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An economic analysis with emphasis on stochastic evaluation of the structural and marketing changes of the Oregon millwork industry

Creator:: Bandrowski, Stefan Stanislaw
Abstract:: Recently, the millwork industry in Oregon, an important consumer of pine lumber produced in this region, has undergone a series of changes which have seemingly affected its structure and marketing organization. The principal purpose of this study is to explain these changes in terms of economic analysis and to find...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An economic analysis of pulp, paper and board exports from the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Thevenon, Michel Jean
Abstract:: The objective of this study is to investigate those economic considerations that may limit the ability of the Pacific Northwest's pulp and paper industry to compete with other regions producing pulp, paper and board for world markets. The share of the Pacific Northwest and the United States in world trade...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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:: : Marketing Sophistication in the Forest Products Industry. Abstract approved

Using quality function deployment to achieve a market orientation : an application with wood products companies

Creator:: Wagner, Ernesto R.
Abstract:: This document presents a new method for improving the market orientation of companies. In that regard, I developed a new Quality Function Deployment application (QFD), which compares customer needs with company competitive advantages, in order to determine those advantages that best satisfy customer wants and needs. The methodology was applied...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

Creator:: Tokarczyk, John A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Opportunities in the Wood- based Building Product Industry Abstract approved: _ Eric N

Regional economic analysis of the U.S. wood remanufacturing industry

Creator:: Kingslien, Hal K.
Abstract:: This research provides state economic development planners and forest policy makers with new economic information about the wood remanufacturing industry. An overview describes each industry sector's employment, payroll size, and estimates of annual growth rates. This helps planners determine which sectors are likely to provide the most economic benefit to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Optimizing the primary forest products supply chain : a multi-objective heuristic approach

Creator:: Hamann, Jeff D.
Abstract:: This thesis is a collection of four submitted manuscripts that present methods to assist forest ecosystem service managers wanting to develop operational sampling, monitoring, and production plans for a set of specific quantifiable ecosystem services, which are formulated as a series of general multi-objective optimization problems. The problems are solved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: maker. The available information in- cludes inputs such as product yields, forest conditions, spatial

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

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

The effects of increased supply and emerging technologies in the forest products industry on rural communities in the northwest U.S.

Creator:: Crandall, Mindy S.
Abstract:: The development of a market for currently non-merchantable forest material, such as harvest residues of tops and limbs of trees or small diameter trees, has been suggested as a possible win-win solution that could: (i) provide a financial incentive to help motivate treatments to reduce wildfire risk or restore forest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the Forest Products Industry on Rural Communities in the Northwest U.S

The economics of carbon sequestration in western Oregon forests

Creator:: Im, Eun Ho
Abstract:: This study considered regional forest policies for sequestering carbon in existing forests in western Oregon. A model of log markets in western Oregon was employed to examine the impacts of forest policy changes on future carbon stock, harvests, and management activities. A carbon tax program, as a mitigation option for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: .......................................................................... 76 3.3.2 Carbon Accounting in Forests and Residue and Product Pools ............... 80 3.4

Characterization of community capacity in a forest-dependent community : the case of the Haut-St.-Maurice

Creator:: Nadeau, Solange, 1967-
Abstract:: In recent years, economic, social, technological, and environmental changes have all imposed challenges on forest-based communities. This has revived interest in studying these communities to understand their ability to tackle these challenges. This study is built around a case study of an industrial forest-based community and aims at characterizing the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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An economic analysis with emphasis on stochastic evaluation of the structural and marketing changes of the Oregon millwork industry

An economic analysis of pulp, paper and board exports from the Pacific Northwest

Marketing sophistication in the forest products industry

Using quality function deployment to achieve a market orientation : an application with wood products companies

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

Regional economic analysis of the U.S. wood remanufacturing industry

Optimizing the primary forest products supply chain : a multi-objective heuristic approach

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

Organizational climate and innovativeness in the forest products industry

The effects of increased supply and emerging technologies in the forest products industry on rural communities in the northwest U.S.

The economics of carbon sequestration in western Oregon forests

Characterization of community capacity in a forest-dependent community : the case of the Haut-St.-Maurice

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