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  • Identifying the relevance of "family forest" wood product origin and environmental certification for Oregon consumers, and specifiers and industrial customers

    Creator:
    Hamner, Rebecca A.
    Abstract:
    The wood products industry is influenced heavily by family ownership along the entire value chain. Although family ownership affects each link of the wood products value chain, there has been little research into the importance of products originating from family forestland. Specific attributes of products, such as origin or environmental...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . THEORECTICAL BACKGROUND Family Business Family owned businesses are a major part of the US economy

  • Self-made women of China : experiences in small-scale entrepreneurship

    Creator:
    Searles, Mackenzie L.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study is to examine the lived experiences of women small-scale entrepreneurs in Qingdao, China by placing their collective experiences within relevant social and economic frameworks. This study, conducted in 2011 over a six-month period, applies an ethnographic approach based in modified grounded theory to bring together...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , while negotiating traditional and contemporary expectations surrounding family and marriage. Yet

  • Effectual Entrepreneurship and its Application to a Microfluidics R&D Startup

    Creator:
    Brown, Matthew E.
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    An inventor seeks to leverage his unique means in order to create and commercially exploit new technologies. Until new technologies are sufficiently developed, they have the theoretical potential for commercial exploitation in a wide range of markets. Those opportunities are limited by physical bounds that are often only discovered through...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the degree of Master of Business Administration in Business Administration presented on November, 23

  • Social Capital, Capabilities, and Performance of Korean Immigrant-Owned Fashion Businesses in the Los Angeles Area

    Creator:
    Seo, Min Jeong
    Abstract:
    The contributions of Korean immigrant-owned fashion companies (KIOFCs) are increasing in the U.S. fashion industry. This study explored more deeply how KIOFCs can obtain competitiveness in the fiercely competitive fashion market. Specifically, this study 1) described the prominent characteristics of KIOFCs in the Los Angeles area, 2) investigated the multidimensional...
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    Dissertation
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    topic of immigrant-owned business has become significant. Previous researchers have focused on how

  • A business feasibility tool for artisan cheese operation start-up

    Creator:
    Bouma, Andrea
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    The objective of this study was to develop a decision making tool to determine economic feasibility of artisan cheese operations. A survey of current Oregon artisan cheese companies was used to gain knowledge of the fixed and variable costs associated with cheese production and business start-up. The data from this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Technology presented on January 5, 2012. Title: A Business Feasibility Tool for Artisan Cheese Operation

  • Just Beneath the Surface : Analysis of Excavations at 35WS453, The Dalles Chinatown

    Creator:
    French, Jamie
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    In a mostly abandoned block, capped by concrete, the building at 210 East 1st Street, The Dalles, Oregon still stands as one of three remaining structures. This building housed the Wing Hong Hai Company, a mercantile store and Chinese laundry, from 1889 to 1926. Beneath the modern concrete that encircles...
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    Masters Thesis
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    like to thank my family, for all their love and support; this would not have been possible without

  • A Game of Silent Irreverence : Passive Resistance in The Dalles, Oregon

    Creator:
    Maddoux, Maryanne
    Abstract:
    210 East First Street (site 35WS453) contains the only extant remains of a once thriving Overseas Chinese settlement, in the city of The Dalles, Oregon. Very little is known about the everyday lives of these early settlers, or the pressures that they faced. This thesis will help to enrich the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Awmiller, David McGaughey, and Dawn Hert. To my supportive family and friends I would like to extend my

  • Portlandia's Other Children : Refugee Communities in Urban Life

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele M.
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    This research analyzes the relations of ethnic refugee communities and particularly their businesses to gentrification and community vitality in a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. The data indicates that gentrification is not a linear process of displacement of African Americans by Whites seeking affordable housing and new frontiers, but rather is...
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    Dissertation
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    My Mekong Family