Shades of green: A social scientific view on bioeconomy in the forest sector

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 402-410

  Kleinschmit, Daniela ^a   Lindstad, Berit Hauger ^b   Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^c   Toppinen, Anne ^d   Roos, Anders ^a   Baardsen, Sjur ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

business management research; economics; future directions; political science

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL SOURCES; BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; POLITICAL SCIENCE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ECONOMICS;

ECONOMICS; FORESTRY;

EID: 84904819940     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2014.921722     Document Type: Article

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