Are forest sector firms maximizing the economic returns from their timber? Evidence from British Columbia

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-371

  Nelson, Harry ^a   Cohen, David ^b   Nikolakis, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Forestry

Author keywords

Canadian forest industry; Firm operations; Organizational behaviour; Value chain optimization

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; FIBERS; FORESTRY; SAWING; SAWMILLS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADIAN FOREST INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC RETURNS; ECONOMIC VALUES; FIRM OPERATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; VALUE CHAIN OPTIMIZATIONS;

TIMBER;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TIMBER; WOODLAND;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FIBERS; FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION; SAW MILLS; SAWING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67651113660     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85361-3     Document Type: Article

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