Volume building as competitive strategy

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-176

  Chiang, Yat Hung ^a   Tang, Bo Sin ^a   Wong, Francis ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Hong Kong; Prefabrication; Strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTORS; COST REDUCTION; HOUSES; INNOVATION; MARKETING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING PROJECT; LEADERSHIP; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 39749160902     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190701749151     Document Type: Article

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