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Measuring the Paper Business – CPBIS Session at Fall TAPPI Meeting


Under the leadership of Colleen Walker (CPBIS Associate Director), CPBIS hosted two sessions to the 2007 TAPPI Engineering, Pulping, & Environmental Conference, held in Jacksonville, FL at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Waterfront, October 21-24.  The program, which consisted of presentations by both CPBIS researchers and invited speakers, was as follows:

State of the Industry Report

“State of the North American Pulp and Paper Industry,” Jacquelyn McNutt, CPBIS Executive Director

Measuring the Paper Business

Financial and Value Metrics Based Performance Evaluation of North American Pulp and Paper Companies and Identification and Adjustment of Deficiencies to Compete in the Global Market Place,” Venketa R. Parthasarathy, Weyerhaeuser

Equity Carve-Out (ECO) as a Financial Instrument for Corporate Restructuring – Will It Work for the Paper Industry?” Venketa R. Parthasarathy, Weyerhaeuser

Market Dynamics in Timber Procurement,” Kendra Taylor, Booz-Allen-Hamilton

If you are interested in participating in a CPBIS business session at an industry event, please contact Colleen Walker at 404-894-5756 or Colleen.Walker@cpbis.gatech.edu

 

 


About CPBIS: The Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS) is an internationally recognized academic research center providing business knowledge of relevance to the global forest products industry. The CPBIS is cosponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), and the Paper Industry.

 

 
 

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