[{"id": "bpbj-101", "words": "10939", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Salim, Roaa; Johansen, Kerstin; Manduchi, Agostino; S\u00e4fsten, Kristina", "title": "Automation Decisions in Manufacturing System Development Projects \u2013 The Wood Products Industry Perspective", "date": "2022", "keywords": "automation; company; decisions; design; development; industry; manufacturing; manufacturing system; process; products; project; solutions; study; suppliers; system; wood", "summary": "In general, manufacturing system design can be presented as a generic stage-gate process, involv- ing several phases and related activities (Bellgran & S\u00e4fsten, 2010). Although the accounts of the process of manufacturing system design that can be found in the literature present some differences in their structures and in the terminology used, it is possible to identify some common elements.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-103", "words": "8759", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Tan, Qin; Imamura, Kohei; Nagasaka, Kenji; Inoue, Masafumi", "title": "Marketing Strategies for Certified Wood Flooring in China: The Gap in Manufacturers\u2019 and Developers\u2019 Perceived Benefits", "date": "2022", "keywords": "benefits; certification; china; chinese; coc; developers; et al; flooring; forest; forest certification; housing; housing developers; manufacturers; market; products; study; wood; wood flooring", "summary": "Prior studies of wood product manufacturers have identified potential economic benefits (Chen et al. 2011, Bowers et al. 2012): improved access to domestic and export markets (Yu and Xiao 2004, Chen et al. 2011, Tolunay and T\u00fcrkoglu 2014); gain- ing or maintaining a competitive advantages over their counterparts (Chen et al. 2011, Montague 2011, Bowers et al. 2012); increasing customer awareness (Chen et al. 2011, Montague 2011); and enhancing CSR (Chen et al. 2011), corporate image, recognition, and reliability (Chen et al. 2011, Faggi et al. 2014, Palu\u0161 and Kaputa 2009) as reasons for adopting certified forest products. Housing developers are considered to have the same challenges as wood product manufacturers for adopting certified wood products.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-11", "words": "7329", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Hansen, Eric; Breede, Barry", "title": "How Innovation Happens: Practical Insights from Cox Industries, Inc.", "date": "2016", "keywords": "business; company; cox; culture; experience; forest; hansen; industry; innovation; innovativeness; journal; market; new; process; research; sector", "summary": "The company needed an approach that would combine strategy, process and, because of the company\u2019s relatively small size, implementation of new innovations. It also had to house operational capability and authority to implement new innovations.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-12", "words": "9122", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Han, Xiaoou; Hansen, Eric", "title": "Marketing organization and implementation in private U.S. sawmilling companies", "date": "2016", "keywords": "activities; business; companies; customer; department; forest; hansen; industry; journal; marketing; organization; products; research; sales; west", "summary": "Keywords: case study, marketing activities, marketing department, sawmilling companies Marketing Organization and Implementation in Private U.S. Sawmilling Companies Xiaoou (Jane) Han1* and Eric Hansen2 1 Department of Wood Science and Engineering, 119 Richardson Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97330 2 Department of Wood Science and Engineering, 119 Richardson Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97330 * Corresponding author: Email: Xiaoou.Han@gmail.com; Tel: (541)-250-1539 Acknowledgements: We thank the \u201cForest Business Solutions Team\u201d of Oregon State University, for their valuable comments to an earlier draft of this article. These departments have different names, including marketing department, sales department, marketing and sales department.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-131", "words": "7202", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "taylor, adam; Gu, Hongmei; Nepal, Prakash; Bergman, Richard", "title": "Carbon Credits for Mass Timber Construction", "date": "2023", "keywords": "benefits; building; carbon; carbon emissions; construction; emissions; forest; mass; materials; products; tco2e; timber; use; value; wood", "summary": "Specific efforts include taxing carbon emissions, capping carbon emissions and selling emissions allowances, and rewarding activities that avoid new carbon emissions or that capture and store carbon from the atmosphere. A simplified illustration of the dual potential carbon benefits of mass timber construction: (1) storing sequestered carbon in the wood building materials and (2) avoiding carbon emissions associated with production of alternative materials. buildings included in this study.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-14", "words": "5735", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Quesada-Pineda, Henry; Brenes-Bastos, Melissa; Smith, Robert", "title": "ASSESSING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS USE IN MARKETING APPLICATIONS FOR THE WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY", "date": "2017", "keywords": "analysis; applications; companies; data; forest; gis; industries; industry; information; marketing; mix; process; products; systems; wood", "summary": "Keywords: geographic information systems, marketing, wood products industry Therefore, more research and models could provide strategies and examples of how to use GIS as a part of the strategic marketing process in wood products industries.