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Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, maintain and disrupt the governance arrangements underpinning ocean ...
Kedar Uttam, Kristjan Jespersen, Paige Olmsted, Katryn Pasaribu   +3 more
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Sustainable Iron Catalysis for Chemodivergent Oxidation of Lignin‐Based Vanillyl Alcohol: Selective Access to Vanillin and Vanillic Acid

European Journal of Organic Chemistry, EarlyView.
Green reaction media enable chemodivergent oxidation of vanillyl alcohol, selectively affording vanillin or its fully oxidized counterpart, vanillic acid. The use of an earth‐abundant, inexpensive, and nontoxic iron catalyst for the transformation of lignin‐derived alcohol to fine chemicals underscores the sustainability of the process. A low E‐factor (
Rasmiranjan Hota, Chinmaya Kumar Meher, Bidraha Bagh   +2 more
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Influence of Adhesive Type on Heat Induced Delamination in Tension Loaded Shear Lap Cross‐Laminated Timber Samples Exposed to Radiant Heat Flux

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Heat induced delamination (HID) is a phenomenon in engineered wood products which may result in the detachment of the bonded timber lamellae before charring propagates to the bond line interphase. This study aims to correlate the thermal degradation of two 1‐c‐polyurethane adhesives at the microscale to the thermo‐hydro‐mechanical behaviour of
A. Čolić, F. Wiesner, M. Spearpoint, D. Hopkin, L. Bisby   +4 more
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World Furniture Industry

Journal of Social Research and Behavioral Sciences, 2022
Furniture manufacturing is one of the most important sectors of the world economy. The world furniture market is developing dynamically and has undergone significant transformations over the last decade. The globalization of markets has led to changes in the structure of international trade. International furniture trade has been growing steadily since
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Simulating the furniture industry

2000 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.00CH37165), 2002
The furniture industry is operating on tighter margins and ever increasing competition. No longer are the days when one could develop a product and market it for years, if not decades. With more competition and ever changing consumer demands, manufacturers are frequently realizing the necessity to reengineer their facility to satisfy the needs of many ...
R.G. Kyle, C.R. Ludka
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Occupational Asthma in the Furniture Industry: Is It Due to Styrene?

Respiration, 2004
<i>Background:</i> Styrene, a volatile monomer, has been reported as a cause of occupational asthma in a few case reports. <i>Objective:</i> The aim of this study was to investigate the risk for asthma in relation to exposure to styrene in a large number of workers.
DEMİREL, YAVUZ SELİM, NUMANOĞLU, NUMAN, MUNGAN, VESİLE DİLŞAD, ÖNER ERKEKOL, FERDA   +3 more
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Modelling Packaging Systems in the Furniture Industry

2011
Packaging systems of the furniture industry have become very complex because of the large variety of products, the short product life cycles and the small batch sizes. At the same time the competitive pressure grows and the companies are forced to find weak points in order to optimize their packaging system.
Dennis Reinking, Hans Brandt-Pook
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Design and the Furniture Industry in Brazil

2015
This chapter brings an historical panorama of Design and the Furniture Industry in Brazil as well as a brief description of the highly fragmented Design System in the country . Issues related to the competitiveness as well as design management and sustainability aspects are discussed in this chapter in order to understand the huge Management challenges
Francesco Zurlo, Viviane dos Guimarães Alvim Nunes   +1 more
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Sustainability and the furniture industry

The concept of sustainability has come into prominence topic in recent years. Due to its reliance on natural resources, the furniture industry has significant environmental implications. The sustainable wood industry incorporates eco-friendly approaches in various aspects.
Candan, Zeki, Tunçel, Sabit, Serbest, Adnan   +2 more
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The Globalization of Furniture Industries/Markets

Journal of Global Marketing, 1994
The globalization of industries and markets represents a key trend of the last decade. This evolutionary process, anticipated to become more prevalent in the future, requires long-term strategies whereby firms, industries and nations utilize competitive advantage to expand beyond domestic borders.
Paul M. Smith, Cynthia D. West
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