Accuracy of forecasting in a Nordic paper mill's supply chain : a case study
Finland ; Forecast ; Industry ; Paperindustry ; Research technique ; Supply chain ; Transport cost
Chaîne d'offre ; Coût de transport ; Finlande ; Industrie ; Industrie du papier ; Prévision ; Technique de recherche
The article compares the accuracy of forecasted and actual supply chain cost and price factors in a Nordic paper mill's sales to customers in two large European countries. There is a need for more reliable forecasting methods in the paperindustry
to anticipate economic development as paper demand and costs change.
Competitiveness ; Electronics ; High-tech industry ; Industrial district ; Industrial organization ; Industry ; Network ; Science park ; Taiwan
The paper aims to bridge the literatures of industrial districts and organizational networks by studying the development of organizational relationships in Taiwan's integrated circuit industry. Firms are highly concentrated in the Hsinchu Science
-based Industrial Park. Along with the creation and maintenance of global competitiveness in this industry, the means of developing organizational relationships and geographical linkages are examined in this paper.
Japanese internal migration pattern and industrial restructuring in the latter half of the 1980s
Industrie ; Japon ; Migration intérieure ; Restructuration industrielle
Industrial restructuring ; Industry ; Internal migration ; Japan
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between Japanese internal migration pattern and industrial restructuring in the latter half of the 1980s. The A. indicates 3 important points.
CEE ; Commerce international ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Industrie ; Turquie
The first section of this paper outlines the role of industry in Turkey's economy generally, and particularly in foreign trade. The second section changes to a historical approach, by examining the main features of agreements between Turkey
and the Community which affect trade in industrial products. In the third section, the prospects for Turkish industry in the light of existing agreements with the Community are discussed. (L'A.).
Comparative analysis of urban and industrial hierarchies of Romanian towns in 1990
Industrial concentration ; Industrial employment ; Industrialization ; Rank-size distribution ; Romania ; Urban growth ; Urban hierarchy ; Urbanization
Urban and industrial hierarchies can be constructed as synthetic indicators of urbanisation and industrialisation at a particular moment in time. The paper examines the relations between the urban and industrial hierarchies at all levels
with particular emphasis on the type of industry and the administrative functions.
Ownership changes and transformation of the Russian pulp and paperindustry
European part of Russia ; Forest resources ; Industry ; Karelia ; Oblast ; Paperindustry ; Private property ; Regional disparities ; Saint Petersburg ; Transnational corporation ; Vologda
Les évolutions spatiales et structurelles de l'industrie hongroise
Années 1990 ; Dynamique spatiale ; Hongrie ; Industrie ; Production industrielle ; Structure spatiale
Hungary ; Industrial production ; Industry ; Spatial dynamics ; Spatial structure ; Years 1990-99
This paper focuses on the recent changes of the spatial structure of the Hungarian industry. After 1990 the location of industrial production and the spatial structure of industry have enormously changed in Hungary. A. highlights the most important
Cette branche industrielle sert d'exemple pour examiner les implications de l'environnementalisme en termes de stratégie d'entreprise au cours du processus de restructuration. Les analyses économiques concernées par la dispersion des industries
Hungary ; Industrial region ; Industrial restructuring ; Industry ; Local economy ; Regional economy ; Spatial variation
This study analyses the industrial restructuringprocess of the five major regional centres of Hungary (Debrecen, Györ, Miskolc, Pécs, Szeged). The paper explores the relationship between the most important structural and organisational changes
having taken place after 1989, and their spatial consequences. The other aim of the paper was to demonstrate how these spatial changes have affected the position of industry in the local and regional economies. - (JS)
Industry in the transition of Czech society and economy
Désindustrialisation ; Emploi industriel ; Ex-Tchécoslovaquie ; Industrie ; Organisation industrielle ; Privatisation ; Production industrielle ; Restructuration économique ; Système économique ; Tchèque, république
Czech Republic ; Deindustrialization ; Economic restructuring ; Economic system ; Former Czechoslovakia ; Industrial employment ; Industrial organization ; Industrial production ; Industry ; Privatisation
The paper deals with some aspects of transition of Czech industry from a totalitarian socialist system with centrally planned economy to restored democratic parliamentary system with a market economy. The development and changes of employment rates
in industry, foreign trade, industrial production and prices are analyzed as an illustration of this transition process.
