Are government-linked construction companies in Malaysia still valid? The indigenous contractors' perspective

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1009-1019

  Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rashid ^a   Jaafar, Mastura ^a   Hussin, Abdul Aziz ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Government linked construction companies; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONTRACTORS; ECONOMICS; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

GOVERNMENT-LINKED CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; MALAYSIA; STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNICITY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATIZATION; STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 35348877264     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190701598640     Document Type: Article

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