IT sophistication, performance and progress towards formal electronic communication in the Hong Kong construction industry

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-170

  Rowlinson, Steve ^a   Croker, Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Paul Y Engineering Group Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communications; Construction industry; Hong Kong; Information management

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE;

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; OVALBUMIN GENE (OV) GENE; PGL4 LUCIFERASE REPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

HORMONES;

EID: 33645217957     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980610659616     Document Type: Article

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