Factors affecting the bid/no bid decision in the Saudi Arabian construction contractors

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-71

  Bageis, Abdulrahman Salem ^a   Fortune, Chris ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bid no bid decision; Decision making; Project selection

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; SURVEYS;

BID/NO BID DECISION; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; DATA ANALYSIS; MODELLING PROCESS; PROJECT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

CONTRACTORS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; MODELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 61649111407     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802596220     Document Type: Article

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