Reducing construction costs: European best practice supply chain implications

European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 149-158

  Proverbs, David G ^a   Holt, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practices; Construction labour cost; European contractor performance; Supply chain(s)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034370020     PISSN: 09697012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-7012(00)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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