The competitive position of the Nordic wood industry in Germany - Intangible quality dimensions

Silva Fennica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-287

  Toivonen, Ritva ^a   Hansen, Eric ^b   Järvinen, Erno ^a   Enroth, Raija Riitta ^c  

^a Pellervon taloudellinen tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Performance; Quality; The intangible product component; Wood products

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

RETAILERS; WHOLESALE; WOOD INDUSTRY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

TIMBER INDUSTRY;

GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCT QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 21244498221     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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