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-147", "words": "10798", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "34", "author": "Nguyen, Ngoc Bao; Nguyen , Long Hoang", "title": "Agricultural Tourism in Vietnam: Role of Technology for Perceived Sustainability and Visitors\u2019 Intention to Return", "date": "2024", "keywords": "activities; analysis; control; data; et al; impact; intention; journal; practices; research; role; sustainability; sustainability tourism; technology; tourism; tourists; vietnam; visitors", "summary": "The opinions of my peers significantly influence my decision to participate in sustainable agricultural practices during my visit 0.870 2.554 SN3 Visitors perceive engaging in sustainable agricultural practices as socially acceptable within any social 0.881 2.926 SN4 Technology, such as social media and online reviews, plays a significant role in shaping my perception of sustainable norms during agricultural tourism 0.875 2.860 BC Perceived behavioral control 0.896 BC1 Visitors feel confident to actively engage in sustainable practices during agricultural tourism experiences 0.861 2.355 BC2 Visitors believes in the necessary skills to integrate sustainable activities into agricultural tourism itineraries. 0.895 2.828 BC3 Visitors perceive a high level of control over participation in sustainable practices during agricultural tourism 0.893 2.786 BC4 Technology, such as mobile applications and virtual reality experiences, enhances perceived control over sustainable activities during agricultural tourism 0.844 2.135 PS Perceived sustainability 0.888 PS1 Visitors believe that agricultural tourism practices in Vietnam are environmentally sustainable 0.846 2.491 PS2 Visitors perceive agricultural tourism activities in Vietnam as contributing positively to the socio- cultural sustainability of the region 0.885 2.952 PS3 Visitors evaluate the economic sustainability of agricultural tourism practices positively in Vietnam 0.873 2.490 PS4 Technology-enhanced aspects of agricultural tourism in Vietnam positively influence the perception of sustainability 0.857 2.329 RT Role of technology 0.912 Keywords: Agricultural tourism, technology, sustainability, revisit intention, emerging market Agricultural Tourism in Vietnam: Role of Technology for Perceived Sustainability and Visitors\u2019 Intention to Return 1 Faculty of Marketing, Thuongmai University, Hanoi City Vietnam; https:// orcid.org/0009-0000-1487-3847 2 Faculty of Marketing, Thuongmai University, Hanoi City Vietnam; https:// orcid.org/0009-0003-2113-7305 * Corresponding author email: ngocnb@tmu.edu.vn BioProducts Business 9(2), 2024, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-151", "words": "10722", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "38", "author": "Do Thi, Thao; Nguyen Thi , Bich Ngoc; Muhammad , Abdul Kamal; Dang, Van Vinh", "title": "Sustainable rural development through integrated agritourism, rural tourism, and ecotourism: A bibliometric review", "date": "2025", "keywords": "agritourism; analysis; areas; bibliometric; community; countries; development; ecotourism; et al; irt; journal; keywords; management; research; srd; sustainability; tourism; tourism development", "summary": "Cluster 5 includes 20 keywords, emphasizing the importance of governance and sustainable man- agement in rural tourism development. In addition, rural tourism development appears to intersect with the underlying theme that has profound implications based on the fundamental elements of rural sustain- able development.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-153", "words": "7930", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Elnur, Rawie; van der Ven, Hamish", "title": "Bioenergy Discourse: A Comparison Across Media and Technologies", "date": "2024", "keywords": "beccs; bioenergy; content; discourse; documents; land; literature; media; research; saf; technologies; tweets; twitter", "summary": "Across both technologies, there was more techno-optimism than techno-skepticism in social media discourse. The findings reveal that social media content is generally more optimistic and less critical of these technologies compared to the academic literature, with a notable lack of discussion on the potential social and environmental consequences.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-155", "words": "5211", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Nagasaka, Kenji; Inoue, Masafumi", "title": "Information disclosure on environmental activities and corporate values of pulp and paper firms in Japan", "date": "2025", "keywords": "disclosure; esg; firms; gri; information; japan; ltd; paper; pulp", "summary": "Keywords: corporate value, environmental information disclosure, wood industry, ESG investing, case in Japan Information disclosure on environmental activities and corporate values of pulp and paper firms in Japan 1 Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan * Corresponding author. Impacts of corporate values on the tendency of environmental information disclosure based on the 60 non-financial reports from individual firms in the same year.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-157", "words": "13857", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "37", "author": "Gonzalez Rodriguez, Anthony Jhosset; Kolyada, Andrey A.", "title": "An analysis of kitchen manufacturers in the Cura\u00e7ao Market by applying Kolyada\u2019s Business Modeling and Strategic Planning Methodology", "date": "2025", "keywords": "analysis; b.v; business; business model; cluster; company; cura\u00e7ao; data; exclusivo; forecasting; kolyada; management; market; methodology; model; modeling; planning; scenario; strategy; study; target; villa; year", "summary": "Braun et al. (2019) reinforced this idea, stress- ing that achieving a delicate equilibrium between strategy and business model is crucial for securing an organization\u2019s sustained competitive advantage and rentability, while McGrath (2010) noted that business models provide strategists with a novel approach to navigating unpredictable and In today\u2019s dynamic and uncertain business world, business models must evolve and innovate, leverag- ing technological advancements to capitalize on new opportunities (Morris et al. 2005; Nielsen and Aagaard 2021).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-17", "words": "7974", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Ludvig, Alice; Corradini, Giulia; Asamer-Handler, Marelli; Pettenella, Davide; Verdejo, Ver\u00f3nica; Mart\u00ednez, Silvia; Weiss, Gerhard", "title": "The practice of innovation: The role of institutions in support of Non-Wood Forest Products", "date": "2016", "keywords": "association; cases; chestnut; development; forest; funding; innovation; institutions; nature; new; organisations; products; regional; support", "summary": "In concrete terms, our deductive analy- sis of the literature on innovation support enabled the initial identification of four key themes for the analysis, including the involvement of instructions in general, as well as the three forms of support. As monetary policy is generally not targeted or prevalent for NWFPs (Ludvig et al., 2016), the development of regional brands and labels, including the fostering of excellence standards through specific sustainable features of products, can be a valuable way of strengthening such innovations.