Partnerships versus typical relationships between wood products distributors and their manufacturer suppliers

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 27-35

  Vlosky, Richard P ^a,k   Wilson, Elizabeth J ^b   Cohen, David H ^c,k   Fontenot, Renee ^b   Johnston, Wesley J ^d   Kozak, Robert A ^e,k   Lawson, Diana ^f   Lewin, Jeffrey E ^g   Paun, Dorothy A ^h,k   Ross, Erik S ^i,k   Simpson, James T ^j   Smith, Paul M ^i,k   Smith, Timothy ^i,k   Wren, Brent M ^j  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UBC

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^g WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^k FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

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