Construction contractors integrating into facilities management

Facilities

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 6-15

  Bröchner, Jan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Facilities; Innovation; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849096536     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770810840273     Document Type: Article

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