scholarly journals Evaluation of forest products trade economic contribution by entropy-TOPSIS: Case study of Turkey

BioResources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1419-1429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahadır Çağrı Bayram
Keyword(s):  
Medium Density Fiberboard ◽  
Trade Deficit ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Particle Board ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Economic Contribution

The forest products industry is one of the most powerful industry branches of Turkey, and as in other developing countries, Turkey has a persistent trade deficit. The present paper aims to evaluate the forest industry products of Turkey regarding their economic contribution by Entropy-TOPSIS, which is a hybrid multicriteria decision making method. The evaluation was done to specify the products which will be able to create currency inflow most for reducing the trade deficit and help economic development. According to computations, the most contributing products are medium-density fiberboard (MDF), high-density fiberboard (HDF), industrial roundwood, and particle board. In addition, household and sanitary papers, as well as other paper and paper board products were found to have great economic potential.

Montana’s forest products industry and timber harvest, 2014: Part III: Sales, employment and economic contribution

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate C. Marcille ◽  
Chelsea P. McIver ◽  
Steven W. Hayes ◽  
Todd A. Morgan ◽  
Chris Witt
Keyword(s):  
Forest Products ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Economic Contribution

Forest Industry in West-Central Canada, 1972

1977 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 332-335
Author(s):  
Alan G. Teskey ◽  
Jack H. Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
West Central ◽  
Central Canada ◽  
Economic Ties

In 1972, west-central Canada's forest products industry of 691 establishments had gross sales of $300 million ($264 million net), and provided the equivalent of 5,900 full-time jobs directly and another 6,100 indirectly. More than two-thirds of the gross sales came from export, generating valuable foreign exchange earnings for Canada. Major products were 600,000 tonnes of pulp and paper, 431 million m2 of fibreboard, waferboard and plywood, 8 million pieces of pressure-treated products and more than 2 million m3 of lumber.Beyond these direct impacts were the secondary business activity and employment generated in other industries and sectors of the economy which had economic ties with the forest industry.

"Too young to retire, too bloody old to work": Forest industry restructuring and community response in Port Alberni, British Columbia

1999 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 781-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor J. Barnes ◽  
Roger Hayter ◽  
Elizabeth Hay
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Economic Strategies ◽  
The Town

British Columbian coastal forest communities have suffered substantial job losses over the last twenty years as the forest products industry has been restructured. One of the most dramatic results has been severe community dislocation. Our paper examines both the economic restructuring and the associated community dislocation that occurred in one such coastal community, Port Alberni on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. The paper is divided into two main sections. The first provides a conceptual framework that interprets the recent restructuring of British Columbia's forest industry as a transition from an older Fordist model of manufacturing to a newer model are based on principles of post-Fordism. The second uses that framework to understand the massive changes occurring in the town, which include severe job loss (more 2600 positions have been lost over the last twenty years), various forms of financial distress, and attempts to assemble alternative local economic strategies of amelioration. Key words: forest economy, British Columbia, industrial restructuring, Fordism, Post-Fordism, single-industry towns, local economic development

Cross-sector collaboration in the forest products industry: a review of the literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1269-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose E. Guerrero ◽  
Eric Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Forest Products Industry ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Oil Derivatives

Cross-sector collaboration has gained attention from researchers in different fields of science in recent years because it represents significant business potential for forest companies to work with sectors possessing a more positive demand outlook, including those facing increasing pressure to detach from oil derivatives. Despite this, there is a lack of research regarding company-level, cross-sector collaboration in the forest-sector literature. This paper seeks to enhance the understanding of the cross-sector collaboration concept in the forest-sector literature and explore alternatives for forest companies to collaborate with other industries, rather than to compete. A systematic literature review is conducted to explore the relevance of cross-sector collaboration in the forest industry. Furthermore, the main drivers, benefits, and challenges of collaboration in the forest industry are identified. Results show that the literature has emphasized the importance of cross-sector collaboration for forest companies, but little empirical work has been done regarding the link between forest companies and other industrial sectors. Cost reduction, competitiveness, and environmental sustainability are among the principal drivers and benefits. Forest business culture, lack of trust, and lack of parameters to evaluate costs and savings generated are key challenges to forest companies implementing cross-sector collaboration.

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