Benefits that foreign AEC firms derive when undertaking construction projects in China

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-515

  Ling, Florence Yean Yng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Construction industry; Globalization; International business

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944385669     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510593512     Document Type: Article

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