Investigating antecedents and drivers affecting the adoption of collaboration technologies in the construction industry

Automation in Construction

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 632-641

  Nikas, Athanasios ^a   Poulymenakou, Angeliki ^a   Kriaris, Panagioths ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collaborative technologies adoption; Construction industry; Organisation IT infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ADOPTION FACTORS; COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES ADOPTION; COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 34147140067     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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