The changing role of builders merchants in the construction supply chain

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 351-361

  Agapiou, Andrew ^a   Flanagan, Roger ^a   Norman, George ^b   Notman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Builders' merchants; Building materials; Components; Imports

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMMERCE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HOUSING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BUILDERS' MERCHANTS; COMPONENTS; CONSTRUCTION MARKETS; CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CHAIN; CONTRACTING FIRMS; IMPORTS; REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE; WORKING CAPITALS;

REPAIR;

EID: 0000987481     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998372376     Document Type: Article

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