Electronic procurement of construction products

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 222-237

  Ugwu, O O ^a   Anumba, C J ^a   Kamara, J M ^b   Leonard, D ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Taylor Woodrow   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction procurement; Customer requirements; E commerce; Web based applications

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS; CUSTOMER PROCUREMENT; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 2342510597     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: 1741525X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTM.2002.001627     Document Type: Article

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