Supervising for quality: An empirical examination of institutional arrangements in China's construction industry

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 723-737

  Yung, Ping ^a   Lai, Lawrence Wai Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coase Theorem; Construction quality; Construction supervision; Principal agent theory; State owned enterprise

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; FOOD PROCESSING; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION QUALITY; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS; OUTPUT QUALITY; PER CAPITA; PRINCIPAL-AGENT THEORY; RAPID CHANGES; REGRESSION (R2); STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (SOE);

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 47349116069     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190801998690     Document Type: Article

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