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  • Use and perceptions among selected Oregon manufacturing companies concerning ergonomic consulting services

    Creator:
    Linn, Joy L.
    Abstract:
    This study surveyed a sample population of manufacturing companies in Oregon. Respondents were surveyed concerning their perceptions of ergonomics and their use of ergonomic consulting services from three potential sources of ergonomic consulting services. The sources of ergonomic consulting services were the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OR-OSHA), Workers'...
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    Use and perceptions among selected Oregon manufacturing

  • Segmenting single-family homebuilders on a measure of innovativeness

    Creator:
    Fell, David R.
    Abstract:
    The goal of this study is to provide a better understanding of new product adoption by single family homebuilders. Information from this study will be useful to producers of new and existing engineered wood products in targeting their market development efforts. Homebuilders are studied with the goal of segmenting them...
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    Masters Thesis
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    submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

  • Pollution prevention in Oregon's electronics industry

    Creator:
    Jones, Cynthia L.
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    Pollution prevention is promoted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental agencies as a method of reducing the generation of wastes and pollutants. Pollution prevention is also called source reduction because it reduces wastes early in the production process. Source reduction has been used by some industries to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Nationally, the electronics industry generates a large quantity of hazardous waste. Similarly in Oregon

  • Environmental Regulations Reconsidered : Identifying Incentives and Barriers to Environmental Performance

    Creator:
    Craig, Kathleen D.
    Abstract:
    Attention has been drawn to the observation that environmental benefits under the current regulatory approaches are diminishing with respect to increased pollution control costs. Regulators have begun to appreciate that while environmental gains can still be achieved under the current command and control system, the most significant environmental gains have...
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    business decisions. This study was conducted by surveying firms in the forest products industry