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Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State College, 1956. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-75). Also available on the World Wide Web.

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A unified international method to capture, record, and report the information necessary for documenting the mechanical performance of harvesting machines and systems under specified conditions is presented. It provides a data collection method as a basis for evaluation of systems across international boundaries for better selection of machines, prior to bearing the expense of purchasing the system. An in depth study of a prototype skidder on steep terrain was conducted to test the practicality of the method. The study resulted in some modification of the been received indicating support and suggesting minimal changes. The recommendations of other reviewers will be incorporated in the final Field Manual. A microcomputer program for filing and editing the data collected in the field will be developed. / Doctor of Philosophy

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar se os investimentos de empresas florestais brasileiras, em atividades que configuram responsabilidade social, se refletiram nos valores de suas ações. O contexto é o do desenvolvimento sustentável ou sustentabilidade, isto é, um paradigma social sobre a possibilidade de alcançar o desenvolvimento econômico, dentro da lógica de expansão e acumulação, sem comprometer sobremaneira os recursos naturais para as gerações futuras. A relevância deste trabalho reside na importância do tema nos dias atuais, na tentativa de avaliar uma empresa para além de seus aspectos econômico- financeiros e, ainda, na proposição de indicadores que relacionam tais aspectos com os de responsabilidade social. A presente investigação foi limitada às empresas florestais brasileiras listadas na BM&FBOVESPA, em maio de 2012. A responsabilidade social das empresas foi descrita pelos indicadores propostos pela Global Reporting Initiative e abordou os seguintes aspectos: ambiental, direitos humanos, práticas trabalhistas e trabalho digno, sociedade, responsabilidade sobre o produto, e econômico. Essa descrição restringiu-se ao período de 2009 e 2010. Os resultados mostraram que apenas cinco das nove empresas pesquisadas tinha elaborado relatórios de sustentabilidade, no período em questão. Para uma sociedade que deseja alcançar a sustentabilidade esse cenário é bastante preocupante, uma vez que tais empresas constituem o estrato elite do universo das empresas florestais brasileiras. Por sua vez, a análise dos índices de avaliação econômico-financeira das empresas investigadas foi realizada a partir dos dados obtidos em seus relatórios financeiros de 2009 a 2011. Esses dados foram analisados por meio de técnicas de estatística multivariada, especialmente a análise fatorial, que apontou 17 índices mais relevantes entre os 25 mais amplamente utilizados em matéria de avaliação econômico-financeira de uma empresa. Em relação aos valores das ações, os resultados da pesquisa destacam que, entre as empresas florestais brasileiras investigadas, aquelas com responsabilidade social configurada estavam mais adaptadas para permanecer no mercado, apresentaram maior transparência em suas práticas produtivas e ofereceram menor risco para os investidores em comparação com aquelas sem responsabilidade social configurada. Além disso, no atual estágio do desenvolvimento social e econômico do Brasil, relatórios de sustentabilidade já não devem ser meras recomendações comerciais, pois eles nutrem novas maneiras de pensar e agir sobre a sociedade. Eles devem ser obrigatórios, fiscalizados pelo poder público e a principal referência para se conceder recursos financeiros públicos. / This research aims to analyze whether investments of Brazilian forestry companies, concerning activities that shape social responsibility, are reflected in the values of their shares. Its context is that of sustainable development or sustainability, that is, a social paradigm about the possibility of achieving economic development, within the logic of expansion and accumulation, without greatly compromising the natural resources for future generations. The relevance of this research lies in the importance of the topic in the present days, in seeking to assess a company beyond its financial and economic aspects and in to proposing indicators that relate such aspects with those of social responsibility. The present investigation was limited to Brazilian forestry companies, listed on the BM&FBOVESPA, in May of 2012. The social responsibility of these companies was described by the indicators proposed by the Global Reporting Initiative and covered the following aspects: environmental, human rights, labor practices and decent work, society, product liability and economic. Such description was restricted to the period of 2009 and 2010. The results showed that only five out of nine surveyed companies had prepared sustainability reports within the period aforementioned. For a society that wants to achieve sustainability this scenario is rather disturbing, as such companies represent the elite stratum of the universe of Brazilian forestry companies. On its turn, the analysis of the investigated companies’ financial economic evaluation indexes was carried out from data obtained in their financial reports from 2009 to 2011. These data were analyzed by means of multivariate statistical techniques, especially the factor analysis, which scored 17 relevant indexes among the 25 most widely used ones concerning a company’s financial and economic evaluation. Regarding share values, the research findings highlight that among the Brazilian forestry companies that were investigated, the ones with configured social responsibility were better suited to stay in business, had greater transparency in their production practices and offered lower risk to investors compared to those without configured social responsibility. Furthermore, at the current stage of the Brazilian social and economic development, sustainability reports must no longer be taken as mere trade recommendations, as they nurture new ways of thinking and acting over society. They have to be supervised by the government and, consequently, understood as mandatory instruments of reference to grant public funds.