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-18", "words": "10226", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Chen, Min; Smith, Paul M.; Wolcott, Michael P.", "title": "U.S. Biofuels Industry: A Critical Review of the Opportunities and Challenges", "date": "2016", "keywords": "biodiesel; biofuels; biomass; biorefineries; cellulosic; challenges; corn; emissions; energy; environmental; ethanol; feedstock; food; gasoline; generation; grain; industry; policy; production; review; u.s; use", "summary": "Summary of the opportunities and challenges confronting U.S. biofuels Fuels Opportunities Challenges Fossil fuels Meets current energy needs Price volatility GHG emissions Energy insecurity Corn-grain ethanol Renewable substitute Oxygenate About 10% of US gasoline consumption \u201cFood-fuel\u201d Ethanol \u201cblend wall\u201d Consumer acceptance Biodiesel Renewable substitute Up to 100% blends Increased lubricity \u201cFood-fuel\u201d Land use change Infrastructure Energy content Shelf life NOx emissions Low-temperature operability Cellulosic alcohols Cellulosic hydrocarbons Renewable substitute \u201cFood-fuel\u201d Lower lifecycle GHG emissions Renewable substitute \u201cFood-fuel\u201d Lower lifecycle GHG emissions Drop-in Feedstock costs/availability Production/capital costs Policy uncertainty Technical, environmental and societal constraints Algae-based hydrocarbons Renewable substitute \u201cFood-fuel\u201d Lower lifecycle GHG emissions Drop-in High potential yields Flexible feedstock siting Feedstock cultivation/ processing/logistics Production costs Energy/water/nitrogen/phosphorus requirements Chen et al. \u2014 U.S. Biofuels Industry: 3.0 Current status of first generation biofuels in the US 3.1 Corn-Grain ethanol Over 90% of U.S. ethanol biorefineries use corn grain as feedstock; the remaining use sorghum, cheese whey or waste beer (O\u2019Brien, 2010; Renewable Fuels Association, 2015).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-20", "words": "8706", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Espinoza, Omar; Buehlmann, Urs; Laguarda, Maria; Rodriguez Trujillo, Vladimir", "title": "Identification of Research Areas to Advance the Adoption of Cross-Laminated Timber in North America", "date": "2016", "keywords": "adoption; america; awareness; barriers; building; clt; construction; cross; fire; industry; material; north; performance; research; respondents; survey; timber; university; wood", "summary": "The first research symposium on CLT in North America held in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2011 included 17 presentations on CLT research (Canadian Wood Council 2011), whereas the joint 2014 World Conference on Timber Engineering and the Forest Products Society International Convention in Quebec City, Canada, listed 8 sessions and over 56 presentations on CLT research (WCTE 2014). In fact, today, all major North American wood research entities are actively pursuing CLT research.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-21", "words": "3665", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Gerber, Nathan S.; McConnell, T. Eric", "title": "Qualitative Input-Output Analysis of North Carolina Forest Sector Supply Chains", "date": "2017", "keywords": "chains; forest; industries; industry; manufacturing; number; sector; supply; wood", "summary": "For its size and importance to economies across the country (Dahal et al. 2015; Golden et al. 2015), there is little documented knowledge regarding forest industry supply chains be- yond the recent identification of potential bottlenecks within Michigan\u2019s forest products export base (Cooke et al. 2015). North Carolina forest industry supply chains.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-24", "words": "7980", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Muszynski, Lech; Hansen, Eric; Fernando, Shanuka; Schwarzmann, Gabriel; Rainer, Jasmin", "title": "Insights into the Global Cross-Laminated Timber Industry", "date": "2017", "keywords": "clt; companies; data; figure; industry; output; plackner; press; production; respondents; responses; sources; timber; volumes", "summary": "Cumulative output of CLT companies by size of operation (combined sources). Muszy\u0144ski et al. \u2014 Insights into the Global Cross-Laminated Timber Industry 79 2.0 Methods The findings presented in this paper have been com- piled from three principle sources: (1) the primary data source is an industry survey conducted in 2016 which aimed to canvas the global industry, and provide a snap- shot of its mode of operation, capacity and innovative- ness; (2) the secondary source, used to supplement and fill in blanks in the data collected through the survey, comprises three comprehensive reviews from Austrian trade journal Holzkurier on the Alpine CLT industry in 2011, 2013 and 2015 (Plackner 2011, 2013, 2015c), as well as other market reports related to CLT industry published in the journal (Plackner 2014a, 2014b, 2015b, 2015c and 2015d); (3) when possible, data obtained from the two primary sources were supplemented with information collected by the primary author via interviews and participant observation during visits to 22 CLT operations in Europe and North America over the past six years.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-26", "words": "9508", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Kutnar, Andreja; Hill, Callum", "title": "Life Cycle Assessment \u2013 Opportunities for Forest Products Sector", "date": "2017", "keywords": "assessment; carbon; cycle; cycle assessment; energy; environmental; forest; impact; international; iso; journal; lca; life; life cycle; process; products; sector; use; wood", "summary": "In addition to environmental LCA, the paper also incorporates an overview of organizational LCA (O-LCA), and social LCA (S-LCA). Furthermore, this paper discusses environmental product declarations (EPDs) and construction standards aiming to enable better comparability of the environmental performance of products.