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Effects of bark thickness estimates on optimal log merchandising

Creator:: Marshall, Hamish D., Murphy, Glen E., and Lachenbruch, Barbara
Abstract:: Bark plays a critical role in the life of a tree when it is standing. Once the tree is felled, however, bark has minimal value and may be a net financial loss to the forest industry. Because of bark’s limited worth, logs are often bought and sold based on under...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: FOREST PRODUCTS JOURNAL VOL. 56, NO. 11/12 89 scribe bark thickness of these tree species, the results

Marketing sophistication in the forest products industry

Creator:: Han, Xiaoou
Abstract:: In the forest products business and management literature, one common categorization of different types of innovation is product innovation, process innovation and business systems innovation. Forest products companies have long placed high emphasis on process innovations, which are related to yield maximization, manufacturing efficiency and operating costs reduction. This is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Forest Research. Ms. Rebecca Hamner and Ms. Nadine Orozco contributed to data collection of

Environmental Issues in the Forest Industry: Are there Market Opportunities? A Teaching Case Study

Creator:: Hansen, Eric
Abstract:: In this case study, Willamette Industries, Inc. explores the potential of environmental marketing. The company conducted research to determine the views of their customer base. Based on this information and a description of the company’s external environment, students are asked to recommend a marketing strategy.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: OPPORTUNITIES? A TEACHING CASE STUDY by Eric Hansen Department of Wood Science & Engineering The Forest

A Case Study on How to Conduct an Industry Performance Review: The North American Paper Industry

Creator:: Paun, Dorothy A.
Abstract:: This case study describes in detail how to conduct a performance review of forest product industries. This case study uses the paper industry for illustration, but the principles and methods presented are such that you will be able to conduct a performance review in any industry.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: AMERICAN PAPER INDUSTRY by Dorothy A. Paun Department of Wood Science and Engineering The Forest

Line Extension: Providing Inventory Management Barcoding Products and Services to the Wood Products Industry. A Teaching Case Study

Creator:: Vlosky, Richard P.
Abstract:: In this case, the student is a senior partner in Corporate Planning Group (CPG), a strategy-consulting firm. The principals of National Systems, Inc. (the company) have retained CPG to develop a 5-year strategic marketing program to (1) strengthen current markets and (2) develop new markets for the company’s line of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Department of Wood Science & Engineering The Forest Research Laboratory of Oregon State University

Lead-user research in the wood window value chain

Creator:: Kamke, Kathryn Jean
Abstract:: Lead-user research is a relatively new marketing research technique, and it has not seen much use in the forest sector. Lead-user research is designed to capture not just the needs of the customer in their own voice but also to involve actual users of goods and/or services in their development....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the forest sector. Lead-user research is designed to capture not just the needs of the customer in

Basic and applied research in wood drying at the University of Minnesota College of Forestry

Creator:: Erickson, Robert W., Western Dry Kiln Clubs, Western Dry Kiln Clubs. Meeting (22nd : 1971), and University of Minnesota. College of Forestry
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: prefreezing upon redwood was published in the August 1966 issue of the Forest Products Journal. Subsequently

Corporate social responsibility and its implementation : a study of companies in the global forest sector

Creator:: Han, Xiaoou
Abstract:: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be defined as companies acting in accordance with societal demands. In recent years, CSR has gradually become a leading issue in business. Heightened corporate attention to CSR has not been entirely voluntary. Many companies awoke to it only after being surprised by public response to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of a corporate eco-system (Panwar and Hansen 2006). CSR research in the forest sector Today

Bordered pit structure and function determine spatial patterns of air-seeding thresholds in xylem of Doulglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii; Pinaceae) trees

Creator:: Domec, Jean-Christophe, Lachenbruch, Barbara, and Meinzer, Frederick C.
Abstract:: The air‐seeding hypothesis predicts that xylem embolism resistance is linked directly to bordered pit functioning. We tested this prediction in trunks, roots, and branches at different vertical and radial locations in young and old trees of Pseudotsuga menziesii. Dimensions of bordered pits were measured from light and scanning electron micrographs,...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: research on the mechanism of pit function, there is little published work on the spatial patterns of pit

Do gymnosperm needles pull water through the xylem produced in the same year as the needle?

Creator:: Maton, Clarisse and Gartner, Barbara L.
Abstract:: This research investigated the longevity of functional connections between leaf traces and stem xylem in 16 species of conifers to better understand the spatial use of sapwood for water transport. The first question was which ring(s) stained when a vacuum was applied to the distal end of the cut surface...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: in interior Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 13: 834–839. JACH, M. E., AND R. CEULEMANS

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Effects of bark thickness estimates on optimal log merchandising

Marketing sophistication in the forest products industry

Environmental Issues in the Forest Industry: Are there Market Opportunities? A Teaching Case Study

A Case Study on How to Conduct an Industry Performance Review: The North American Paper Industry

Line Extension: Providing Inventory Management Barcoding Products and Services to the Wood Products Industry. A Teaching Case Study

Lead-user research in the wood window value chain

Basic and applied research in wood drying at the University of Minnesota College of Forestry

Corporate social responsibility and its implementation : a study of companies in the global forest sector

Bordered pit structure and function determine spatial patterns of air-seeding thresholds in xylem of Doulglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii; Pinaceae) trees

Do gymnosperm needles pull water through the xylem produced in the same year as the needle?

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