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Development and Implementation of Innovations in Croatian Forestry

Paper presents the results of research on innovations and creativity in Croatian Forests Ltd (CF Ltd). The research was conducted during 2012 and it included 286 employees of the state forest company (CF Ltd). By questioning their perception and attitudes towards innovations and undertaken innovative acitivities, a framework picture of the status of innovativeness in forestry of Croatia was provided. The main tasks were to determine: the way in which innovations are perceived in company, types of implemented and most needed innovations, importance of the innovations for the company, their influence on income, factors which positively i.e. negatively affect innovation activities, attitudes towards knowledge, creativity, change, decision making, etc. Through the testing of respondents' opinions and attitudes an unfavorable status of innovativeness in croatian state forestry has been found. The analysis of the key questions have shown that: company has a low innovation culture ; employees seldom or never think about innovations ; innovations related to production processes are the most common type of innovations. Other findings suggest that only 2-4% of employees consider that their work is being appreciated. Same percentage thinks that the company has a functional system for evaluation of ideas, and that it is effective in decision making. However, most employees state that there is a potential for innovations, and that work processes can be improved. As main impediment for stronger innovation activity they stress out lack of financial assets. Conducted research points out certain problems, but it mainly emphasizes the significance of innovations, stresses the need for innovations in forestry and contrubutes to raising forestry experts' awareness about the role and importance of innovations.

innovation; forestry; innovation policy; managing forest company; decision making; rationalisation; Croatia

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