LFPDC Publications :: Working Papers ::

LFPDC Publications :: Miscellaneous Papers ::

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1. An Overview of the Louisiana Secondary Wood Products Industry. Vlosky, Chance, Harding
2. An Overview of the Louisiana Primary Solid Wood Products Industry. Vlosky
3. The Certification Information System: A Chain-of-Custody Framework for Environmentally Certified Wood Products. Ozanne, Vlosky
4. Opportunities for UPC Product and Service Suppliers: The Wood Products Industry. Vlosky
5. Opportunities for Quick Response Products and Service Suppliers: The Wood Products Industry. Vlosky
6. Characteristics of U.S. Hardwood Component Manufacturers. Vlosky
7. U.S. Economic Development Programs for the Wood Products Industry. Vlosky, Chance
8. Flexible Networks as a Means to Enhance Rural Small Business Competitiveness. Chance, Vlosky
9. Antecedent Group Affiliation: Determining the Importance as a Measure of Propensity to Participate in Inter-firm Collaborative Initiatives. Chance, Vlosky, Krishnan
10. Characteristics of Value-Added Wood Products Manufacturers in the U.S. South. Vlosky
11. Louisiana's Forests and Forest Products Industries. Chance, Vlosky
12. Sources of Competitive Advantage for Wood Products Distribution Suppliers to Home Center Retailers. Vlosky
13. Opportunities for Horizontal Diversification in Manufacturing Value-Added Wood Products. Gazo, Vlosky
14. Bar coding for Inventory Management: Softwood Lumber Manufacturers Gain a Competitive Edge. Vlosky
15. Forest Products Industry and Rural Economic Development: The Policy Makers Perspective. Vlosky, Chance
16. Major Logging Injuries in Louisiana: Nature and Trends 1985-1992, with some comments through 1995. de Hoop, Pine, Marx
17. The Internet: Business Applications and Relationship Construct Adaptation in a Forest Products Industry Setting. Vlosky, Fontenot
18. The Effect of Lowered Tire Pressure on a Log Truck Driver Seat. Altunel, de Hoop
19. An Overview of Log Yards in Louisiana. de Hoop, Kleit, Chen
20. Stormwater Runoff Quality of a Louisiana Log Storage and Handling Facility. de Hoop, Einsel, Ro Chen, Gibson, Grozdits
21. Louisiana Forest Products Laboratory. April 1998, Smith
22. The Forestry Sector in Cote d'lvoire: Current Status and Policy Implications. Koudou, Vlosky
23. Assessment of Site and Stand Disturbance from CTL Harvesting. Vidrine, de Hoop, Lanford
24. In-Plane Stability of Oriented Strandboard: Layer Properties in Relation to Processing Variables. Wu
25. Effect of Moisture on Bending and Breaking Resistance of Commercial Oriented Strandboard. Wu
26. Southern Forest Products International Trade Center (SOUTHPIC). Smith, Granskog, Michael, Muehlenfeld, Nicholas
27. NAFTA and Latin America: Implications for Southeastern Forestry. Smith
28. A New Dilemma: Wood, Steel or Plastic Lumber. Smith
29. Government Forest Policies in Cote d'lvoire. Koudou, Vlosky
30. The Use of Technology in the Marketing Classroom at The Pennsylvania State University and Louisiana State University. Vlosky, Wilson
31. Influence of Moisture, Fastening Direction and Wood Species on Screw Withdrawal Load of furniture-grade Plywood. Wu
32. Thickness Swelling and Its Relationship to Internal Bond Strength Loss of Commercial Oriented Strandboard. Wu, Piao
33. Application of Nelson's Sorption Isotherm To Wood Composites and Overlays. Wu
34. Certification: Perspective of Industrial Forest Landowners in Louisiana. Vlosky, Ozanne
35. Overview of Intranet Technologies. Pitis
36. A Comparison of Consumer Wood Product Certification Perception and Attitudes: New Zealand and the United States. Vlosky, Ozanne, Bigsby
37. Final Report Stormwater Runoff from Log Storage Yards. de Hoop, Ro, Gibson
38. Extranets: A Comparison of the U.S. Forest Products Industry and Other U.S. Industries. Vlosky, Pitis
39. How U.S. Forest products Exporters Use the World Wide Web. Pitis, Vlosky
40. Electronic Data Interchange and Buyer-Supplier Relationships. Dupuy, Vlosky
41. Certification: Perceptions of Non-Industrial Private Forestland Owners in Louisiana. Vlosky
42. eBusiness in the Pulp & Paper Industry: A Comparison of the United States & Canada. Vlosky
43. An Overview of Logging Safety Programs in the USA. de Hoop
44. Major Logging Injuries in Louisiana: Nature and Trends 1985-1998. de Hoop, Pine, Marx, Lafort
45. A History of the Harvesting Practices Used in the Cypress Swamps in Southern United States 1700 to 1960. Johnson, Watkins, Covington, Antoon, De Hoop
46. An Exploratory Study of the Use of Lumber, OSB, Plywood, LVL, PSL and LSL As Raw Materials In the Furniture and Cabinet Industries in the Southern United States. Vlosky, Wu
47. The Digital Divide: Implications for African Business Development. Vlosky, Poku
48. Using the Internet to Bring Remote Sensing to your Desktop. Verma, Vlosky
49. A Market Analysis of the Ready-To-Assemble Furniture Industry. Vlosky
50. Increasing Marketing Opportunities of Lesser Known Wood Species and Secondary Wood Products in Tropical Central America and Mexico. Vlosky, Aguirre
51. Exploring Age-Related Environmental Attitudes in the context of wood product certification. D. Vlosky, R. Vlosky
52. eBusiness in the United States Forest Products Industry in the Year 2000. Vlosky
53. Bridging the Rural/Urban Digital Divide. Poku, Vlosky
54. Some Thoughts on eCommerce in the US Paper Industry. Kallioranta, Vlosky
55. Surveys of Logging Contractor Population-8 Southern States and Maine. de Hoop, Egan, Greene, Mayo
56. An Exploratory Analysis of eBusiness in the Louisiana Forest Products Industry. Vlosky
57. A Model of the Impact of Corporate Culture on Information Technology Adoption.  Kofi Poku, Vlosky
58. Some Measured Levels of Noise Produced by Logging Equipment in 1998.deHoop, Lalonde
59. Participatory Forest Sector Development in Honduras. Richard Vlosky, Dunn, Chavez, Monroe, Shupe, Ashbaugh Vlosky
60. Some Legal Aspects of Timber Sale Contracts. Cameron Dinkins, De Hoop
61. A Review Of The Forestry Sector In Ghana. Donkor, Vlosky
62. A Model of Marketing Oriented Corporate Culture Influences on Information Technology Adoption. Poku, Vlosky
63. A 2002 Update on Internet Use in the U.S. Lumber Industry. Vlosky, Poku
64. Is Stewardship Certification? Vlosky, Moffat
65. Developing a Cooperative Extension System for Forest Products and Forestry Systems in Honduras. Dunn, Vlosky
66. A Model of Extranet Implementation Success Effects on Business Performance. Kallioranta, Vlosky
67. Exploring Marketing Orientation Influences on Internet Adoption in the U.S. Lumber Industry- Poku, Vlosky
68. Attitudes and Awareness about Treated Wood Products: The U.S. South Homeowner Perspective.  Gaston, Vlosky, Shupe, Aguilar, Kallioranta, Donkor
69. The Forest Sector in Ecuador: The Current Situation and a Framework for Sustainable Development. Aguilar, Vlosky
70. United States Paper Buyer & Supplier Perceptions of Using eIntermediaries. Kallioranta, Vlosky
71. A History of Forest Certification. Perera, Vlosky
72. Perception Drivers for Treated Wood by U.S. South Homebuilders and Remodelers. Kallioranta, Vlosky, Gaston
73. Forest Fuel Reduction Survey Analysis: Forest Administrators. de Hoop, Reddy, Smith
74. An Overview of World Tropical Hardwood Resources, Forest Products Trade and Environmental Issues. Duery, Vlosky
75. A Current Overview of Forest Products Certification. Duery, Vlosky
76. U.S. Markets for Certified and Non-Certified Hardwood Tropical Forest Products. Duery, Vlosky
77. Influences of Government Interventions on Increasing Value-Added Wood Product Exports from Ghana. Donkor, Vlosky, Attah
78. U.S. Demand for Certified Tropical Hardwood Products: The Supply Chain Perspective. Duery, Vlosky
79. An Exploratory Study of U.S. Home Builder and Architect Use of Tropical Hardwoods. Duery, Vlosky
80. Inter-Organizational Information and Communication Technology (IICT) in the Customer Interface. Kallioranta, Vlosky
81. A Strategic Overview of the Forest Sector in Ghana. Domson, Vlosky
82. A Regional Comparison of Scholarship and Service in Cooperative Extension. Vlosky, Dunn
83. Louisiana Forest Industry Supply Chain Mapping: Results and Conclusions. June 2008. Smith, Vlosky
84. Inter-organizational Information & Communication Technology Adoption in the Business-to-Business Interface. September 2008. Kallioranta, Vlosky
85. A Research Agenda for Forest Products Marketing & Business Development in Louisiana: 2009-2013. March 2009. Vlosky
86. Cooperative Extension Employee Satisfaction in the Workplace: Does Race Matter? March 2009, Vlosky, Dunn
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88. Potential of Using Poultry Litter as a Feedstock for Energy Production. July 2010.  R. Perera, P. Perera, R. Vlosky, P. Darby.
89. A Brief Overview of the U.S. Furniture Industry. July 2010. Pirc, Vlosky.
90. Agricultural Producer Attitudes and Perceptions Towards New Bio-based Business Opportunities. January 2014. R. Smithhart, R. Vlosky, P. Darby, M. Blazier

