool is the GroupSystems-software. Thus, the contribution of the program is both methodological and gives new knowledge for Forest Industries. In this paper, the focus is on describing how the first part of the Finnish Forest Industries SWOT-analysis was conducted in a GDSS-laboratory by using the GroupSystems-tool. The study included the identification and prioritisation of the environmental change factors, i.e. threats and opportunities, faced by the Finnish Forest Industries in the future.
R N Byron - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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technological advance and the conservation of resources
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 1996Co-Authors: Jeffrey Sayer, R N ByronAbstract:SUMMARY This paper reviews the nature of technological changes in Forestry and the Forest Industries and their impacts on Forest conservation and deForestation. While noting that technological changes have made available substantially more Forest products to consumers, with higher quality and/or at lower prices than would otherwise have been possible, not all impacts have been positive. The authors take a long-term perspective of how changes in technologies, markets and transportation are likely to affect the management and conservation of tropical Forests. The paper defines a research challenge to direct and harness science and innovation towards increasing the productivity of Forests and reducing the environmental costs associated with Forest Industries and products.
Birger Solberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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second generation biofuels impacts on bioheat production and Forest products markets
International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 2013Co-Authors: Erik Tromborg, Torjus Folsland Bolkesjo, Birger SolbergAbstract:Purpose – Second-generation biofuel is regarded as a sustainable alternatives to fossil energy in transportation where electricity is not feasible. The main purpose of this study is to analyze how large-scale second-generation biofuel based on wood may affect the competitiveness of more mature bioenergy technologies such as bioheat through competition in the biomass market. The impacts on Forest Industries are also included. Design/methodology/approach – An economic model for the energy and Forest sectors based on partial equilibrium modeling is used to quantify the impacts of four different locations of biofuel production in Norway. Findings – The results show that there are regional variations in biomass price effects depending on local raw material availability and costs of transport and import. Technologies allowing for a larger variety of wood biomass qualities will face lower biomass prices than technologies using only one species as raw material, causing less reduction in the production of bioheat ...
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an economic analysis of the potential contribution of Forest biomass to the eu res target and its implications for the eu Forest Industries
Journal of Forest Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Alexander Moiseyev, Birger Solberg, Maarit A I Kallio, Marcus LindnerAbstract:This study addresses the effects of increasing energy wood prices on the EU Forest sector and on the use of wood biomass for energy. We examine different energy wood price levels under two contrasting scenarios of future global development, defined by the A1 and B2 storylines of IPCC. A1 depicts increased globalization and rapid economic growth. In B2, the economic growth is more modest, and the world is more environmentally conscious and regionally oriented. The analysis carried out using the global Forest sector model EFI-GTM shows that as energy wood prices increase, the wood imports and reallocation of wood from competing industrial users such as board manufacturers or the pulp and paper industry also increase strongly. The quantity of wood directed from the Forest industry to the energy sector would at most be around 20Â Mtoe (million tons of oil equivalent) in terms of energy, given a price of 100Â [euro]/m3 of energy wood. Still, this would cover only around 8% of the European Union's RES target for 2020, and an even lower share for 2030. For some Forest industry sectors like production of pulp and panels that would mean an important output reduction, around 20-25%. Additional felling could be an important source of wood for bioenergy in the near future, when utilization of the Forest resource potential is still not very high. However, toward 2030, Forest resource utilization is projected to increase and might become a limiting factor for additional biomass potentials. Given the relatively high economic growth assumed in the scenarios and the rather strong development in the demand for Forest industry products, there is a considerable chance that the supply of wood biomass for energy will be largely limited to logging residues in the long run.
