The gloomiest facet of recession is large scale employee sacking by multinational companies throughout the world. As loss of employment opportunities and mass scale firing often leads an economy into a vicious circle of unemployment, poverty and severe recession. Thus to rescue economy from this...

The objective of corporate management is generally the maximisation of the market value of the enterprise i.e., wealth. The market value of the common stock of a company is influenced by its policy regarding allocation of net earnings into plough back of profit and the payout while maximising...

This paper examines Soviet engineer Leonid Zherebov, an inventor of continuous pulp cooker. After twenty-five years of experiments, Zherebov's design failed, and Soviet factories began to produce pulp using imported Swedish digesters. This article examines the biography of Leonid Zherebov and...

This paper examines the transition towards renewable energy in the Swedish pulp and paper industry (PPI) during the 1970s and -80s. In the wake of the first Oil Crisis until the late 1980s, the use of fossil fuels was reduced by 70 percent in this sector. The lion's share of the reduction was...

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) in South Australia has had a long and difficult history. In a State where the pressure for economic development has been keenly felt due to the lack of a relatively substantial industrial or natural resources base compared to most other States, the capacity...

Carbon‐based materials (CBMs) for energetic and material purposes combine biogenic and anthropogenic carbon cycles. In the latter, numerous manufactured products with various in‐use lifespans accumulate as anthropogenic carbon stocks. Understanding the behavior of these stocks is an...

This paper examines the impact of investments in modernization and innovation on productivity in a sample of firms in the global pulp and paper industry. This industry is important because it has traditionally accounted for significant amounts of employment and capital investment in North...

This paper examines the impact of investments in modernization and innovation on productivity in a sample of firms in the global pulp and paper industry. This industry is important because it has traditionally accounted for significant amounts of employment and capital investment in North...