Agribusiness ; Chemical industry ; Economic development ; Employment ; Industrialization ; Kwara State ; Metallurgy ; Nigeria ; Paperindustry ; Textile industry ; Wood industry
Développement économique ; Emploi ; Industrialisation ; Industrie agro-alimentaire ; Industrie chimique ; Industrie du bois ; Industrie du papier ; Industrie textile ; Kwara State ; Métallurgie ; Nigéria
Emploi industriel ; Industrie ; Innovation ; Politique économique ; Progrès technique ; Restructuration industrielle ; Roumanie ; Rôle de l'Etat ; Structure industrielle
Economic policy ; Industrial employment ; Industrial restructuring ; Industrial structure ; Industry ; Innovation ; Romania ; State control ; Technical progress
Restructuring of industry is part of the transition from a centrally-planned to a free market economy. The paper deals with salient features of socialist industry and the trends which have occurred since 1989 in the context of greatly reduced state
intervention. Current trends are identified and international comparisons are attempted that industrial enterprises are developing new relationships with capital, labour and the state.
Agglomeration ; Consumption ; Industrial branch ; Industry ; Production ; Regional economy ; Trade ; United States of America
Aglomeración ; Comercio ; Consumo ; Economía regional ; Estados Unidos ; Industria ; Producción ; Rama industrial
The paper investigates the connection between economic agglomeration and trade patterns within the U.S. at the industry level. On the consumption side, industry is shown to be connected to consumption agglomeration effects, while on the production
side, industry is shown to be connected to production agglomeration and specialization effects. Industry structures play an important role in the determination and magnitude of these effects.
The tendency of the industrial distribution in China
Chine ; Concentration industrielle ; Développement industriel ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Industrie ; Localisation industrielle
This paper analyses some major practical as well as theoretical issues in connection with regularities and trend of changes on allocation of industry with the aid of quantitative methods.
The regional development of the broiler industry in Japan
Agro-industrie ; Aire de marché ; Coopérative agricole ; Disparités régionales ; Elevage en batterie ; Exploitation agricole ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Japon ; Volaille
The purpose of this paper is to consider how the broiler industry in Japan has developed regionally from the viewpoints of broiler production, processing, sale and consumption, and also to research its stages of development and their characteristics.
Global competition and the nature of trade in the European Community's pulp and paperindustry
Europe ; European Union ; Firm strategy ; Industrial branch ; Industry ; Inter-industrial linkages ; International trade ; Internationalization ; Manufactured products ; Paperindustry ; Specialization
Branche industrielle ; Commerce international ; Echanges interindustriels ; Europe ; Industrie ; Industrie du papier ; Internationalisation ; Produit industriel ; Spécialisation ; Stratégie d'entreprise ; Union Européenne
Evolution de la nature des échanges commerciaux dans l'industrie du papier à l'intérieur de l'Union Européenne, période 1960-85, dans un environnement où la concurrence devient plus vive. L'internationalisation croissante accélère la spécialisation
« Industrial landscapes » as positive settings for tourism development in declining industrial cities. The case of Haifa, Israel
Deindustrialization ; Industrial city ; Israel ; Land use ; Tourism ; Urban economy
The paper discusses the possibilities of revitalising declining cities through tourism development. The main question is whether obsolete or declining industrial land uses in or around the city can be transformed into successful tourist land uses.
Deindustrialization ; Employment ; Industrial development ; Industrial employment ; Industrialization ; Romania ; Shift-share analysis
Using the shift and share analysis, this paper is an essay for the understanding of the factors that direct the industrial restructuration of Romania. The article emphasizes the role of the political factor within the present industrial processes
and phenomena, and then the reconsideration of the local conditions of industry placement. - (E. Rusu).
Locational dynamics and spatial structures in the Japanese manufacturing industries : a review on the Japanese industrial restructuring process of leading sectors
This paper compares some of the methodological and empirical studies in western countries and Japan, especially those which examine locational dynamics and spatial structures of leading industries in the recent restructuring process. - (SGA)