Changes in production, demand, supply, and trade patterns; the impact of green building and bioenergy on industry practices and policy infrastructure; and new economies with production advantages and large consumption bases all present challenges and opportunities in the forest sector. With contributions from leading experts in academia and profess

Unit I: Changing context of the global forest sector. Understanding and Managing Change in a Global Forest Sector. The Impact of Globalization on Forest Users: Trends and Opportunities. Unit II: Changes in product categories and individual markets. Markets and Market Forces for Lumber. Markets and Market Forces for Secondary Wood Products. Markets and Market Forces for Pulp and Paper Products. New Products and Product Categories in the Forest Sector. The Chinese Era. Russia in the Global Forest Sector. Unit III: The forest sector within an environmental paradigm. Environmental Activism and the Global Forest Sector. Implementing Sustainability in the Forestry Sector: Toward the Convergence of Public and Private Forest Policy. Green Building and the Forest Sector. An Assessment of Global Wood-based Bioenergy. Unit IV: Capability development and strategic imperatives for the forest sector. The Current and Future Role of Information Technology in the Forest Sector. Cross-cultural Sales, Marketing, and Management Issues in the Global Forest Sector. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Forest Sector. Innovation in the Global Forest Sector. Strategic Orientations in the Global Forest Sector. Unit V: Bringing it all together. What Now, Mr. Jones? Some Thoughts about Today's Forest Sector and Tomorrow's Great Leap Forwards