Technological progress and the productive efficiency of construction firms in Hong Kong, 1981-2001

Journal of Construction Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-207

  Chau, K W ^a   Poon, S W ^a   Wang, Y S ^b   Lu, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catching up process; Construction firms; Data envelopment analysis; Hong kong; Productive efficiency; Subcontracting

Indexed keywords

CATCHING-UP PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33645524685     PISSN: 16099451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1609945105000390     Document Type: Article

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