Organizational restructuring in British Columbia's forest industries 1980-2010: The survival of a dinosaur

Applied Geography

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 222-231

  Edenhoffer, Klaus ^a   Hayter, Roger ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate restructuring; Evolutionary theory of the firm; Forest industries; Path dependency

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 84877072230     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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