The globalisation of the construction industry - A review

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-141

  Ngowi, A B ^a,b   Pienaar, E ^a   Talukhaba, A ^a   Mbachu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Globalisation; International construction; WTO

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GLOBALIZATION; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO);

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 11144341376     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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