A framework for contractors to reach strategically correct bid/no bid and mark-up size decisions

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1373-1385

  Egemen, Mehmedali ^a   Mohamed, Abdulrezak N ^b  

^a CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bid no bid decision; Contractor size; Contractors; Developing country; Mark up; Strategic decision

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BIDDING; CONTRACTOR SIZE; CONTRACTORS; MARK-UP SIZE DECISIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 33751297100     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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