Sustaining the South East Asian wood products sector through education: the German lesson

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Sustaining the South East Asian wood products sector through education: the German lesson

While human capital is recognized as an important productivity driver, the South East Asian wood products sector has not paid attention to the human resource development agenda comparable to the scale shown by their German counterparts. The competitive edge of the German wood products sector is attr...

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Main Authors:	Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran, Ioras, Florin
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Journal of the Institute of Wood Science 2007
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7401/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7401/1/Sustaining%20the%20South%20East%20Asian%20wood%20products%20sector%20through%20education.pdf

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