LFPDC Publications :: Other Reports ::

1. A Comparison of the Louisiana Forest Stewardship Program and Four Nationally Recognized Forest Certification Programs. Vlosky.
2. Louisiana Value-Added Wood Products Industry Development. Findings of The Governor's Forest Industry Development Task Force. Vlosky.
3. Environmental Certification: Alternative Strategies for Non Industrial Private Forest Landowners in Louisiana. Vlosky.
4. A Market Based Strategy for Rural Development In Northwest Louisiana: Maximizing Opportunities Through Value-Added Forest Products Industries. Vlosky.
5. Identifying Employment Structure and Training Needs In the Louisiana Value-Added Wood Products Industry. Vlosky.
6. U.S. Home Builder Perceptions about Treated Wood: Summary. Vlosky, Shupe
7. Logging Capacity Study , Final Report.  De Hoop, et al.   The final report for the Logging Capacity Study is available through the Forest Resources Association at the following link:
   http://www.forestresources.org/PUBLICATIONS/print_pubs.html
8. An Overview of Public Information Sources for Forest and Wood- based Manufacturing Residuals and Waste Generated in the U.S. South. Vlosky
9. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Wood Products and Equipment Codes. Vlosky
10. The 1994 Directory of Biomass sites in Louisiana. de-Hoop.