The adoption rate of e-commerce in the U.S. and Italian construction markets: Some reasons for its variability

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 11, Issue , 2006, Pages 103-111

  Costantino, Nicola ^a   Pietroforte, Roberta ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

e commerce; Purchasing; Subcontracting; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PURCHASING;

CONSTRUCTION MARKETS; SUBCONTRACTING; TRANSACTION COSTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33645762681     PISSN: 14006529     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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