Preparing Singapore's construction industry for the knowledge-based economy: Practices, procedures and performance

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-125

  Ofori, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction practices; Contruction 21; Globalization; Integration; Knowledge based economy

Indexed keywords

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

CORPORATE COMPETITIVENESS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GLOBALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0038644493     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000079680     Document Type: Article

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