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar se os investimentos de empresas florestais brasileiras, em atividades que configuram responsabilidade social, se refletiram nos valores de suas ações. O contexto é o do desenvolvimento sustentável ou sustentabilidade, isto é, um paradigma social sobre a possibilidade de alcançar o desenvolvimento econômico, dentro da lógica de expansão e acumulação, sem comprometer sobremaneira os recursos naturais para as gerações futuras. A relevância deste trabalho reside na importância do tema nos dias atuais, na tentativa de avaliar uma empresa para além de seus aspectos econômico- financeiros e, ainda, na proposição de indicadores que relacionam tais aspectos com os de responsabilidade social. A presente investigação foi limitada às empresas florestais brasileiras listadas na BM&FBOVESPA, em maio de 2012. A responsabilidade social das empresas foi descrita pelos indicadores propostos pela Global Reporting Initiative e abordou os seguintes aspectos: ambiental, direitos humanos, práticas trabalhistas e trabalho digno, sociedade, responsabilidade sobre o produto, e econômico. Essa descrição restringiu-se ao período de 2009 e 2010. Os resultados mostraram que apenas cinco das nove empresas pesquisadas tinha elaborado relatórios de sustentabilidade, no período em questão. Para uma sociedade que deseja alcançar a sustentabilidade esse cenário é bastante preocupante, uma vez que tais empresas constituem o estrato elite do universo das empresas florestais brasileiras. Por sua vez, a análise dos índices de avaliação econômico-financeira das empresas investigadas foi realizada a partir dos dados obtidos em seus relatórios financeiros de 2009 a 2011. Esses dados foram analisados por meio de técnicas de estatística multivariada, especialmente a análise fatorial, que apontou 17 índices mais relevantes entre os 25 mais amplamente utilizados em matéria de avaliação econômico-financeira de uma empresa. Em relação aos valores das ações, os resultados da pesquisa destacam que, entre as empresas florestais brasileiras investigadas, aquelas com responsabilidade social configurada estavam mais adaptadas para permanecer no mercado, apresentaram maior transparência em suas práticas produtivas e ofereceram menor risco para os investidores em comparação com aquelas sem responsabilidade social configurada. Além disso, no atual estágio do desenvolvimento social e econômico do Brasil, relatórios de sustentabilidade já não devem ser meras recomendações comerciais, pois eles nutrem novas maneiras de pensar e agir sobre a sociedade. Eles devem ser obrigatórios, fiscalizados pelo poder público e a principal referência para se conceder recursos financeiros públicos. / This research aims to analyze whether investments of Brazilian forestry companies, concerning activities that shape social responsibility, are reflected in the values of their shares. Its context is that of sustainable development or sustainability, that is, a social paradigm about the possibility of achieving economic development, within the logic of expansion and accumulation, without greatly compromising the natural resources for future generations. The relevance of this research lies in the importance of the topic in the present days, in seeking to assess a company beyond its financial and economic aspects and in to proposing indicators that relate such aspects with those of social responsibility. The present investigation was limited to Brazilian forestry companies, listed on the BM&FBOVESPA, in May of 2012. The social responsibility of these companies was described by the indicators proposed by the Global Reporting Initiative and covered the following aspects: environmental, human rights, labor practices and decent work, society, product liability and economic. Such description was restricted to the period of 2009 and 2010. The results showed that only five out of nine surveyed companies had prepared sustainability reports within the period aforementioned. For a society that wants to achieve sustainability this scenario is rather disturbing, as such companies represent the elite stratum of the universe of Brazilian forestry companies. On its turn, the analysis of the investigated companies’ financial economic evaluation indexes was carried out from data obtained in their financial reports from 2009 to 2011. These data were analyzed by means of multivariate statistical techniques, especially the factor analysis, which scored 17 relevant indexes among the 25 most widely used ones concerning a company’s financial and economic evaluation. Regarding share values, the research findings highlight that among the Brazilian forestry companies that were investigated, the ones with configured social responsibility were better suited to stay in business, had greater transparency in their production practices and offered lower risk to investors compared to those without configured social responsibility. Furthermore, at the current stage of the Brazilian social and economic development, sustainability reports must no longer be taken as mere trade recommendations, as they nurture new ways of thinking and acting over society. They have to be supervised by the government and, consequently, understood as mandatory instruments of reference to grant public funds.

