Use of warranties on highway projects: A real option perspective

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 118-125

  Cui, Qingbin ^a   Bayraktar, Mehmet Emre ^a   Hastak, Makarand ^a   Minkarah, Issam ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Highway construction; Quality control; State government; Warranties

Indexed keywords

DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT); HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; STATE GOVERNMENTS; WARRANTIES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVEYS;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 14744301874     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2004)20:3(118)     Document Type: Review

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