Risk management consideration in the bioeconomy

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 549-566

  Abbati de Assis, Camilla ^a   Gonzalez, Ronalds ^a   Kelley, Stephen ^a   Jameel, Hasan ^a   Bilek, Ted ^b   Daystar, Jesse ^c   Handfield, Robert ^a   Golden, Jay ^c   Prestemon, Jeff ^d   Singh, Damien ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioeconomy; biomaterials; financial risk analysis; investment assessment; probability analysis; project evaluation; uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOECONOMY; FINANCIAL RISK ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY ANALYSIS; PROJECT EVALUATION;

RISK ANALYSIS;

EID: 85017658019     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1765     Document Type: Review

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