Productivity and efficiency assessment of the wood industry: A review with a focus on Canada

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 25-32

  Salehirad, Neda ^a   Sowlati, Taraneh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN WOOD INDUSTRY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; WOOD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING SECTORS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

COMPETITION; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 33846489593     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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