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Forest Business Innovation and Advancement in the Northern Periphery

FOBIA

The project aims at enhancing business competitiveness of forestry service enterprises in the northern and peripheral regions of Finland, Sweden, Scotland and Ireland. The origin of the project lies in the need to improve the enterprises' ability to meet increased service demands.

(1) A collection of tools for analyzing and improving operational efficiency of a wood harvesting enterprise; (2) An Internet-based toolkit for utilisation of digital platforms in knowledge transfer, networking, and marketing.

Work packages - FOBIA

WP T1: Business models

WP T1 aims to identify

  • the needs for service and business model development from the supplier’s and buyer’s viewpoints
  • the ways to stimulate the development of businesses and business models

WP leader: Thomas Kronholm, SLU