Hansen / Panwar / Vlosky The Global Forest Sector

Changes, Practices, and Prospects
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4398-7928-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 478 Seiten

Changes in production, demand, supply, and trade patterns; the impact of green building and bioenergy on industry practices and policy infrastructure; and new economies with production advantages and large consumption bases all present challenges and opportunities in the forest sector. With contributions from leading experts in academia and professional organizations, The Global Forest Sector: Changes, Practices, and Prospects fills a gap in the literature that is preventing students, scholars, and policy makers from developing a timely, structured, big-picture view of forest sector business. In addition, the book reviews current thinking on a wide variety of business management issues in the forest sector.

The book covers managing change in the global forest sector and the impact of globalization on forest users. It discusses markets and market forces, new products and product categories, and the influence of China and Russia. The book then examines the environmental paradigm, including environmental activism, sustainability, and the impact of green building and bioenergy. The book concludes with coverage of the role of information technology, corporate social responsibility, innovation, and next steps.

Overall, this book helps readers both develop a bird’s eye view of the changes surrounding the forest sector as well as have a magnified view of numerous managerial issues associated with these changes. The content paints a picture of the current and changing forest sector including the state of forests, the nature of markets, the newly emerged patterns of stakeholder impact, and evolution of key business practices. It provides the foundation needed to develop the conservation-based economy required for future success in the global forest sector.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hansen, Eric

Panwar, Rajat

Vlosky, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Changing Context of the Global Forest Sector
Understanding and Managing Change in the Global Forest Sector, Eric Hansen, Rajat Panwar, and Richard Vlosky
Impact of Globalization on Forest Users: Trends and Opportunities, Benjamin Cashore, Erica Pohnan, and Michael W. Stone

Changes in Product Categories and Individual Markets
Markets and Market Forces for Lumber, Matt Bumgardner, Steven Johnson, William Luppold, Frances Maplesden, and Ed Pepke
Markets and Market Forces for Secondary Wood Products, Urs Buehlmann and Al Schuler
Markets and Market Forces for Pulp and Paper Products, Lauri Hetemäki, Riitta Hänninen, and Alexander Moiseyev
New Products and Product Categories in the Global Forest Sector, Zhiyong Cai, Alan W. Rudie, Nicole M. Stark, Ronald C. Sabo, and Sally A. Ralph
Chinese Era, Xiaozhi (Jeff) Cao, Xiufang Sun, and Ivan Eastin
Russia in the Global Forest Sector, Eduard L. Akim, Nikolay Burdin, Anatoly Petrov, and Leonid Akim

The Forest Sector within an Environmental Paradigm
Environmental Activism and the Global Forest Sector, Jacki Schirmer
Implementing Sustainability in the Global Forest Sector: Toward the Convergence of Public and Private Forest Policy, Timothy M. Smith, Sergio A. Molina Murillo, and Britta M. Anderson
Green Building and the Global Forest Sector, Chris Knowles and Arijit Sinha
Assessment of Global Wood-Based Bioenergy, Francisco X. Aguilar, Michael A. Blazier, Janaki Alavalapati, and Pankaj Lal

Capability Development and Strategic Imperatives for the Forest Sector
Current and Future Role of Information Technology in the Global Forest Sector, Taraneh Sowlati
Cross-Cultural Sales, Marketing, and Management Issues in the Global Forest Sector, Ernesto Wagner
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Forest Sector, David Cohen, Anne-Hélène Mathey, Jeffrey Biggs, and Mark Boyland
Innovation in the Global Forest Sector, Scott Leavengood and Lyndall Bull
Strategic Orientations in the Global Forest Sector, Anne Toppinen, Minli Wan, and Katja Lähtinen

Bringing It All Together
What Now, Mr. Jones? Some Thoughts about Today’s Forest Sector and Tomorrow’s Great Leap Forward, Robert A. Kozak
Index