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

Creator:: Wu, Caiwen
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for industrial solid waste. There is extensive literature discussing the effects of environmental

A framework for integrating systems thinking into sustainable manufacturing

Creator:: Zhang, Hao
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering presented on November 17, 2014. Title

Issues in social impact analysis : proceedings from an interagency symposium

Creator:: Wenner, Lambert N.
Abstract:: Gerald W. Williams Collection
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: electoral process. What I want to capture in this aspect of environmental analysis is the broad sense by

Trade costs and business dynamics in U.S. regions and industries

Creator:: Wu, Qian
Abstract:: Firms' participation in exporting or foreign direct investment is an extremely rare behavior: only 4 percent of over 5.5 million U.S. firms were exporters in 2000. Exporters are generally larger (e.g. output and employment) and more productive than firms serving only domestic markets. Such heterogeneity within a narrowly defined industry...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) database of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the source of output data

Carbon flux patterns on U.S. public timberlands under alternative timber harvest policies

Creator:: Shanks, Alyssa V.
Abstract:: This study considers trade-offs between timber harvest and carbon sequestration on National Forest and other public lands by contemporaneously linking a model of public harvest and inventory to a carbon accounting system. The public harvest model treats three harvest scenarios. The first minimizes the cost of meeting harvest requests that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Alyssa V. Shanks A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

How We’ve Rebuilt : Collaboration, Community, Institutions, and Adaptation Following Catastrophic Wildland Fire in the United States

Creator:: Fishler, Hillary K.
Abstract:: In the study of rebuilding and recovery after natural disasters in the United States, little attention is paid to understanding how and why people rebuild following recurring, small-scale events, like wildfire. Hazard and risk literature, instead, is focused on understanding how larger communities with greater resources, economics, and social capital,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences presented on March 17, 2017

Riparian area management : grazing management for riparian-wetland areas

Creator:: Leonard, Steve (Stephen G.), Kinch, Gene, Elsbernd, Van, Borman, Michael M., and Swanson, Sherman
Abstract:: This document presents information from various land managers and researchers to guide livestock management in riparian areas using their unique responsiveness to accomplish management objectives. Riparian areas, as interfaces between the aquatic and upland components of the ecosystem comprise mosaics of landforms, communities, and environments within the larger landscape. The...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Forest service response to recommendations of forestry deans : made to the Council on Environmental Quality

Creator:: Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.) and United States. Forest Service
Abstract:: Gerald W. Williams Collection
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

Creator:: Wang, Chenggang
Abstract:: The biorevolution in the 1970’s greatly stimulated investment in life-science research. The present dissertation is aimed at evaluating the impact of US public investment on industrial investment in life-science research. The focus is on three major life-science fields: biology, medicine, and agriculture. A dynamic model of industrial R&D investment is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of US public investment on industrial investment in life-science research. The focus is on three

Fashion media's role in the debate on millinery and bird protection in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Creator:: Scarborough, Amy D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the possible relationship among fashion media, the social responsibility agenda of the Audubon Society, and the use of birds in millinery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both the content analysis method and the historic method were used to gain...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the United States in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Abstract approved

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

A framework for integrating systems thinking into sustainable manufacturing

Issues in social impact analysis : proceedings from an interagency symposium

Trade costs and business dynamics in U.S. regions and industries

Carbon flux patterns on U.S. public timberlands under alternative timber harvest policies

How We’ve Rebuilt : Collaboration, Community, Institutions, and Adaptation Following Catastrophic Wildland Fire in the United States

Riparian area management : grazing management for riparian-wetland areas

Forest service response to recommendations of forestry deans : made to the Council on Environmental Quality

Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

Fashion media's role in the debate on millinery and bird protection in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

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