Organisational knowledge and responses of public sector clients towards value management

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 445-454

  Fong, Patrick Sik Wah ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capital projects; Clients; Construction management; Public sector; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC SECTOR;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0032714995     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559910300208     Document Type: Article

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