Effects of high prequalification requirements

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 603-612

  Wei, Lo ^a   Krizek, Raymond J ^b   Hadavi, Ahmad ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Government policies; Growth of local contractors; Prequalification requirements; Taipei mass rapid transit

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; LOCAL CONTRACTORS; MARKET CONDITION; MASS RAPID TRANSIT; PRE-QUALIFICATION; RISK TAKING;

RAPID TRANSIT;

EID: 0037892803     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371213     Document Type: Article

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