icBench - A benchmarking tool for Portuguese construction industry companies

International Journal for Housing Science and Its Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-41

  da Costa, Jorge Moreira ^a   Horta, Isabel ^a   Guimarães, Nuno ^a   Nóvoa, Henriqueta ^a   Cunha, João F ^a   Sousa, Rui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Construction; Management; Performance indicators; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONTRACTORS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INTERNAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33947250139     PISSN: 01466518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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