Attitude of Finnish timber buyers towards implementation of a forest computer visualisation

Silva Fennica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-281

  Palander, Teijo ^a   Turunen, Katja ^a   Laukkanen, Sanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Change resistance; Competence; Forest computer visualisation; Timber trade

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; FORESTRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER VISUALISATION;

TIMBER;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

COMPUTERS; FORESTS; ORGANIZATIONS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0038322050     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.506     Document Type: Article

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