Construction business systems in Japan: General contractors and subcontractors

Building Research and Information

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 413-424

  Reeves, K ^a  

^a British Embassy   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business systems; Construction business system; Contracting system; Contractors; Japan; Subcontractors

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; MODERNIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACTING SYSTEMS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0036857296     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210210159857     Document Type: Article

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