Subcontracting practices in USA homebuilding an empirical verification of Eccles's findings 20 years later

European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-23

  Costantino, Nicola ^a   Pietroforte, Roberto ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry and homebuilding; Quasifirm; Subcontracting; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036181688     PISSN: 09697012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-7012(01)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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