Construction contracts: The cost of mistrust

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Zaghloul, Ramy ^a   Hartman, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contracting strategies; Risk allocation; Transaction costs; Trust relationships

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTS; RISKS;

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0042622440     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(02)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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