Sources of competitiveness for secondary wood products firms: A review of literature and research issues

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 31-37

  Hoff, Kristen ^a   Fisher, Nona ^b   Miller, Sandra ^b   Webb, Alan ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 0002001405     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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