Decline in the U.S. furniture industry: A case study of the impacts to the hardwood lumber supply chain

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 365-376

  Grushecky, Shawn T ^a   Buehlmann, Urs ^b   Schuler, Al ^c   Luppold, William ^c   Cesa, Ed ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Enkeboll Designs   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Furniture industry; Hardwood markets

Indexed keywords

FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; HARDWOODS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FURNITURE INDUSTRY; HARDWOOD LUMBER SUPPLY CHAIN; HARDWOOD MARKETS;

LUMBER;

FURNITURE; HARDWOODS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 33646547940     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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