Metla Project 3367

Knowledge management in wood processing industries, business networks and entrepreneurship toimprove the use of regional and local forestry resources

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Duration: 2003   Keywords: accounting, competitive advantage, competitiveness, forest-based industries, management accounting, small and medium-scale enterprises , wood industry

Objectives

The topic of this study is the SMEs in the forest and wood products sector and the networks they form. The aims of this pilot study can be defined as follows: 1) to study the economical processes and profitability in and between the firms in the networks, 2) to define the financial and non-financial measures important within and outside the network in assessing the growth and profitability of the firms in question and 3) to evaluate how well the public-finance instruments in use are in concert with network-based entrepreneurship. This project will be accomplished in co-operation with research project (3315) that seeks to determine whether preconditions can be found in Finland for the creation of a Marshallian-type industrial district based on forest and woodworking SMEs.

Project leader: Ollonqvist, Pekka
The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu Research Unit, PL 68, 80101 Joensuu
Phone: +358 10 211 3050 Telefax: +358 10 211 3251
E-mail: pekka.ollonqvist@metla.fi

Other researchers: Leppänen, Jussi, HE (2003), Packalén, Katja, JO (2003), Rimmler, Thomas, JO (2003-04)


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