Development Strategies for Chinese Design Institutes

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 62-69

  Xu, Tianji ^a   Smith, N J ^a   Bower, D A ^a   Chew, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Design build; Engineering firms; Regulations; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; DESIGN/BUILD; ENGINEERING FIRMS; WORLD TRADE ORGENIZATION (WTO);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 11944271676     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2004)20:2(62)     Document Type: Review

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