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FORISK team members generate publications and deliver presentations in each area of our research program. These include cooperative efforts with universities, agencies, and private firms.  Please see below for a listing by area and downloadable articles.  Peer-reviewed research articles are at the end of each section with full citations.

  1. Timber and Timberland Market Analysis
  2. Forest Operations and Procurement
  3. Risk Management and Financial Contracts
  4. Corporate Finance and Strategy

Timber and Timberland Market Analysis

Forest Operations and Procurement

  • Recent research and entrepreneurship in log trucking. Georgia Forestry Today, 2006.
  • Hamsley, Amanda K., W. Dale Greene, Jacek P. Siry, and Brooks C. Mendell. Improving Timber Trucking Performance by Reducing Variability of Log Truck Weights, Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 31(1): 12-16.
  • Mendell, Brooks C., Jeffrey A. Haber, and Tymur Sydor. 2006. Evaluating the potential for shared log truck resources in middle Georgia. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry.  30(2): 86-91.
  • Polyakov, Maksym, and Tymur Sydor. 2004. Forestry in Ukraine: the road ahead? Comment. Forest Policy and Economics, In Press.
  • Sydor, Tymur, Richard A. Kluender, Rodney L. Busby, and Matthew Pelkki. 2004. Productivity and cost of marking activities for single-tree selection and thinning treatments in Arkansas. Forest Products Journal 54(3): 59-65

Risk Management and Financial Contracts

Corporate Finance and Strategy

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