The influence of partnering and procurement on subcontractor involvement and innovation

Facilities

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 203-214

  Eriksson, Per Erik ^a   Dickinson, Michael ^b   Khalfan, Malik M A ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction operations; Innovation; Partnership; Procurement; Subcontracting; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047147517     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770710742174     Document Type: Article

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