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-27", "words": "9435", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Laguarda-Mallo, Maria Fernanda; Espinoza, Omar", "title": "Awareness, Perceptions and Willingness to Adopt CLT by U.S. Engineering Firms", "date": "2018", "keywords": "adoption; clt; construction; engineering; espinoza; firms; laguarda; mallo; materials; new; performance; product; respondents; study; survey; timber; u.s; wood", "summary": "2.0 Methodology A nation-wide survey of U.S. structural engineering firms was carried out with the purpose of learning about the community\u2019s awareness and perceptions regarding CLT. This paper presents the results of a survey conducted to evaluate familiarity and perceptions of U.S. engineering firms about CLT, as well as their willingness to adopt it.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-29", "words": "5966", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Lowell, Eini C.; Wilson, Katherine; Wiedenbeck, Jan; Chan, Catherine; Friday, J. B.; Evans, Nicole", "title": "Consumer Preference Study of Characteristics of Hawaiian koa Wood Bowls", "date": "2017", "keywords": "attributes; bowls; class; color; consumer; figure; koa; preferences; price; products; respondents; wood", "summary": "The survey was conducted at six locations on O\u2019ahu (372 respondents) to poll a variety of koa product consumers. Color and figure have been identified as key attributes in creating and marketing koa products.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-31", "words": "7771", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Larasatie, Pipiet", "title": "INDONESIAN FURNITURE PRODUCERS: CHANGE MAKERS OR CHANGE TAKERS?", "date": "2018", "keywords": "business; chain; enterprises; furniture; furniture producers; industry; jepara; producers; purnomo; scale; scale furniture; scale producers; scenario; trade; value; wood", "summary": "Typically, Jepara furniture producers are reluctant to share information with outsiders. First, given the locations of many small furniture producers, transportation to interviews was coordinated by motor- cycle.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-33", "words": "8103", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Tauszig, Julia; Toppinen, Anne", "title": "Towards Corporate Sustainability under Global Agenda 2030: Insights from Brazilian Forest Companies", "date": "2017", "keywords": "agenda; brazil; brazilian; business; companies; company; development; environmental; forest; iso; issues; practices; responsibility; sector; sustainability; toppinen", "summary": "To increase understanding on the meaning and future of CR in the forest sector from an emerging producer country perspective, our study in- tends to explore the meaning of corporate responsibility for managers in forest companies in Brazil regarding the emerging sustainability guideline ISO 26000. In the case of Brazil, stakeholder engagement and com- munity development emphasized by forest companies, as a means of obtaining a social license may still be a challenge, as indicated by Myllyl\u00e4 and Takala (2011) as well as Kr\u00f6ger and Nylund (2012).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-35", "words": "9103", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Johansson, Jonas", "title": "Value-added Decking and Cladding - A Case Study of the Swedish Market", "date": "2017", "keywords": "decking; factors; forces; forest; industry; interviewees; market; new; porter; products; study; suppliers; swedish; wood", "summary": "As some of the re- ported substitutes are WPC and fibre-reinforced concrete, they pose challenges not only for the focal industry but for solid wood product industries in general. Description of green versus en- vironmentally indifferent consumers of wood products in Scandinavia: flooring and decking.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-36", "words": "9637", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Hansen, Eric; Hoen, Hans Fredrik; Nybakk, Erlend", "title": "Competitive Advantage for the Forest-based Sector in the Future Bioeconomy \u2013 research question priority", "date": "2018", "keywords": "advantage; bioeconomy; categories; collaboration; consumers; et al; forest; future; innovation; misc; products; questions; research; sector", "summary": "Finally, an exploratory literature review was conducted to select and illustrate forest sector research relevant to the categories of research questions identified in this study. The Innovation category is also well-addressed by bioeconomy focused research.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-38", "words": "6097", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Quesada-Pineda, Henry; Smith, Robert; Berger, Gunter", "title": "DRIVERS AND BARRIERS OF CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER (CLT) PRODUCTION AND COMMERCIALIZATION: A CASE OF STUDY OF WESTERN EUROPE'S CLT INDUSTRY", "date": "2018", "keywords": "case; clt; companies; company; construction; forest; lumber; manufacturing; production; products; study; systems; timber; wood", "summary": "Finally, one of the companies mentioned that staff and production workers did not know anything about CLT systems production, therefore, they needed to train their employees in order to start CLT production. According to several sources, CLT construction systems are an excellent structural choice for tall commercial and residential buildings, have excellent environmental performance, and provide an additional market for softwood and hardwood lumber.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-41", "words": "10752", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Chang, Wei-Yew; Wang, Shuo; Gaston, Chris; Cool, Julie; An, Henry; Thomas, Barb R.", "title": "Economic Evaluations of Tree Improvement for Planted Forests: A Systematic Review", "date": "2019", "keywords": "benefits; breeding; cost; economic; et al; forests; growth; improvement; market; new; pine; seed; stock; tree; tree improvement; use; value; volume; wood", "summary": "Finally, we identify the main findings, knowledge gaps, and challenges and issues that should be considered in future economic analyses of applying forest tree improvement for planted forests. In this section, we identify several challenges and issues that ought to be considered in future economic analyses of applying forest tree improvement to planted forests.