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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.
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    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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    guidance of Dr. Eric N. Hansen, my academic advisor throughout this degree. I would also like to thank

  • 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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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Eric N. Hansen Innovation is a critical component for long term success of an organization

  • Open Innovation and Corporate Foresight: Practices in Equipment and Technology Suppliers to the US Forest Sector

    Creator:
    Liu, Ping
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    Equipment and technology suppliers to the US forest sector are confronting challenges and opportunities to meet the need for disruptive changes in an increasingly complex business environment. Open innovation is crucial for survival and success in the complex and changing operational environment due to its inherent openness and interdisciplinary nature....
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Eric N. Hansen Equipment and technology suppliers to the US forest sector are confronting

  • Innovation in China's furniture industry

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    Cao, Xiaozhi
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    Innovation is considered the ultimate drive for business success. Fast growing furniture imports from China have become a controversial topic within U.S. wood and furniture industries. Low-cost production, which is stereotypically considered as the major competitive advantage of the Chinese-made products, has received considerable attention by a large body of...
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    Industry Abstract approved: Eric N. Hansen Innovation is considered the ultimate drive for business

  • 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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    Eric N. Hansen Due to growing global competition, especially in the last decade, the United

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

    Creator:
    Villavicencio Valdez, Gabriela Valeria
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    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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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Eric N. Hansen The fact that 80 percent of Mexican forestlands are under common ownership

  • Consumer perceptions of decking material

    Creator:
    Thomas, Jon M.
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    Wood remains the most popular material for deck construction. For centuries, consumers have chosen wood because of its desirable qualities and aesthetics. In recent years, wood plastic composites (WPC's) have seen rising demand as alternatives to wood decks, despite a large price premium. In addition, the removal of CCA treated...
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  • Feasibility of exporting plywood to United Arab Emirates

    Creator:
    Salim, Nizam Ahmmed
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    Plywood is the second largest, by value, wood-based product being imported by United Arab Emirates (UAE), below paper products and also second in terms of volume below sawn wood. Very few studies have been done of the UAE market for plywood. This thesis takes a scientific, marketing planning approach to...
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    N Hansen Plywood is the second largest, by value, wood-based product being imported by

  • Segmenting single-family homebuilders on a measure of innovativeness

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    Fell, David R.
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    The goal of this study is to provide a better understanding of new product adoption by single family homebuilders. Information from this study will be useful to producers of new and existing engineered wood products in targeting their market development efforts. Homebuilders are studied with the goal of segmenting them...
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    Approved: -----------.----~ Eric Hansen The goal of this study is to provide a better understanding of

  • 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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    : Eric N. Hansen Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be defined as companies acting in