A relationship approach to construction supply chains

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-327

  Davis, Peter R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Construction industry; Relationship marketing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MARKETING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUERY PROCESSING;

PRINCIPAL AXIS FACTOR ANALYSIS; RELATIONSHIP MARKETING; SUPPLY CHAIN BENEFIT VARIABLES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 40749115592     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570810858741     Document Type: Article

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