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  • Lean thinking in the secondary woodproducts industry : challenges and benefits

    Creator:
    Czabke, Jochen
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Industry.doc Oregon State University Wood Science and Engineering Department Masters Thesis

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

    Creator:
    Panwar, Rajat
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    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,...
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    Dissertation
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    : Corporate Social Responsibility in the Forest Products Industry: An Issues Management Approach

  • Implications of the 2008 Lacey Act amendments : insights from the wood products industry

    Creator:
    Tibbets, Ashlee
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    Export-oriented illegal logging has been recognized as a major global problem in environmental, social, and economic terms. It has been argued that export-oriented illegal logging does not benefit the community or government that should be benefited by its own natural resources. The emergence of policy initiatives targeting illegal logging could...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ........................................................... 6 Effects on the Forest Products Industry

  • Organizational climate and innovativeness in the forest products industry

    Creator:
    Crespell, Pablo Javier, 1968-
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    May 1, 2007. Title: Organizational Climate and Innovativeness in the Forest Products Industry

  • Marketing sophistication in the forest products industry

    Creator:
    Han, Xiaoou
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    : Marketing Sophistication in the Forest Products Industry. Abstract approved

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

    Creator:
    Han, Xiaoou
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    a specific industry –forest sector- is necessary. Also, CSR can vary among countries and regions

  • Opportunities and limitations for community forest enterprises : case of TIP Muebles, Oaxaca, Mexico.

    Creator:
    Villavicencio Valdez, Gabriela Valeria
    Abstract:
    The fact that 80 percent of Mexican forestlands are under common ownership impacts the competitiveness of the forest products industry and forest sustainability. Community forest enterprises (CFE) are a heterogeneous group of forest industries managed by indigenous and local communities for livelihood and profit. Many CFEs face inner competitiveness problems,...
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    impacts the competitiveness of the forest products industry and forest sustainability. Community forest

  • An examination of strategic challenges and opportunities in the wood-based building product industry

    Creator:
    Tokarczyk, John A.
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    The wood-based building products industry has experienced significant turbulence over the past several decades as a function of multiple forces including among others globalization, product and process innovation, and shifting customer and consumer interest and demands. Collectively, these changes have challenged the historical tenets which have defined industry strategy and...
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    Dissertation
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    Opportunities in the Wood- based Building Product Industry Abstract approved: _ Eric N

  • Local Specialty and Niche Market Potential: Opportunities for Oregon's Small Woodland Owners

    Creator:
    Wade, Alyson
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    Small landowners in the state of Oregon find it difficult to be competitive with larger companies to provide traditional forest products to consumers. Additionally, many landowners hope to be profitable from their land, but are not necessarily interested in or have the capability to harvest large tracts of timber. Specialty...
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    Masters Thesis
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    forest owners in the United States, who collectively own 252 million acres (35% of total U.S

  • Oregon's forest sector innovation system : an investigation towards advanced performance

    Creator:
    Orozco, Nadine C.
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    Innovation is a critical component for long term success of an organization. However, being innovative is rarely easy. Successful implementation of any innovation (product, process, or business system) can heavily rely on the functionality of the current innovation system in a given industry. An innovation system is composed of policies,...
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    . Historically, the forest products industry has faced numerous challenges in remaining innovative: outside