Customer-focused approaches to innovation in housebuilding

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 557-564

  Ozaki, Ritsuko ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Customized house design; Good communication; Good service

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; HOUSES;

HOUSEBIULDING INDUSTRY;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

CONSTRUCTION; HOUSING; INNOVATION;

EID: 0141925348     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000134093     Document Type: Article

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