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Medicare managed care : market penetration and the resulting health outcomes

Creator:: Howard, Steven W.
Abstract:: Managed care plans purport to improve the health of their members with chronic diseases. How has the growing adoption of Medicare Advantage (MA), the managed care program for Medicare beneficiaries, affected the progression of chronic disease? The literature is rich with articles focusing on managed care organizations' impacts on quality...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: assess the impacts of MA market penetration and other covariates on the overall chronic disease state

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

Impacts of business organization form on federal estate and income tax liabilities of nonindustrial private forest landowners

Creator:: Howard, Theodore E.
Abstract:: Detrimental impacts of estate taxes on management of private nonindustrial forests can be mitigated by estate planning which considers organizational forms of forest businesses and methods for funding estate settlement costs. This study's objective was to determine effects of business form and estate funding method on income and estate tax...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Using soil data to enhance modeling of forest responses to climate change

Creator:: Peterman, Wendy L.
Abstract:: The over-arching theme of this work is that soil data affect the performance and realism of vegetation models with particular focus on their ability to predict or explain disturbances such as fire or disease. We tested the sensitivity of the Excel version of the 3-PG model to soil properties and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Western and Southern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 238.1-3 : 24–53. Neary, D.G

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:: , Forest Economics, Forest Ecology and Environmental Science at Oregon State University and University

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

Intentions of US forestland owners to participate in emerging carbon markets : a behavioral modeling approach

Creator:: Thompson, Derek W.
Abstract:: Policy makers in the United States (US), following recommendations made by the international scientific community, have drafted national emissions reduction legislation in hopes of minimizing the harmful effects of global climate change. Included in this legislation is a national cap-and-trade system with provisions for carbon offsets. Specific provisions for forest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ........................................................................12 Forest Carbon Offset Potential in the United States

Enhancing cultural resources management and improving tribal involvement inthe NEPA process through the development of atribal environmental policy act

Creator:: Sloan, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: This dissertation presents an analysis of the historic preservation framework on tribal cultural resources management (CRM). It examines some of the challenges this framework poses to tribal governments working on cultural resources protection efforts within a compliance framework. An examination of five major laws that regulate the practice of CRM...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Environmental Protection Agency FS Forest Service HIA Health Impact Assessment IRM Indigenous Resources

Spatial and temporal effects of atmospheric deposition, climate, and land management on forest nutrient cycling and biodiversity

Creator:: McDonnell, Todd C.
Abstract:: Emissions largely associated with the combustion of fossil fuels and agriculture has caused elevated atmospheric deposition of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) throughout much of the developed world. Increased atmospheric deposition of N and S can lead to soil and surface water acidification and affect forest soil nutrient supply. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, and National Park Service

Advances in Modeling Natural Resource Management under Uncertainty : Forest Mortality, Policy Design, and the Value of Information

Creator:: Sloggy, Matthew R.
Abstract:: Advancing the understanding of natural resource management is an important step in mitigating the effects of human activity on the environment, and ensuring efficient outcomes for many sectors of the economy. As humanity’s role in the natural world becomes better understood, the importance of interdisciplinary modeling has grown in leaps...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: equilibrium (PE) model of the forest sector in the western United States. The model is spatially explicit

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Medicare managed care : market penetration and the resulting health outcomes

Organizational climate and innovativeness in the forest products industry

Impacts of business organization form on federal estate and income tax liabilities of nonindustrial private forest landowners

Using soil data to enhance modeling of forest responses to climate change

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

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

Intentions of US forestland owners to participate in emerging carbon markets : a behavioral modeling approach

Enhancing cultural resources management and improving tribal involvement inthe NEPA process through the development of atribal environmental policy act

Spatial and temporal effects of atmospheric deposition, climate, and land management on forest nutrient cycling and biodiversity

Advances in Modeling Natural Resource Management under Uncertainty : Forest Mortality, Policy Design, and the Value of Information

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