Competitiveness in the global forest industry sector: An empirical study with special emphasis on Germany

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-412

  Dieter, Matthias ^a   Englert, Hermann ^a  

^a Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Constant market share (CMS); Global forest industry sector; Global timber markets; Revealed comparative advantage (RCA)

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; TIMBER INDUSTRY; TIMBER MARKET;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34250772341     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-006-0159-x     Document Type: Article

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