Important Factors in the Forestry Innovation Process

Authors: Moeller, George H.; Shafer, Elwood L.

Source: Journal of Forestry, Volume 79, Number 1, 1 January 1981 , pp. 30-32(3)

Publisher: Society of American Foresters

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Abstract:

Analysis of 81 innovations by scientists of the USDA Forest Service and their cooperators delineated 22 factors or elements that tended to be present in successful research. Adaptation of existing techniques or technology, pilot testing, cooperation with private industry, and acquisition of underlying theory were the four factors appearing most often.

Document Type: Journal article

Affiliations: 1: Staff Assistant to the Deputy Chief for Research, USDA Forest Service, Washington, D.C.

Publication date: 1981-01-01

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