Tendering theory revisited

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-296

  Runeson, Göran ^a,b   Skitmore, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bidding; Price determination; Tendering; Tendering theory

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BIDDING; COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM; LONG SEQUENCES; NON-COOPERATIVE; PRICE DETERMINATION; PUBLIC INFORMATION; TENDERING; TENDERING THEORY;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0000964327     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371493     Document Type: Article

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