The determinants of the vertical boundaries of the construction firm: Comment

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-232

  Chang, Chen Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence based approach; Subcontracting; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACH; CONSTRUCTION FIRM; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; SUBCONTRACTING; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33645131926     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500516579     Document Type: Article

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