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an economic analysis of the potential contribution of Forest biomass to the eu res target and its implications for the eu Forest Industries
Journal of Forest Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Alexander Moiseyev, Birger Solberg, Maarit A I Kallio, Marcus LindnerAbstract:Abstract This study addresses the effects of increasing energy wood prices on the EU Forest sector and on the use of wood biomass for energy. We examine different energy wood price levels under two contrasting scenarios of future global development, defined by the A1 and B2 storylines of IPCC. A1 depicts increased globalization and rapid economic growth. In B2, the economic growth is more modest, and the world is more environmentally conscious and regionally oriented. The analysis carried out using the global Forest sector model EFI-GTM shows that as energy wood prices increase, the wood imports and reallocation of wood from competing industrial users such as board manufacturers or the pulp and paper industry also increase strongly. The quantity of wood directed from the Forest industry to the energy sector would at most be around 20 Mtoe (million tons of oil equivalent) in terms of energy, given a price of 100 €/m 3 of energy wood. Still, this would cover only around 8% of the European Union's RES target for 2020, and an even lower share for 2030. For some Forest industry sectors like production of pulp and panels that would mean an important output reduction, around 20–25%. Additional felling could be an important source of wood for bioenergy in the near future, when utilization of the Forest resource potential is still not very high. However, toward 2030, Forest resource utilization is projected to increase and might become a limiting factor for additional biomass potentials. Given the relatively high economic growth assumed in the scenarios and the rather strong development in the demand for Forest industry products, there is a considerable chance that the supply of wood biomass for energy will be largely limited to logging residues in the long run.
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economic and environmental impacts of transport cost changes on timber and Forest product markets in norway
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2009Co-Authors: Erik Tromborg, Hanne K Sjolie, Birger Solberg, Inger Beate Hovi, Anne Madslien, Knut VeistenAbstract:Abstract Forestry and Forest Industries are transport-intensive sectors. In Norway, the Forest sector (Forestry and Forest Industries) represents less than 1% of gross domestic product, but 14% of the total road transport work. Road transport represents 19% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Norway. This article is an analysis of the economic and GHG emission impacts of the following three transport policy scenarios targeting the Forest sector in Norway: (1) increased fuel prices, (2) increased allowable total weight for log trucks, and (3) accelerated infrastructure development. Three different models were combined in the analyses: a national full equilibrium model, a national transport logistics model and a regionalized partial equilibrium Forest sector model. The results showed that increased maximum total weight had a greater economic impact on transport costs for roundwood than for Forest industry products. Elimination of bottlenecks, such as bridges with limited allowable weight, is needed if ...
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Impacts of Altered Transport Costs on Forestry, Forest Industries, Regional Development and the Environment
2008Co-Authors: Inger Beate Hovi, Erik Tromborg, Hanne K Sjolie, Anne Madslien, Birger SolbergAbstract:The report presents estimated impacts of altered transport costs on Forestry, Forest Industries, regional development, and the environment. Using alternative scenarios for measures impacting on transport costs in the Forestry/Forest industry sector, a variety of modeling tools have been applied in the estimations. The results indicate, i.a., that removal of bottlenecks and increased allowable total weight may yield considerable transport cost reductions for timber freight. Accelerated infrastructure development, compared to the National Transport Plan, will imply transport cost reductions for the whole sector-relatively more for Forest industry, but the overall impacts of accelerated infrastructure development are relatively minor. A Combined implementation of measures can to a large extent counteract even large price increases on fuel, particularly for timber freight.
Jukka Korpela - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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AHP-based expert analysis of Forest industry strategies
International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2007Co-Authors: Kalle Elfvengren, Jukka Korpela, Markku Tuominen, Pentti SierilaAbstract:This study evaluates different strategic courses of action concerning the whole Forest industry sector. The assessments are based on the opinions of a group of experts in Finnish Forest Industries. The aim of the study is to evaluate the factors of success and their relative weights, and to evaluate the formulated strategy alternatives of the Forest Industries for the future (the year 2010 and beyond). The decision support method Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been utilised in the assessment of different strategies. With AHP, it is possible to evaluate several strategies and to synthesise qualitative and quantitative factors in the decision making.
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a gdss based approach to the strategy analysis of Forest Industries
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2001Co-Authors: Jukka Korpela, P Sierila, Markku TuominenAbstract:In this paper we present the results of a study where a GDSS-approach was used for a SWOT-based strategy analysis of the Finnish Forest Industries. Forest Industries belong to the basic, strategic Industries in the world, and they have a great importance for the Finnish economy. This study is the first part of a research program that aims at finding visions and alternative strategies in the field of Forest Industries, and at developing new scientific methods. The program is a learning process where one central tool is the GroupSystems-software. Thus, the contribution of the program is both methodological and gives new knowledge for Forest Industries. In this paper, the focus is on describing how the first part of the Finnish Forest Industries SWOT-analysis was conducted in a GDSS-laboratory by using the GroupSystems-tool. The study included the identification and prioritisation of the environmental change factors, i.e. threats and opportunities, faced by the Finnish Forest Industries in the future.
