National forest economic clusters: a new model for assessing national-forest-based natural resources products and services.

Abstract

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The promotion of ‘innovation’ in forestry: a role for government or others?

“…For example, the development of furniture industry clusters has been studied and the factors leading to the development of successful regional centres such as Rio Negrinho, Bento Gonc¸alves and Arapongas, have been analyzed (da Camara and Serconi 2006). Known for some time as an effective way to promote innovation (Porter and Stern 2001), such economic and geographic clusters are of increasing interest in forestry (see for example Rojas 2007), but the autonomy that they involve is sometimes counter to prevailing policies associated with centralized control in the forest sector.…”

Forest products cluster development in central Arizona—implications for landscape-scale forest restoration

“…1). Porter 2000 national forest lands, but also to diversify microeconomic environments and private sector policies (Rojas 2007). Ready access to transportation corridors (including Interstate 40 and Interstate 17 in Arizona, and railheads) would be important for wood products clusters to reach regional markets while also providing access to support services and suppliers.…”

Identifying critical success factors in EDA industry using DEMATEL method

“…However, Porter broadened the definition of factors for production into five major categories: human resources, physical resources, knowledge resources, capital resources, and infrastructure 16,17 .…”

“…However, close working relationships among related industries do not happen automatically. Related industries must explicitly seek to forge alliances that will add to their competitive advantage 17 .…”