@article{Hultaker:197882,
      recid = {197882},
      author = {Hultaker, Oscar and Bohlin, Folke},
      title = {Developing the Business: Logging Contractors' Strategic  Choices for Profitability and Work Environment},
      journal = {Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the Biennial  Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics},
      address = {2004-05},
      number = {1329-2016-103661},
      pages = {11},
      year = {2004},
      abstract = {Logging contractor profits have been reported to decrease  substantially in Swedish forestry in later years. During  the same period there have been reports on a declining work  environment in logging leading to difficult recruitment of  personnel. Previous research has shown needs for both  business and work environment development in the logging  industry. This article continues our efforts at describing  and analyzing the strategic choices logging contractors  make in order to develop or transform their companies to  improve profitability and work environment. We have  interviewed logging contractors and other representatives  of the logging industry regarding contractor incentives for  investing in and developing new products and services as  well as existing business activities. We have explored the  same themes in seminars contractors, employed machine  operators, and buyers of logging services. The contractor  strategies we identify are about creating and appropriating  value by utilizing the resources of the firm and market  possibilities.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/197882},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.197882},
}