Study goals
Identify the main motivation as well as social, economic benefits and challenges of the FSC certification around the world.
Relevance / originality
individual studies focus on different cases, use different methodologies and may even present different results or conclusions Isolated reading becomes painful and tiring for most managers and professionals who are at risk of being influenced by one or more studies.
Methodology / approach
Systematic review of the literature with qualitative and quantitative approach.
Main results
Signaling, market, legal, moral and learning are the motivation do adopt the FSC A variety of social and economic benefits are felt, for example: new markets, profitability, image improvements, price premium, safety and healthcare, also environmental awareness increase of employees.
Theoretical / methodological contributions
As main theoretical contributions, it is the union of several studies on the FSC into just one, contributing to the advancement of research from here.
Social / management contributions
As main contributions, this study demonstrates the results found in several cases around the globe, providing from here, the advancement of knowledge about certification, either through the definition of policies to overcome the challenges or even strategies to enhance the benefits.