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The global forest sector : changes, practices, and prospects / edited by Eric Hansen, Rajat Panwar, Richard Vlosky.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Hansen, Eric, 1968- editor.
Panwar, Rajat, editor.
Vlosky, Richard P., editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Forest products industry.
Globalization.
Forest products industry--Forecasting.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (464 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, [2014]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book covers a wide array of topics that have relevance to the global forest products. This managerial view, based on up-to-date scientific research is a very important tool for forming the big picture of the current and future state of the global forest industry. This is the first book of its kind written by a global network of leaders in the field of forest products, marketing, and business development in the forest products sector in academia and industry-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Contributors
Section I. Changing context of the global forest sector
Understanding and Managing Change in a Global Forest Sector
The Impact of Globalization on Forest Users : Trends and Opportunities
Section II. Changes in product categories and individual markets
Markets and Market Forces for Lumber
Markets and Market Forces for Secondary Wood Products
Markets and Market Forces for Pulp and Paper Products
New Products and Product Categories in the Forest Sector
The Chinese Era
Russia in the Global Forest Sector
Section III. The forest sector within an environmental paradigm
Environmental Activism and the Global Forest Sector
Implementing Sustainability in the Forestry Sector : Toward the Convergence of Public and Private Forest Policy
Green Building and the Forest Sector
An Assessment of Global Wood-based Bioenergy
Section IV. Capability development and strategic imperatives for the forest sector
The Current and Future Role of Information Technology in the Forest Sector
Cross-cultural Sales, Marketing, and Management Issues in the Global Forest Sector
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Forest Sector
Innovation in the Global Forest Sector
Strategic Orientations in the Global Forest Sector
Section V. Bringing it all together
What Now, Mr. Jones? : Some Thoughts about Today's Forest Sector and Tomorrow's Great Leap Forwards.
Notes:
A CRC title, part of the Taylor and Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor and Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa plc.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781040198926
1040198929
9780429111662
0429111665
9781439879276
1439879273
OCLC:
863821615

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