Role of intermediaries in technology transfer in the logging industry: A case study with portable timber bridges

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 17-24

  Shiau, Ren Jye ^a   Smith, Robert L ^b,d   Cesa, Edward T ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORTABLE TIMBER BRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES;

BRIDGES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TIMBER;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

FORESTS;

EID: 0035337937     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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