CPBIS: A new model for understanding issues critical to the future of the paper industry

This paper introduces the Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS) in the context of the paper industry business environment that prevailed at the time of its establishment. The principal objective of CPBIS is to create an academic community that understands the paper industry. In doing so, it aims, through research, to create knowledge that will be of practical benefit to the industry. It will attract highly qualified students in the business, organizational, and social disciplines to study and work for the industry, and it will be a source of educational materials and programs for employees of the paper industry and associated industries. The Center's current research program is summarized and its educational activities are described.