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  • (Re)claiming forestry : a case study of women's empowerment

    Creator:
    Redmore, Lauren E.
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    Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) owners control a significant portion of forestland nationwide. Even though women own or manage NIPF lands, we know very little about how women manage forestland and what barriers women face in forest management. In addition, while there are several forestry organizations available to NIPF owners, few...
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    woodland owners in Western Oregon, proved an ideal community to study women in forestry. I approached

  • Bright lights, big city : electrified female desire in Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser

    Creator:
    Larsen, Haley A.
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    This thesis explores the electrified female subject in two novels, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900) and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1905). As cultural touchstones, two literary works that prominently feature electricity -- Henry James' story "In the Cage" and Henry Adams' biography The Education of Henry Adams --...
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    often represented by electricity, which in Wharton’s and Dreiser’s novels appears as a central motif

  • Forestry & Communication : A Coos Bay Case Study

    Creator:
    Livingstone, Tasha
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    This thesis combines elements of forestry, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric to describe where residents of Coos Bay and North Bend Oregon obtain information about forests and forest uses, and how they view the credibility of that information. As a qualitative exploratory study, grounded theory methodology was used to develop theme...
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    reevaluated in that light. ©Copyright by Tasha Livingstone April 28, 2015 All Rights Reserved Forestry

  • Wood-based Entrepreneurs Toolkit: Pricing Your Products and Services

    Creator:
    Geisel, Julian and Hansen, Eric
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    The success of your business will strongly depend on what price tag you attach to your products—and whether your customers are willing to pay this price. Hence your strategic marketing planning should include considerations about how to adequately price your products/services right at the start. After reading this publication, you...
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    Technical Report
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    and Services December 2015 Contributions in Education and Outreach No. 3h Julian Geisel and Eric

  • Wood-based Entrepreneurs Toolkit: Quality Management

    Creator:
    Leavengood, Scott
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    “Quality is Job 1”—this slogan is familiar to many people because it was used by Ford Motor Company for nearly 20 years. All businesses know the importance of quality—with respect to quality of products and quality of service. However, knowing specifically how to manage for quality is another matter. Here...
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    August 2015 Contributions in Education and Outreach No. 3g Scott Leavengood Forest Research

  • Wood-based Entrepreneurs Toolkit: Operational Planning

    Creator:
    Leavengood, Scott
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    By nature, most entrepreneurs are "doers" rather than "planners." At the same time, we know that successful organizations, regardless of their size, must plan for the future. High-level strategic planning such as establishing the long-term direction of the company is critical, but useless without a plan for implementation. This "implementation...
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    : www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/forestry-communications-group April 2015 Contributions in Education and Outreach No. 3f Wood

  • Wood-based Entrepreneurs Toolkit: Finding Market Information

    Creator:
    Hansen, Eric and Salim, Nizam
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    This document outlines types and sources of information you might use in your marketing planning. A variety of sources are cataloged on the Oregon Wood Innovation Center web site. A concrete example from the experience of a local entrepreneur is provided.
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    Information Eric Hansen and Nizam Salim Forest Research Laboratory College of Forestry Oregon State

  • Error propagation in estimating aboveground biomass using terrestrial LiDAR

    Creator:
    Shettles, Michael A.
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    Broad-scale estimates of above ground forest biomass (AGB) are typically produced by applying individual-tree equations to inventory data consisting of measurements from probabilistically or purposively selected trees. The associated uncertainty for these estimates depends primarily on three sources of error that interact and propagate: (1) measurement error, the quality of...
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    uncertainty that has received attention in the forestry literature. A number of authors have investigated

  • Wood-based Entrepreneurs Toolkit: New Product Development

    Creator:
    Hansen, Eric
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    Improving existing and developing completely new products is an important part of maintaining a healthy business. This document outlines key principles of new product development, illustrated through the activities of a small sawmilling company.
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    Hansen Forest Research Laboratory College of Forestry Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon Wood

  • Wood-based Entrepreneurs Toolkit: Public Relations

    Creator:
    McIsaac, John and Hansen, Eric
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    Public relations is a key element of any company’s communications portfolio. For entrepreneurs, PR may be especially important because it comes at no direct cost and has a low total cost. This document outlines key principles of PR, illustrated by an example of a small sawmiller.
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    Laboratory College of Forestry Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon April 2012 Contributions in