Abstract
Innovations represent the engine of the business and economic. This is particularly relevant to the traditional sectors such as forestry and forest-based industry that are expected to play an important role in the future steps oriented towards meeting the sustainable development goals. The main aim of this study is to analyse the stakeholders’ perceptions of the innovation trends in the forestry and forest-based sectors by using a Q-methodology. This research addressed three groups of respondents in Slovakia, whose task was to subjectively assess innovative trends in the forestry and forest-based sectors. Based on the results it can be concluded that the innovation trend in the forestry and forest-based sectors will be oriented towards the technological progress focused on the increasing efficiency of wood processing and increasing the usability of waste material as well as the trend of increasing development of innovations in the forest recreation services.
Highlights
The growth of human population and its economic activities are contributing to the utilization of the Earth’s natural resources (Kula, 2012)
At the poles of the distribution of factor A there are several statements related to the attitudes of expert from the field (S1 ranked 2, S3 ranked 1), for factor B statements related to the attitudes of general public (S4 ranked 2) and for factor
The main aim of this study is to analyse stakeholders’ perceptions of innovation trends in forestry and forest-based sectors using Q-methodology in Slovakia. It aims to point out the differences in the perception of innovation trends in these sectors by interested groups – experts, business community and general public, and indicate the limitations of enterprises to implement innovations defined by the respective stakeholders
Summary
The growth of human population and its economic activities are contributing to the utilization of the Earth’s natural resources (Kula, 2012). Resources such as water, soil, clean air and ecosystem services are essential for our health and quality of life (de Groot et al, 2002) but current rates of their harvesting and waste generation deplete them faster than they can regenerate (Wackernagel et al, 2002). Forestry and forest-based sectors contribute much to the quality of life and sustainable utilization of natural resources (Weiss et al, 2011).
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