Product development in the sawmilling industry - drivers, obstacles and key success factors

Sammanfattning

Although several wood industry experts advocate the need for more product development in the industry, few studies have investigated the actual product development process in this context. This explorative study investigates innovation, specifically product development, in the Swedish and Finnish Nordic pine sawmilling industry. The data consists of interviews with product development managers in 14 sawmilling companies, which were viewed by industry experts to have vast experience of product development. The results reveal that product development has a central role for competitive position and self-image of the companies. The study also identifies drivers and motives that underlie the innovation process, the structure of the product development process, key success factors and obstacles for product development. The results are applicable on industry, company and project-level

Nyckelord

innovation; product development; strategy; resource-based view; forest industry;

Publicerad i

Scandinavian Forest Economics
2006, sidor: 351-361
Titel: SCANDINAVIAN FOREST ECONOMICS no. 41, 2006. Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics Uppsala, Sweden, 8th-11th May, 2006
Utgivare: Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics

Konferens

Biennial Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics

SLU författare

• Stendahl, Matti

  • Institutionen för skogens produkter, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Roos, Anders

  • Institutionen för skogens produkter, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Hugosson, Mårten

  • Institutionen för skogens produkter, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Samhällsvetenskap
Skogsvetenskap
Ekonomi och näringsliv

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/9175