A framework for developing a unified B2B e-trading construction marketplace

Automation in Construction

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-211

  Li, Heng ^a   Cao, Jiannong ^a   Castro Lacouture, Daniel ^b   Skibniewski, Mirosław ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B2B; E trading; Framework; Marketplace

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INTERNET; MARKETING; PERFORMANCE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

MOBILE AGENT-ENABLED FRAMEWORK;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0037332746     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(02)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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