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When local industry meets global forces, or what we might learn from furniture manufacturing in Shizuoka, Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The furniture manufacturing industry in Shizuoka, Japan, has lost 80% of its workshops since 1980. Shizuoka, a city partway between Tokyo and Nagoya in Japan’s eastern industrial belt, has been home to furniture manufacturers since the sixteenth century.
Teasley, Sarah
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Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure Profiles and Their Predictors in a Study of US Volunteer Firefighters

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Firefighters may experience occupational exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Volunteer firefighters make up 65% of the US fire service, but their serum PFAS profiles have not been well characterized. This study aims to (1) describe PFAS serum profiles among US volunteer firefighters from 9 states enrolled in ...
Katherine A. Lubina   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Furniture Industry Companies in Croatia

open access: yesDrvna Industrija, 2014
Furniture manufacturing has always been a very important segment of the Croatian economy. In order to achieve better results of Croatian furniture industry potentials and to make appropriate and adequate changes, it is necessary to determinate the ...
Andreja Pirc Barčić, Darko Motik
doaj   +1 more source

Industrial ecologyapplied to the furniture industry

open access: yes, 2015
As indústrias moveleiras utilizam como matérias-primas insumos que provêm de recursos naturais renováveis como as madeiras, fibras naturais, couros e também de materiais não renováveis como os metais, vidros e polímeros. Todos estão diretamente relacionados a geração de resíduos pós-produção pelas indústrias, podendo causar contaminações do solo, dos ...
Kravchenko, Grégory Adad   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Biomass Briquetting Technology for Sustainable Energy Solutions: Innovations in Forest Biomass Utilization

open access: yesEnergies
This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of the use of logging residues in manufacturing briquettes, and to demonstrate their potential as a renewable energy source.
Kamil Roman, Emilia Grzegorzewska
doaj   +1 more source

Business Challenges and Design: Theory and Practice in the Furniture Industry in the Republic of Croatia

open access: yesBusiness Systems Research, 2013
Background: A systematic and continuous product policy management is important for a company's competitiveness and the question is to what extent and in what way companies engaged in the furniture manufacturing sector actually apply them. Objectives: The
Radović Romina
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Programme Costs in the Adaptation of Furniture Industry Accounting Information Systems on General Production Expenses and Recognition

open access: yes, 2014
The subject of this study is the change of operational costs when accounting information system is used; and special cases in registering this change in accounting records and how the costs will change in case accounting information system is used in a ...
Yıldırım, Adem   +2 more
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Upgrading Wood-Based Industries: Harnessing the Social Network of Small-Scale Furniture Producers and Their Institutions

open access: yesJurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2011
Furniture is a major export commodity in Indonesia with a total value of USD 1.96 million in 2007.  Jepara District is one of the key location for wood furniture production with 15,271 furniture related business units employing 176,469 workers.  However,
Melati ,   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Furniture-making in London c. 1700-1870: craft, design, business and labour.

open access: yes, 1982
PhDThis thesis is a study of furniture-making in London in the years between about 1700 and 1870. The aims of the thesis are outlined in the introduction, which also explains why the years 1700-1870 were chosen.
Kirkham, Patricia Anne, Kirkham, P.A.
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Social, Economic and Geographical Differences in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Homes: The Evidence from Inventories

open access: yes, 2013
This article was first published in Regional Furniture (2013)
HOSKINS, L
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