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Will cultural and regulatory forest services provide enough balance to provisioning services in forest enterprise portfolios in future? Marketing case studies of selected forest enterprises in Slovakia

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  • Alex Bumbera

    (Department of Forest Economics and Policy, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovak Republic)

  • Daniel Halaj

    (Department of Forest Economics and Policy, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovak Republic)

  • Iveta Hajdúchová

    (Department of Forest Economics and Policy, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovak Republic)

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The study aims to identify the difference between the current and future strategic management of forest ecosystem services (FES) portfolios in public enterprises of Slovakia. The case studies focus on forest enterprises in Košice, Banská Štiavnica, Kremnica, and Bratislava, representing the best practice examples of providing cultural services in the country. A marketing decision-making model, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix, was used to analyse each company's current FES portfolio. Content analysis assessed the data collected from interviews with managers of the public forest enterprises. Duncker's forest management approaches classification was applied to evaluate the future strategic management of the FES portfolio, and a horizon of 10 years was set. According to the results, the urban forest enterprise in Bratislava is an example of receiving a subsidy from the capital for building and reconstructing recreational facilities. Therefore, this FES portfolio is and will be the most balanced. The portfolio of the forest enterprises in Košice, Kremnica, and Banská Štiavnica will remain unchanged for the next decade, and they plan to use a combination management approach that caters to economic, ecological, and social needs and objectives. Urban forests in Bratislava will focus even more on close-to-nature forestry.

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  • Alex Bumbera & Daniel Halaj & Iveta Hajdúchová, 2025. "Will cultural and regulatory forest services provide enough balance to provisioning services in forest enterprise portfolios in future? Marketing case studies of selected forest enterprises in Slovaki," Journal of Forest Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 71(2), pages 59-71.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:71:y:2025:i:2:id:68-2024-jfs
    DOI: 10.17221/68/2024-JFS
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