Owens sawmill: A family business facing a social responsibility dilemma

This is a real case involving an SME that produces southern hardwood finished lumber. The family business faces a social responsibility dilemma in terms of displaced workers and limited job opportunities in the surrounding labor market if they purchase a new saw that would modernize production, impr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dianne H.B. Welsh, David Rawlings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2007-03-01
Series:New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Online Access:https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/NEJE-10-01-2007-B002/full/pdf?title=owens-sawmill-a-family-business-facing-a-social-responsibility-dilemma