A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book
Strategic roadmapping as a policy tool for meso-level industrial transformation: the case of cellulosic fibre value chain in the Green Triangle, South Australia
Authors: Ahlqvist Toni, Kettle John, Valovirta Ville, Vanderhoek Nafty
Editors: Roos Göran, Kennedy Narelle
Publication year: 2014
Book title : Global perspectives on achieving success in high and low cost operating environments
Series title: IGI Global book series Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage (ABSCA)
First page : 172
Last page: 207
Number of pages: 36
ISBN: 978-1-4666-5828-8
eISBN: 978-1-4666-5829-5
ISSN: 2327-3429
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5828-8.ch007(external)
This chapter illustrates the use of strategic roadmapping as a policy tool for regions or industry sectors to formulate a strategy to renew and transform their industrial base when faced with structural decline, diminishing opportunities, and intensifying competitive pressures. This approach is illustrated by the case study of the forest and wood products industry in the Green Triangle region in the southeast of South Australia, both the road maps produced and the staged policy recommendations made for immediate, short, and long-term action. The chapter concludes by summarising the key arguments for the use of strategic roadmapping as policy tool for industrial transformation, and identifying some future avenues for strategic roadmapping in the forest and wood products industry and in manufacturing industry in general.