Enabling real estate service chain management through personalised Web interfacing using QFD

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 270-288

  Hamilton, John ^a   Selen, Willem ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Internet; Personal needs; Quality function deployment; Real estate; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042537953     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570410519033     Document Type: Review

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