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-42", "words": "7184", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Chen, Min; Smith, Paul M.", "title": "MIXED METHODS RESEARCH OF INTEGRATED CELLULOSIC BIOREFINERY (ICBR) SCALE-UP BARRIERS IN THE UNITED STATES: A CASE STUDY", "date": "2018", "keywords": "barriers; biofuels; biorefinery; cellulosic; cellulosic biofuels; chemicals; development; icbr; phase; policy; production; research; scale; study; technology; u.s", "summary": "Nevertheless, U.S. cellulosic biofuels have yet to become widely commercialized due to a variety of issues, including high production costs, policy uncertainty, and strong competition from petroleum- based counterparts (Balan et al., 2013; Chen & Smith, 2017; Chen et al., 2016; FitzPatrick et al., 2010). U.S. biofuels industry:", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-43", "words": "12412", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "44", "author": "Makkonen, Marika", "title": "Stakeholder perspectives on the business potential of digitalization in the wood products industry", "date": "2018", "keywords": "business; chain; customer; customer value; data; digitalization; et al; firms; industry; information; journal; knowledge; management; new; potential; products; research; value; wood", "summary": "Businesses able to leverage digitalization to improve customer value are in a better position to differentiate themselves. Keywords: Digitalization; digital transformation; wood products industry; customer value; service logic Stakeholder Perspectives on the Business Potential of Digitalization in the Wood Products Industry * VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Vuorimiehentie 3, FI-02044 VTT, Marika Makkonen* Finland.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-44", "words": "8426", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Grace, Philip; Kozak, Robert; Nelson, Harry", "title": "Understanding SME Success in the Value-added Forest Products Sector: Insights from British Columbia", "date": "2018", "keywords": "british; business; columbia; competitiveness; factors; firm; forest; management; products; sector; study; success; supply; value; wood", "summary": "This framing tends to overlook smaller firms that may not necessarily be using logs as their main input or even local resources, while also ignoring the importance of other factors that contribute to firms\u2019 competitive positions, such as human capital and management skill development. Social desirability bias in survey research on sustainable development in small firms: An ex- ploratory analysis of survey mode effect.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-45", "words": "10144", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Vidal, Natalia G; Croom, Simon", "title": "Integrating Sustainable Practices Within Supply Chain Management: A Systems Perspective", "date": "2018", "keywords": "business; chain management; chains; et al; firms; international; journal; literature; management; practices; review; sscm; suppliers; supply chain; supply management; sustainability; systems", "summary": "Drivers and barriers to environmental supply chain management practices: Lessons from the public and private sectors. Green supply chain management practices: Impact on perfor- mance.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-47", "words": "7897", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Patankar, Saurabh C.; Ayakar, Sonal R.; Renneckar, Scott; Yadav, Vikramaditya Ganapati", "title": "The V-factor: A new metric for gauging the efficiency & profitability of manufacturing processes for the bioeconomy", "date": "2019", "keywords": "acid; biomass; chemical; chemistry; conversion; dollar; factor; limonene; manufacturing; process; processes; product; production; switchgrass", "summary": "We used sector\u2019s profit share data and coined the term fractional dollar output to simplify determination of V factor. MT: Metric ton HMF: Hydroxymethylfurfural V1: V factor for conversion of glucose to HMF V2: V factor for conversion of glucose to limonene Process-function V1: Process-function V-factor for conversion of glucose to HMF Process-function V2: Process-function V-factor for conversion of glucose to limonene Process-function V1, FDO: Process function V-factor for conversion of glucose to HMF using fractional dollar output Process-function V2, FDO: Process function V-factor for conversion of glucose to limonene using fractional dollar output V3: V-factor for manufacturing pharmaceutical grade ethanol from carbon dioxide V4: V-factor for manufacturing fuel grade ethanol from carbon dioxide Patankar et al. \u2014", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-48", "words": "7019", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Schwarzmann, Gabriel; Hansen, Eric; Berger, Gunter", "title": "CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER IN NORTH AMERICA: WHAT CAN WE LEARN?", "date": "2018", "keywords": "america; building; clt; construction; design; industry; manufacturers; market; mass; north; north america; production; research; timber; wood", "summary": "Standardizing and modularizing CLT construction can translate to Schwarzmann et al. \u2014 Cross-laminated Timber in North America: Data and Analysis The data collection process is focused first on CLT markets themselves (including everything but CLT manufactur- ers), and second on companies that manufacture CLT.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-49", "words": "10876", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Conroy, Kendall Jane; Riggio, Mariapaola; Knowles, Chris", "title": "FAMILIARITY, USE, AND PERCEPTIONS OF WOOD BUILDING PRODUCTS: A SURVEY AMONG ARCHITECTS ON THE UNITED STATES WEST COAST", "date": "2018", "keywords": "architects; building; coast; construction; familiarity; forest; information; perceptions; respondents; timber; use; wood; wood products; wood use; years", "summary": "3.3 Perceptions of wood products Previous studies on the perceptions of wood products have explored a variety of topics, including perceptions of wood product use in North America (Kozak and Cohen 1997; Kozak and Cohen 1999; O\u2019Connor et. This study focuses on five topics: familiarity and use of wood products, advantages and weaknesses of wood products, perceptions of wood product use, how architects gather information, and respondent demographics (Table 1).