Effective applications of e-commerce technologies in construction supply chain: Current practice and future improvement

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 11, Issue , 2006, Pages 127-147

  Zou, Patrick X W ^a   Seo, Youngsin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Challenges; Construction supply chain; e commerce; Knowledge sharing; Learning and training; Process

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHALLENGES; CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CHAIN; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; LEARNING AND TRAINING; PROCESS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33645753220     PISSN: 14006529     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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