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INNO-FOREST working methods Personal case
studies Report
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I Personal case studies

• Case study protocol and interview guidelines for
  students of the IP by Gerhard Weiss
• Each student will write a case study report
  (about 10 15 pages)
• Final report By 24 June 2005 to Savonia
  Polytechnic (Miika Kajanus and Senja Smedberg)
• Suggestions for the case enterprise By 24 June
  2005 (also to be send to Savonia, if different to
  the report)

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I Personal case studies guidelines

• Part I enterprise
• Description of the enterprise and the business
  area
• short history,
• main ratios (turnover, personnel),
• main products, markets and customers,
• main trends in the business area
• Present situation regarding innovation aspects
• present innovations,
• resources and working methods/strategies for
  innovations
• Description of the business goals of the
  enterprise
• Future innovations the enterprise is planning to
  work with
• Analysis and recommendations for the enterprise
  how to enhance the innovations
• 1. market analysis potential, competitive
  circumstances
• 2. resource analysis (non-material) knowledge,
  networks
• 3. resource analysis (financial and other
  material resources)
• List of recommended tasks to do

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I Personal case studies guidelines

• Part II innovation case
• Chronology and subject of the innovation
• What was the problem situation before the
  innovation?
• Development and implementation of the innovation
  process (milestones)
• Detailed description of the innovation and
  outcome
• Actors network analysis
• Which actors involved? (public administration
  extension services interest groups/NGOs
  education and research institutions firm
  networks and cooperation)
• Roles of actors (who contributed
  ideas/impulse/information/support?)
• What kinds of business cooperation?
  (horizontal/vertical/lateral)
• Analysis of the innovation process
• Coordination and cooperation of actors
• Sources/flow of information
• Sources/flow of financial means
  (internal/external/relevance of support
  programmes)
• Evaluation
• Objectives of the innovation
• Economic outcomes (protit/turnover/productivity
  gain)
• Positive and negative results and outcomes of the
  innovation (economic performance and
  other/unintended effects)
• Challenges and problems, strategies

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Contents

• Chapter 1. Introduction (new)
• Chapter 2. Case enterprise
• Chapter 3. Innovation case
• Chapter 4. Goals and future plans
• Chapter 5. Analysis and evaluation
• Chapter 6. Lessons learnt/recommendations
• Summary (new)

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• Chapter 1 Introduction
• General description of innovation and innovation
  processes
• Basics of innovations
• Basics of innovation processes
• Related to forest sector
• European perspective
• Purpose and goals for this report

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• Chapter 2. Enterprise
• Description of the enterprise and the business
  area
• short history,
• main ratios (turnover, personnel),
• main products, markets and customers,
• main trends in the business area
• Present situation regarding innovation aspects
• present innovations,
• resources and working methods/strategies for
  innovations

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• Chapter 3 innovation case
• Chronology and subject of the innovation
• What was the problem situation before the
  innovation?
• Development and implementation of the innovation
  process (milestones)
• Detailed description of the innovation and
  outcome
• Actors network analysis
• Which actors involved? (public administration
  extension services interest groups/NGOs
  education and research institutions firm
  networks and cooperation)
• Roles of actors (who contributed
  ideas/impulse/information/support?)
• What kinds of business cooperation?
  (horizontal/vertical/lateral)
• Analysis of the innovation process
• Coordination and cooperation of actors
• Sources/flow of information
• Sources/flow of financial means
  (internal/external/relevance of support
  programmes)

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• Chapter 4. Goals and future plans
• Description of the business goals of the
  enterprise
• Future innovations the enterprise is planning to
  work with

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• Chapter 5 Analysis and evaluation
• Analysis for the enterprise how to enhance the
  innovations
• 1. market analysis potential, competitive
  circumstances
• 2. resource analysis (non-material) knowledge,
  networks
• 3. resource analysis (financial and other
  material resources)
• Evaluation
• Objectives of the innovation
• Economic outcomes (profit/turnover/productivity
  gain)
• Positive and negative results and outcomes of the
  innovation (economic performance and
  other/unintended effects)
• Challenges and problems, strategies
• Fostering and impeding factors

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• Chapter 6 Lessons learnt/recommendations
• Lessons learnt/recommendations
• Recommendations for the enterprise how to enhance
  the innovations
• List of recommended tasks to do

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• Report for the case enterprise
• Contents and the form depends on the needs of the
  enterprise
• Could be the same as personal case study report
  or can be modified for the enterprise (e.g.
  containing also the secret parts)
• Should contain at least the following sections
• Analysis and recommendations for the enterprise
  how to enhance the innovations
• 1. market analysis potential, competitive
  circumstances
• 2. resource analysis (non-material) knowledge,
  networks
• 3. resource analysis (financial and other
  material resources)
• Evaluation of the innovations
• Objectives of the innovation
• Economic outcomes (protit/turnover/productivity
  gain)
• Positive and negative results and outcomes of the
  innovation (economic performance and
  other/unintended effects)
• Challenges and problems, strategies
• Fostering and impeding factors
• Future plans
• Conclusions
• Lessons learnt/recommendations
• List of recommended tasks to do