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-5", "words": "8809", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Hansen, Eric; Nybakk, Erlend", "title": "When innovativeness determines market orientation: the forest sector and the Great Recession", "date": "2016", "keywords": "business; customer; et al; firm; forest; innovation; innovativeness; journal; market orientation; orientation; performance; post; pre; recession; sector", "summary": "Forest sector firms with higher pre-recession process & business systems innovativeness are able to achieve a higher level of post-recession customer orientation (combined with H3a) H2b: Forest sector firms with higher pre-recession process innovativeness are able to achieve a higher level of post-recession competitor orientation H2c: H3a: Forest sector firms with higher pre-recession business systems innovativeness are able to achieve a higher level of post-recession customer orientation", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-51", "words": "11090", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "L\u00e4htinen, Katja; Toppinen, Anne; Malm, Nicki", "title": "EFFECTS OF LOBBYING AMONG URBAN PLANNERS IN FINLAND - VIEWS ON MULTI-STOREY WOODEN BUILDING", "date": "2019", "keywords": "building; construction; data; et al; factor; finland; finnish; information; journal; lobbying; material; mswb; municipalities; planners; planning; processes; respondents; study; sustainability; use; wood", "summary": "From the perspective of authority, according to S\u00e4yn\u00e4joki et al. (2014), in Finland urban planners have significant opportunities to advance sustainable de- velopment through land use management decisions. A ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court (KHO 2015:56) in Finland is particularly interesting when viewed from the possibility of enhancing material selection criteria in urban planning processes by setting requirements for specific building materials (Franzini et al. 2018).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-52", "words": "9828", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Conroy, Kendall Jane; Riggio, Mariapaola; Knowles, Chris", "title": "PERCEPTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF WOOD PRODUCT USE IN BUILDINGS: A SURVEY AMONG ARCHITECTS ON THE UNITED STATES WEST COAST", "date": "2019", "keywords": "architects; building; construction; environmental; et al; forest; green; health; materials; perceptions; products; questionnaire; respondents; sustainability; use; wood; wood products", "summary": "Familiarity, use, and perceptions of wood building products: a survey among architects on the United States West Coast. Conceptual model illustrating questionnaire items to investigate architects\u2019 perceptions wood products\u2019 ability to create a healthy living environment.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-53", "words": "8469", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Montague, Iris B; Gazal, Kathryn Arano; Wiedenbeck, Janice K", "title": "Social Media Use in the Wood Products Industry: Impact on the Consumer Purchasing Process", "date": "2019", "keywords": "2016; consumer; forest; industry; information; journal; marketing; media; process; products; purchasing; research; respondents; sites; use; wood; wood products", "summary": "To fully understand how consumers use social media during the wood product purchasing process, this study: (1) identified the type(s) of social media sites/apps used in the wood product purchasing process, (2) identi- fied and described how and why consumers use social media, (3) identified and described the perceptions held about social media and traditional media, (4) identified and described key factors that influence and motivate consumers to buy wood products on social media and (5) examined the effectiveness of social media during the wood purchasing decision process. However, until recently, there has been limited research regarding social media in the U.S. wood products industry.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-58", "words": "9384", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Gazal, Kathryn Arano; Montague, Iris; Wiedenbeck, Janice", "title": "Factors Affecting Social Media Adoption Among Wood Products Consumers", "date": "2019", "keywords": "adoption; consumers; factors; information; journal; marketing; media; media adoption; media use; model; products; products consumers; research; technology; use; wood products", "summary": "More recently, Montague et al. (2016) investigated social media use in the wood products industry in the U.S., and their results showed that close to 58% of respondents currently use some form of social media, and that the most common social media tool implemented was Facebook. 5 Summary and Conclusions The interaction of consumers and marketers through social media is growing in importance with the rapid increase in social media use and its popularity.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-59", "words": "7721", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Pitti, Anna; Espinoza, Omar; Smith, Robert", "title": "Marketing Practices in the Urban and Reclaimed Wood Industries", "date": "2019", "keywords": "companies; firms; industries; marketing; material; practices; products; responses; sales; source; survey; urban; value; wood; wood firms", "summary": "Results from this survey show that, overall, a major- ity of participating firms have operated for less than 10 years, and that reclaimed wood firms tend to operate at higher capacities than urban wood firms, many of which have less than 10 employees. Differences were rather large, with 63.9% of urban wood firms, 43.6% of mixed-source firms, and 17.1% of reclaimed wood firms ranking capitalize on low-cost raw materials as \u201cImportant\u201d or \u201cExtremely important.\u201d", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-60", "words": "10992", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "44", "author": "Madero, Alvaro; Palmer, Alice M. J.; Innes, John L.; Cohen, David H.", "title": "Business Transformation in the British Columbia Forest Industry", "date": "2019", "keywords": "business; business transformation; change; company; executives; firm; forest; industry; initiatives; level; literature; management; paper; products; research; sector; study; transformation", "summary": "This sample size, although small, facilitated the exploration of a diverse range of views on forest sector business transformation. Likewise, product substitution is another driving force of forest business transformation.