Is structural change the primary solution to the problems of construction?

Building Research and Information

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-96

  Koskela, Lauri ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Construction; Construction performance; Production theory; Re engineering construction; Structural change

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONCEPTUALIZATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; THEORY OF MANAGEMENT; THEORY OF PRODUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037367928     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210301999     Document Type: Article

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