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  • The federal government and the fixed nitrogen industry, 1915-1926

    Creator:
    Clarke, Margaret Jackson
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    During the First World War, the need to secure a domestic supply of nitrate compounds necessary to the manufacture of explosives caused the federal government to undertake an extensive program of research and development of industrial nitrogen fixation processes. These government activities were to have far-reaching consequences for the development...
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  • Import competition and strategic group behavior

    Creator:
    Nam, Kiseol
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    This study provides the model that first synthesizes strategic group theory with the New Empirical Industrial Organization (NEIO) approach in the international trade analysis, and uses the annual group data (1953-1988) from the U.S. brewing industry with two strategic groups (national producers and regional producers) in the presence of growing...
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    uses the annual group data (1953 ­ 1988) from the U.S. brewing industry with two strategic groups

  • A framework for integrating systems thinking into sustainable manufacturing

    Creator:
    Zhang, Hao
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    Improving the understanding the relations of sustainability behaviors in manufacturing systems and actively engaging with manufacturers (especially SMEs) in sustainability efforts is key to the long-term success of U.S. industry and the natural environment. This study addresses this urgent need by establishing a systemic approach for the design of costing...
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    is key to the long-term success of U.S. industry and the natural environment. This study addresses

  • 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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    May 1, 2007. Title: Organizational Climate and Innovativeness in the Forest Products Industry

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

    Creator:
    Kingslien, Hal K.
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    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...
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  • Dynamic issues in applied microeconomics: market performance, market structure and advertising competition

    Creator:
    Iwasaki, Natsuko
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    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...
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    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
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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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    : Corporate Social Responsibility in the Forest Products Industry: An Issues Management Approach

  • Simulation and systems analysis of the United States softwood plywood industry

    Creator:
    Manetsch, Thomas Jerome
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    Dissertation
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    SIMULATION AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF THE UNITED STATES SOFTWOOD PLYWO D INDUSTRY Abstract approved I

  • Interregional and interseasonal competition in the U.S. beef industry, 1967 : an integrated analysis

    Creator:
    Pendse, Dilipsinha Chintamani
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    Production and marketing are two important activities of the U.S. beef industry. Spatial differences in these activities result due to the existing cost differences in production and marketing of beef. The overall objective of this study is to determine simultaneously interregional and interseasonal equilibrium, with respect to beef production and...
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    U.S. Beef Industry, 1967--An Integrated Analysis n } | Abstract approved: „______

  • Essays on location decisions and carbon sequestration strategies of U.S. firms

    Creator:
    Wu, Caiwen
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    Location is a critical component of business decisions. A firm's location decision may be influenced not only by market forces, such as the location of input suppliers, output processors and competitors, but also by government policies if such policies impact their expected profits and are applied non-uniformly across space. Likewise,...
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    effect of environmental regulations and agglomeration economies across regions in the United States