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The global forest sector : changes, practices, and prospects /

"This book covers a wide array of topics that have relevance to the global forest products. This managerial view, based on uptodate scientific research is a very important tool for forming the "big picture" of the current and future state of the global forest industry. This is the fir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hansen, Eric, 1968- (Editor ), Panwar, Rajat (Editor ), Vlosky, Richard P. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors
  • Section I. Changing context of the global forest sector
  • Understanding and Managing Change in a Global Forest Sector
  • The Impact of Globalization on Forest Users : Trends and Opportunities
  • Section II. Changes in product categories and individual markets
  • Markets and Market Forces for Lumber
  • Markets and Market Forces for Secondary Wood Products
  • Markets and Market Forces for Pulp and Paper Products
  • New Products and Product Categories in the Forest Sector
  • The Chinese Era
  • Russia in the Global Forest Sector
  • Section III. The forest sector within an environmental paradigm
  • Environmental Activism and the Global Forest Sector
  • Implementing Sustainability in the Forestry Sector : Toward the Convergence of Public and Private Forest Policy
  • Green Building and the Forest Sector
  • An Assessment of Global Wood-based Bioenergy
  • Section IV. Capability development and strategic imperatives for the forest sector
  • The Current and Future Role of Information Technology in the Forest Sector
  • Cross-cultural Sales, Marketing, and Management Issues in the Global Forest Sector
  • Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Forest Sector
  • Innovation in the Global Forest Sector
  • Strategic Orientations in the Global Forest Sector
  • Section V. Bringing it all together
  • What Now, Mr. Jones? : Some Thoughts about Today's Forest Sector and Tomorrow's Great Leap Forwards.