The international performance of British construction companies 1990-1996

Building Research and Information

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 280-290

  Crosthwaite, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British construction companies; Internationalization; Location; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342418665     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210050073733     Document Type: Review

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