Lean construction: Arenas of enactment, models of diffusion and the meaning of 'leanness'

Building Research and Information

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 498-511

  Green, Stuart D ^a   May, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Industry change; Lean construction; Leanness; Pluralism

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DIFFUSION; OUTSOURCING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

INDUSTRY CHANGE; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; LEANNESS; PLURALISM;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 27344432024     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210500285106     Document Type: Review

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