Subcontractors' bidding decisions

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-106

  Shash, Ali A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 0001413538     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1998)124:2(101)     Document Type: Article

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