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HICSS - A GDSS-based approach to the strategy analysis of Forest Industries
Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 1Co-Authors: Jukka Korpela, P Sierila, Markku TuominenAbstract:In this paper we present the results of a study where a GDSS-approach was used for a SWOT-based strategy analysis of the Finnish Forest Industries. Forest Industries belong to the basic, strategic Industries in the world, and they have a great importance for the Finnish economy. This study is the first part of a research program that aims at finding visions and alternative strategies in the field of Forest Industries, and at developing new scientific methods. The program is a learning process where one central tool is the GroupSystems-software. Thus, the contribution of the program is both methodological and gives new knowledge for Forest Industries. In this paper, the focus is on describing how the first part of the Finnish Forest Industries SWOT-analysis was conducted in a GDSS-laboratory by using the GroupSystems-tool. The study included the identification and prioritisation of the environmental change factors, i.e. threats and opportunities, faced by the Finnish Forest Industries in the future.
Roger Hayter - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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evolutionary geography of a mature resource sector shakeouts and shakeins in british columbia s Forest Industries 1980 to 2008
Growth and Change, 2016Co-Authors: Roger Hayter, Klaus EdenhofferAbstract:This study examines the evolutionary geography of British Columbia's Forest Industries during a period marked by volatility and decline. Conceptually, the study draws upon the industrial life cycle model, identifying the distinctive characteristics of resource Industries during the transition to maturity and beyond. Empirically, the study focuses on industry population dynamics and employment change at a meso-scale, to reveal changing organizational, industrial, and geographical structures of BC's Forest Industries during the study period. There are high levels of plant exits and in some sub-Industries also of entry, a decline in large integrated firms, and important shifts in core-periphery characteristics.
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organizational restructuring in british columbia s Forest Industries 1980 2010 the survival of a dinosaur
Applied Geography, 2013Co-Authors: Klaus Edenhoffer, Roger HayterAbstract:Abstract During the Fordist boom decades from the 1940 to the 1970s British Columbia's Forest Industries were dominated by large, vertically and horizontally integrated companies and the mass production of standardized, low-value commodities. The severe recession of the 1980s threatened this domination. The resource endowment was in decline, conflicts over Forest values became widespread and booming and busting became routine. Corporate restructuring in BC's Forest industry, led by Canfor, BC's only major Forest corporation to survive from Fordist days, has survived by a strategy of cost minimization, mass production, M&A and geographical expansion, rather than pursue more innovative strategies. This paper explains this choice. Conceptually, the analysis draws upon evolutionary theories of the firm in relation to resource Industries. Empirically, a case study of Canfor's restructuring is outlined. The paper argues that Canfor's highly conservative ‘back to the future’ strategies are consistent with theoretical explanations of vertically integrated firms, and have been reinforced by the emergence of a volatile, uncertain and conflicted Forest economy in BC.
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restructuring on a vertiginous plateau the evolutionary trajectories of british columbia s Forest Industries 1980 2010
Geoforum, 2013Co-Authors: Klaus Edenhoffer, Roger HayterAbstract:The volatility of British Columbia’s (BC’s) Forest Industries over the last three decades has not only reflected the immediate impacts of demand fluctuations arising from the broader vicissitudes of capitalist economies but the evolutionary implications of industrial and resource dynamics. The 1980s recession in particular marked a turning point in the evolutionary trajectory of BC’s Forest Industries, associated with global paradigmatic changes driven by flexibility imperatives, the maturation of the Forestry resource cycle to the plateau or fall-down stage, and conflicts caused by environmental, social and trade protectionist opposition to vested industry interests. This paper focuses on the broad contours of the restructuring of BC’s Forest Industries since 1980. Conceptually, the paper elaborates a resource industry life-cycle model (RILCM) that integrates industry and resource cycle dynamics and the implications of economic crisis. Empirically, the analysis uses longitudinal output and employment data, summaries of the policy re-regulation of the BC Forest economy since 1980, and comparative static plant-level data, 1980–2008. The analysis reveals the 1980s recession as a turning point in the transformation of BC’s Forest Industries, characterized by high levels of volatility and long-term decline in the main commodities. Industrial restructuring has also witnessed a fragmentation of production, the emergence of small firm dominated value-added activities, and broad changes to the coreperiphery structure of the Forest Industries within BC. It is argued that evolutionary approaches to economic geography need to incorporate resource peripheries and crisis and acknowledge the role of crisis and non-economic factors in shaping regional transformation.