Intro -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Forest in the Alpine region in Europe -- 3. Wood products and traditional timber value chain in remote areas -- 4. Innovative actors of the forestry and wood sector and innovative examples of timber value chain -- 5. Comclusion and future outlook.

We look at the most innovative regions in Europe with the aim of detecting and describing the distinguished features of their innovation profiles, and to reach a workable synthesis of such a multi-faceted phenomenon called innovation. Composite indicators seem to be the natural candidates for...