Building for the future: The potential importance of the construction industry in Welsh economic development policy

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-540

  Miller, Miller J M ^a,b   Packham, Gary A ^a,b   Pickernell, David G ^a,b   McGovern, Mark ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Government policy; Small construction enterprises; Training and development; Wales

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONTRACTS; ECONOMICS;

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; SMALL CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISE (SCE);

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242697728     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190310001649128     Document Type: Article

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