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-61", "words": "7178", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Kakkar, Gaurav; Quesada, Henry; Smith, Robert", "title": "Assessment of U.S. manufactured system-built wooden homes as an affordable housing alternative for low-income households in developing countries", "date": "2019", "keywords": "america; companies; construction; cost; countries; housing; market; projects; region; social; states; system; u.s; united; urban; wood", "summary": "Peru Colombia Ecuador Identified housing deficit (fraction of total households) 72% 37% 50% Traditional construction method Block and concrete Block and concrete Block and concrete Preferred building type Detached Apartment buildings (up to 5 floors) Both detached and apartment homes Average floor area of social housing 20-25 m2 20-30 m2 45-60 m2 Selling price of single family homes (USD) $25,000-$45,000 $16,000-$32,000 < $40,000 (social housing) $40,000-$70,000 (public housing) Profitability of social housing projects Average Below average Average Use of wood in construction Non-structural Non-structural Non-structural Building code for wood construction Absent Present Present Restriction on using imported wood species The information collected will be helpful for system-built wood construction companies in the United States aiming to expand to urban social housing markets in these countries.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-65", "words": "7694", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Salim, Roaa; Manduchi, Agostino; Johansson, Anders", "title": "Investment Decisions on Automation of Manufacturing in the Wood Products Industry: A Case Study", "date": "2020", "keywords": "automation; case; company; decisions; et al; group; industry; investment; manufacturing; process; products; project; suppliers; wood", "summary": "In this paper, we explore investment decisions on manufacturing automation in the wood products in- dustry, defined as the industry that refines wood as it passes through sawmills and transforms it into products such as furniture, joinery, and home-building materials (Sandberg et al. 2014). The interviews brought forward the perception of the people involved in automation decisions in the investment proj- ect.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-69", "words": "9053", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Michael, Judd; Echols, Ann", "title": "Corporate Responsibility via Community Betterment: A case study from the pallet industry", "date": "2020", "keywords": "betterment; business; communities; community; community betterment; crime; expertise; firm; hiring; industry; marketing; research; responsibility; size; turnover", "summary": "Implications are drawn for leadership to engage in community betterment as a form of corporate social responsibility. Keywords: community betterment, corporate responsibility, marketing, pallets, wood Corporate Responsibility via Community Betterment:", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-71", "words": "8794", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Stout, Kassandra; Montague, Iris; Shmulsky, Rubin", "title": "Millennial Generation Perceptions Surrounding the Wood Products Industry", "date": "2020", "keywords": "forest; generation; industry; media; millennials; perceptions; products; products industry; research; respondents; responses; study; survey; wood; wood products", "summary": "Keywords: millennial attitudes, industry perceptions, social media, millennial females, wood products industry Millennial Generation Perceptions Surrounding the Wood Products Industry 1 Marketing Associate, Timber Products Company, Springfield, OR 97477 2 Research Forester, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station and Forest Products Marketing Unit, Starkville, MS 39759 3 Department Head, Department of Sustainable BioProducts, Starkville, Mississippi 39759 * Corresponding author. More recently, Ter-Mikaelian et al. (2008) found evidence that non-factual or incorrect information still exists that feeds public misperceptions regarding industry forest management.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-73", "words": "8052", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Johansson, Kristina; Andersson, Elias; Sehlstedt, Therese", "title": "HARASSMENT IN FORESTRY ORGANIZATIONS \u2013 GENDERING THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN AND MEN", "date": "2019", "keywords": "collinson; company; experiences; forestry; gender; harassment; organizations; women; workplace; workplace harassment", "summary": "The characteristics of workplace harassment women and men have experienced in relation to work. Experiences of harassment influence women\u2019s and men\u2019s feelings of being mistreated because of their gender in the company.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-75", "words": "7458", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Tan, Qin; Imamura, Kohei; Nagasaka, Kenji; Inoue, Masafumi", "title": "Consumer Price Premiums for FSC-Labeled Wood Flooring: A Comparison of Five Chinese Cities", "date": "2020", "keywords": "china; chongqing; cities; consumers; flooring; forest; fsc; income; pay; products; wood", "summary": "USA A range of certified wood products including studs, chairs, dining room sets, kitchen remodeling jobs, and homes 4%\u201319% Females and members of both the Democratic Party and an environment conservation group Gronroos & Bowyer (1999) USA Home built with forest certified lumber and wood products $2500 per home built Budget and consumer\u2019s environmental awareness Kempen et al. (2009) For instance, it was demonstrated that women paid a higher PP for certified wood products than did men (Cha et al. 2009; Ozanne & Vlosky 1997; Veisten 2002, 2007).