Investment sequencing in the brick industry: An application of grounded theory

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-247

  Scheibl, Fiona ^a   Wood, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraints; Coordination; Investment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 15944420934     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bei028     Document Type: Article

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