Understanding perception of wood household furniture: Application of a policy capturing approach

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 21-26

  Brinberg, David ^a,b   Bumgardner, Matthew ^c,d   Daniloski, Kim ^b  

^a Department of Marketing ^*

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BRUNSWIK LENS MODELS; DESIGN QUALITY; FURNITURE PIECES; HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE;

FURNITURE MANUFACTURE;

FURNITURE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 34548737014     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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