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-77", "words": "3370", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Via, Brian K; Peresin, Maria S.", "title": "Cost Analysis of Lightweight Wood Panels Strengthened with Lignin- Cellulose Nanofibrils", "date": "2020", "keywords": "adhesive; board; cost; density; lcnf; panel; pmdi", "summary": "-3.5 -5.2 -6.9 -8.7 Adhesive % 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 \u2014 LCNF % 0.8 2 3.2 4.4 5.6 \u2014 \u2206 Cost (%)10:1 0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.9 \u2014 \u2206 Cost (%)5:1 0 The main novelty of this study was that we created a standardized \u201ccost ratio\u201d table, which allows for a company to take their confidential adhesive and LCNF costs and easily determine if there is a projected increase or decrease in panel material costs (%) for lighter weight panels.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-8", "words": "13620", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Spetic, Wellington; Kozak, Robert A.; Vidal, Natalia G.", "title": "Critical Factors of Competitiveness for the British Columbia Secondary Wood Products Industry", "date": "2016", "keywords": "business; competitiveness; data; firms; industry; journal; management; manufacturing; markets; products; research; secondary; strategies; strategy; study; sustainability; value; vol; wood; wood products", "summary": "Results may be used to inform firms\u2019 management and their stakeholders about internal manufacturing and business competencies that will likely have the most influence on firms\u2019 future strategies, as well as the importance of incorporating environmental sustainability into business strategies. In contrast, business strategy is market- and custom- er-oriented and deals with competition competencies.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-85", "words": "6900", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Quesada-Pineda, Henry; Smith, Robert; Berger, Guenter; Loferski, Joseph", "title": "A Visual Assessment of Cross-laminated Timber Structures in Austria", "date": "2020", "keywords": "architects; building; clt; construction; damage; exterior; inspection; interior; panels; systems; timber; water; wood", "summary": "However, there has not been a report on the current status of CLT buildings. There has not yet been research showing results of the status and longer-term durability of CLT buildings.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-89", "words": "10550", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Palmer, Alice M. J.; Cohen, David H.", "title": "Adapting to the Digital Age: Strategic Change in the Pulp and Paper Sector", "date": "2020", "keywords": "actions; activities; business; change; companies; company; firms; forest; graphic; industry; mills; new; paper; paper companies; production; products; pulp; study; turnaround", "summary": "2.4 Analysis of Text Extracts The compendium of company change activities was manually coded sentence by sentence using the logic of open coding (Coffey & Atkinson 1996) and with the aid of NVivo Professional 11 (QSR International Pty Ltd. 2015) software. Themes and Methods* at a Glance Emphasis on bio- products 10 studies Common themes: - New product opportunities - Factors driving interest in bioproducts - Role of wood-based bioproducts within the bioeconomy 2 studies - P&P companies with specific dynamic capabilities perform better; bio-refineries could become the next dynamic capability - Chemical pulp mills can make many different products; mechanical mills are more limited Gaps: - Financial info available for large, public companies only - Detailed actions only available for 3 Nordic companies Other changes examined 2 studies - Many activities can be transformational, i.e. not just product diversification and bioeconomy (as above) but also operational improvement - Leadership, access to capital, & employee engagement are important enablers 2 studies - The careful selection of technology investments is vital to financial health & longevity - P&P companies need to continuously improve manufacturing and logistics processes to stay competitive Gaps: - Studies either examined a narrow range of actions for a large group of companies, or examined a wide range of actions for a small group of companies Participant responses Observations of company actions and financial records Source of Study Data *", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-91", "words": "12432", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Matthies, Brent; Korhonen, Jaana; Toppinen, Anne", "title": "Current and future research themes in forest sector competitiveness: Case study of research orientations at the University of Helsinki", "date": "2020", "keywords": "analysis; bioeconomy; competitiveness; doi; et al; european; finland; finnish; firms; forest; forest sector; forestry; future; industrial; industry; products; research; results; review; sector; sustainability; themes; value", "summary": "Future forest competitiveness research should include managing new risks (e.g., demographics, climate), certification challenges, and more emphasis on downstream activities (e.g., consumers) helping to manage more a radical transition successfully.15 4.2.3 Theme 3: Realizing innovativeness and industry renewal requires transformative change Value-added products and services are viewed as im- portant means for improving industrial competitiveness according to interviewees, with a focus on new margin and profitable growth. The results indicated that industrial competitiveness research at UofH increasingly investigates sustainability transitions dimensions, as the urgency of global sustainability chal- lenges has gained prominence.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "bpbj-93", "words": "6302", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Luppold, William G.; Bumgardner, Matthew S.", "title": "REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF U.S. SAWN HARDWOOD PRODUCT PRICES FROM 2000 TO 2020", "date": "2021", "keywords": "aggregate; fas; hardwood; lumber; oak; pallet; prices; region; southern; species", "summary": "PFASij = \u2211(PFASijk) * (Wik) P1Cij = \u2211(P1Cijk) * (Wik) P2Aij = \u2211(P2Aijk) * (Wik) Where PFASij = Aggregate resource volume-weighted FAS lumber price in region (i) year (j) PFASijk = FAS lumber price in region (i) year (j) for species (k) This 47% range in price is the result of differences in forest composition as represented in the weighting factors in Table 2 and corresponding FAS lumber prices (HMR 2000).", "mime": "application/pdf"}]