The effect of contract type and size on competitiveness in bidding

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-489

  Drew, Derek ^a   Skitmore, Martin ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bidding; Competitiveness; Contract; Contractor selection; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; CONTRACTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIDDING; COMPETITIVENESS; CONTRACTOR SELECTION; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; REGRESSION MODEL; SIZE RANGES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 0001072506     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461997372836     Document Type: Article

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