A multinational analysis of competitive strategies of softwood sawmills

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-301

  Niemelä, Juha S ^a   Smith, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy; Sawmill industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030669080     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827589709355413     Document Type: Article

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