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Exploratory Assessment of e-Commerce Impacts on Processing Performance and Technology Changes in the Forest Products Industry

Authors: ​Bruce Lippke and Rose Braden​ Executive Summary Bruce Lippke and Rose Braden. 2005Despite strong demand, the forest products sector has not generated even average financial returns on its invested capital. A PricewaterhouseCoopers survey found that while global forest products industry sales increased 11.8 percent in 2003-2004 to $340 billion, return on capital employed (ROCE) […]