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Asserts lumber prices not fixed. - Seattle broker testifies in behalf of Douglas Fir Exploitation Company. - R. D. King … federal trade commission that the Douglas Fir Exploitation and Export company controlled the prices of lumber by coercion …, then he "knew that there was no effort made to fix domestic prices." …
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Weyerhaeuser Sales company, yesterday. The recent slump in lumber prices has been due to overproduction, and by curtailing the …
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Lumber price goes up. - Weyerhaeuser trustees told plan is to better earnings. - Trustees of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Corporation help their quarterly meeting yesterday at the office of the corporation in the Old National building. T. J. Humbird of Spokane, president of the Humbird Lumber company,...
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This paper examines the evolution of a skew distribution of firm sizes from the viewpoint of the 'Bounds' approach to market structure. It confines attention to the role played by non-strategic factors (statistical independence, and cost side effects). A model is proposed, which leads to a...
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A quality-adjusted specification of labor is suggested which allows firm training to affect labor efficiency. To assess the cost and productivity effects, this specification is integrated into a flexible neoclassical cost function. The empirical analysis uses panel data for eight plants in the...
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dataset of over 4,000 enterprises and considers both the prior educational attainment of workers and in-service training … programs of enterprises. Differences between small, medium-sized, and large enterprises and between countries are also … productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education …
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position. A very important role in improving the innovativeness of enterprises, regions or the national economy is played by …
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Implementation and usage of the latest inventions in information technology provides enterprises better position on the … improve many of the enterprises collaboration operations and support decision making process. The best results of RFID usage …. Goal of this paper is to evaluate trends and purposes of RFID usage among enterprises in European Union. We also analyse …
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Innovations present a key role of development and success of the companies. Fostering innovative approach in companies has several advantages. Innovation activities lead to competitive advantage, higher economic growth and better position on the global market. Furthermore, companies that are...
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