Dr. Sergey V. Zykov completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the MEPHI University and received his Dr. habil. in the same field from the the USATU University in year 1994, 2000 and 2017 respectively. Presently, Dr. Zykov is working as Professor in HSE University, National Research University, Russia. He is Member of many professional organisations like IWA, IIIS, and KES Intl. He is Member of many reputed journal boards—International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, and Intelligent Decision Technologies. He has published 05 books including 04 monographs by Springer.Dennis V. Dayneko has Master’s degree in Urban Planning (Restoration and Reconstruction), and his Ph.D. in Innovative Economics (2015). Currently, Dennis is Senior Researcher at the Irkutsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science. He teaches as Associate Professor at the Irkutsk National Research Technical University too. Dennis isMember of the New Economic Association (Russia), Free Economic Society of Russia, SIOE, and other organizations. He has over 90 publication, including 12 indexed by Scopus and Web of Science.

• Introduction: Russian Forests and Forest industry.- The Forest industry of Russia: problems and challenges.- Forest industry Innovations and leading Forest companies experience.- Innovations effectiveness and their evaluation.- Forest innovation system and its implementation.- Program of innovative changes in the Forest industry.- Conclusions.

Dr. Sergey V. Zykov completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the MEPHI University and received his Dr. habil. in the same field from the the USATU University in year 1994, 2000 and 2017 respectively. Presently, Dr. Zykov is working as Professor in HSE University, National Research University, Russia. He is Member of many professional organisations like IWA, IIIS, and KES Intl. He is Member of many reputed journal boards—International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, and Intelligent Decision Technologies. He has published 05 books including 04 monographs by Springer.Dennis V. Dayneko has Master’s degree in Urban Planning (Restoration and Reconstruction), and his Ph.D. in Innovative Economics (2015). Currently, Dennis is Senior Researcher at the Irkutsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science. He teaches as Associate Professor at the Irkutsk National Research Technical University too. Dennis isMember of the New Economic Association (Russia), Free Economic Society of Russia, SIOE, and other organizations. He has over 90 publication, including 12 indexed by Scopus and Web of Science.

• Introduction: Russian Forests and Forest industry.- The Forest industry of Russia: problems and challenges.- Forest industry Innovations and leading Forest companies experience.- Innovations effectiveness and their evaluation.- Forest innovation system and its implementation.- Program of innovative changes in the Forest industry.- Conclusions.

Dr. Sergey V. Zykov completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the MEPHI University and received his Dr. habil. in the same field from the the USATU University in year 1994, 2000 and 2017 respectively. Presently, Dr. Zykov is working as Professor in HSE University, National Research University, Russia. He is Member of many professional organisations like IWA, IIIS, and KES Intl. He is Member of many reputed journal boards—International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, and Intelligent Decision Technologies. He has published 05 books including 04 monographs by Springer.Dennis V. Dayneko has Master’s degree in Urban Planning (Restoration and Reconstruction), and his Ph.D. in Innovative Economics (2015). Currently, Dennis is Senior Researcher at the Irkutsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science. He teaches as Associate Professor at the Irkutsk National Research Technical University too. Dennis isMember of the New Economic Association (Russia), Free Economic Society of Russia, SIOE, and other organizations. He has over 90 publication, including 12 indexed by Scopus and Web of Science.

• Introduction: Russian Forests and Forest industry.- The Forest industry of Russia: problems and challenges.- Forest industry Innovations and leading Forest companies experience.- Innovations effectiveness and their evaluation.- Forest innovation system and its implementation.- Program of innovative changes in the Forest industry.- Conclusions.