To bid or not to bid: A parametric solution

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-466

  Wanous, M ^a   Boussabaine, A H ^a   Lewis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bid no bid criteria; Parametric bidding model; Syria

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

BID/NO BID CRITERIA; BIDDING MODELS; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; PARAMETRIC SOLUTIONS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SYRIA;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0038279079     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190050024879     Document Type: Article

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