Dissertation (PhD (For))--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to develop a new method which can be used to forecast the Forest Engineering value chain. The method is then applied in the South African context in order to validate the use thereof. Finally, the South African results are used to propose strategies, which the industry should pursue in the future. To forecast the future an understanding of the past is required. To this end, the historical development of Forest Engineering is discussed, both globally and in South Africa. The current status quo in Forest Engineering in South Africa was determined through a national survey of plantations larger than 200 ha. The results are reflected in Chapter 2. Because of the importance of globalisation and technology, Chapter 3 gives a literature review of relevance of technology in today's business world, including various forecasting techniques that are relevant to the study. These techniques are a combination of traditional forecasting methods, technology forecasting methods and strategic planning methods. Various approaches to financial analysis have also been discussed, in order to determine the soundest method of comparing various forest engineering systems with each other. This includes an overview of traditional machine cost calculations. The core of the study lies in the combination of these methodologies into a useful method, which is particularly suited to forecasting the Forest Engineering value chain. Such a method is developed in Chapter 4, based on the literature review of forecasting methodologies. The method is then validated in Chapter 5, through the application thereof in the South African forestry industry. Global trends are established with the use of a Delphi study. This technique uses a panel of experts who give their views on future developments on a multiple round basis. The study then evaluates 14 Forest Engineering systems for pine sawtimber, pine pulpwood and Eucalyptus pulpwood, based on various scenarios of the future. The scenario matrix is based on the future cost of labour vs. the future cost of machinery. Finally, a strategy is proposed on how the South African forestry industry should prepare itself for the future. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doelwit van die studie is om 'n nuwe metode te ontwikkel waarmee 'n vooruitskatting van die Bosingenieurswese waardeketting gemaak kan word. Die metode word dan in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks toegepas om die geldigheid daarvan te beproef. Die Suid-Afrikaanse resultate word voorts gebruik om 'n nasionale Bosingenieurswese strategie voor te stel vir die bedryf. Dit is nodig om die verlede te verstaan, voor die toekoms vooruitgeskat kan word. Om dié rede is die historiese ontwikkeling van bosingenieurswese bespreek, in beide 'n internasionale, sowel as 'n Suid Afrikaanse konteks. Die huidige status quo van Bosingenieurswese in Suid Afrika is vasgestel deur 'n nasionale opname waarby plantasies van groter as 200 ha ingesluit is. Die resultate van die opname word weergegee in Hoofstuk 2. As gevolg van die belangrikheid van beide globalisering en tegnologie, is 'n literatuur studie ingesluit in Hoofstuk 3 oor die relevansie van tegnologie in die besigheidswêreld van vandag, asook en 'n bespreking van verskeie vooruitskattingstegnieke wat in die studie gebruik kan word. Hierdie vooruitskattinge is 'n kombinasie van tradisionele vooruitskattings tegnieke, tegnologie vooruitskattingstegnieke en tegnieke wat gebruik word vir strategiese beplanning. Verskeie benaderinge tot finansiële analise is ook bespreek. Dit sluit tradisionele masjienkoste berekening in. Die rede hiervoor is om vas te stel watter metode die mees geskikte sou wees om verskeie Bosingenieurswese sisteme met mekaar te vergelyk. Die kern van die studie lê in die kombinasie van hierdie metodes om 'n bruikbare metode te ontwerp om die Bosingenieurswese waardeketting vooruit te skat. Hierdie ontwerp word in Hoofstuk 4 bespreek. Die metode word in Hoofstuk 5 beproef, deur die toepassing daarvan op die Suid Afrikaanse bosbedryf. Internasionale bosingenieurswese tendense is vasgestel deur middel van 'n Delphi studie. Hierdie vooruitskatting maak gebruik van 'n paneel van kundiges wat hulle siening oor die toekoms uitspreek deur verskeie rondtes van vrae wat aan hulle gestel word. Die studie evalueer hierna 14 Bosingenieurswese sisteme vir denne saaghout, denne pulphout en Eucalyptus pulphout, gebaseer op 'n scenario-analise van die toekoms. Die scenario matriks is gefundeer op die toekomstige koste van arbeid teenoor die toekomstige koste van masjinerie. As 'n finale stap word voorgestel hoe die Suid Afrikaanse bosbedryf kan voorberei om die toekoms tegemoet te gaan.