Critical contractual issues of outsourced operation and maintenance service for commercial buildings

International Journal of Service Industry Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-343

  Lai, Joseph H K ^a   Yik, Francis W H ^a   Jones, Phil ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building services; Contracts; Outsourcing; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746647395     PISSN: 09564233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564230610680640     Document Type: Article

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