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The estimation of sunk costs in the U.S. brewing industry

Creator:: Ko, Jung Teag
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to provide an estimate of sunk costs in the U.S. brewing industry and analyze the relationships among sunk costs, advertising, and concentration. The estimation procedures involves three steps: (1) estimation of the market value of new and used plant and equipment per barrel of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Costs in the U.S. Brewing Industry by Jung Teag Ko A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

Organizational climate and innovativeness in the forest products industry

Creator:: Crespell, Pablo Javier, 1968-
Abstract:: There has been an increasing realization of the value of innovativeness, the orientation toward innovation, for firms thriving to gain competitive edge. The US forest products industry is no different in this respect and many companies have active initiatives to bring about creativity from their own employees. At the same...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: May 1, 2007. Title: Organizational Climate and Innovativeness in the Forest Products Industry

Dynamic issues in applied microeconomics: market performance, market structure and advertising competition

Creator:: Iwasaki, Natsuko
Abstract:: This dissertation addresses issues of oligopoly markets where advertising plays a prominent role. The first study empirically investigates the effect of advertising regulations on equilibrium consumption of an addictive commodity using U.S. cigarette industry data. The results of the first study show that the advertising regulations reduced cigarette consumption by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: U.S. cigarette industry data. The results of the first study show that the advertising regulations

Corporate social responsibility in the forest products industry : an issues management approach

Creator:: Panwar, Rajat
Abstract:: Business is a social institution and society has always designated a role for business which has been undergoing changes with changing societal values and paradigms. Thus while business has always had some responsibilities, the modern connotation of the words corporate social responsibility commonly refers to business assuming responsibilities in economic,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Corporate Social Responsibility in the Forest Products Industry: An Issues Management Approach

The Energy Policy Act of 2003 and the social network of the power industry

Creator:: Crawford, Seth
Abstract:: This analysis determines the impact of campaign contributions on Senators' legislative activity on the Energy Policy Act of 2003, identifies organizations within the power policy-planning network, and examines the social netwrok of the energy industry and its relationship with the power policy-planning network. After describing the research methods used for...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Food distribution channel overview : a guide for new manufacturers

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service, Beaman, Jill A., and Johnson, Aaron J.
Abstract:: The food distribution system in the U.S. is complex. Many players—including middlemen—produce, manufacture, transport, distribute, market, and sell every type of food product imaginable. By the time a product is placed on a grocery store shelf, it has traveled countless miles and has been handled by many people. Each person...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , EM 8921 (Oregon State University Extension Service) Food Distribution Channel Overview J.A

Lean thinking in the secondary woodproducts industry : challenges and benefits

Creator:: Czabke, Jochen
Abstract:: Due to growing global competition, especially in the last decade, the United States wood and wood-based industries have suffered significant market share losses. The wood industry in Germany is facing similar challenges. To stay competitive in an increasingly global marketplace, many wood manufacturers are adopting new management/manufacturing approaches. Lean manufacturing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Industry.doc Oregon State University Wood Science and Engineering Department Masters Thesis

Political economy and trade effects of invasive species regulation : the case of noxious weeds

Creator:: Min, He
Abstract:: Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats to U.S. environment and agriculture. Noxious weed regulations play an important role in preventing the introduction and spread of non-native plants, thereby protecting the local biodiversity, environment and economic activities. However, these regulations could also hamper agricultural trade....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: three essays of this dissertation address the causes and consequences of cross-state differences in

How environmental regulations affect productivity of U.S. and Mexican primary iron & steel and aluminum industries

Creator:: Hackenbruck, Satenik
Abstract:: Many economists believe that the slowdown of the productivity growth rates in the U.S. economy in early 1970's was a consequence of the increased level of environmental regulations. The main reason presented in support of this argument is that increased environmental regulations impose an additional burden to the firms, thus...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science

Fashion media's role in the debate on millinery and bird protection in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Creator:: Scarborough, Amy D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the possible relationship among fashion media, the social responsibility agenda of the Audubon Society, and the use of birds in millinery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both the content analysis method and the historic method were used to gain...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: industry in the United States from 1932 to 1941. Researchers in historic studies and textiles and apparel

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The estimation of sunk costs in the U.S. brewing industry

Organizational climate and innovativeness in the forest products industry

Dynamic issues in applied microeconomics: market performance, market structure and advertising competition

Corporate social responsibility in the forest products industry : an issues management approach

The Energy Policy Act of 2003 and the social network of the power industry

Food distribution channel overview : a guide for new manufacturers

Lean thinking in the secondary woodproducts industry : challenges and benefits

Political economy and trade effects of invasive species regulation : the case of noxious weeds

How environmental regulations affect productivity of U.S. and Mexican primary iron & steel and aluminum industries

Fashion media's role in the debate on millinery and bird protection in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

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