Use of information and communication technologies by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in building construction

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 713-722

  Acar, Emrah ^a   Koçak, Ismail ^a   Sey, Yildiz ^a   Arditi, David ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; Organizational size; Small firms; Turkish building construction industry

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PUBLIC POLICY;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL SIZE; TURKEY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

COMMUNICATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 25844464325     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500127112     Document Type: Article

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