Innovation in clean-room construction: A case study of co-operation between firms

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-344

  Shields, Rob ^a   West, Kevin ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Clean rooms; Inter organizational innovation; Labour relations; Partnering; Quasi fixed network; Risk

Indexed keywords

CLEAN ROOMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OUTSOURCING;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LABOR RELATIONS;

EID: 0041767558     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000111232     Document Type: Article

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