Singapore's construction: Moving toward a knowledge-based industry

Building Research and Information

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 401-412

  Ofori, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business systems; Construction business systems; Human resources; Knowledge based economy; Learning; Professionalism; Public policy; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

KNOWLEDGE-BASED INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0036858470     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210210160783     Document Type: Article

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