Evaluation of the competitiveness of construction company overhead costs

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-224

  Šiškina, Ala ^a   Juodis, Arvydas ^a   Apanavičiene, Rasa ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Management system; Optimization strategies; Overhead costs

Indexed keywords

BIDDING PRICES; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVENESS; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION MANAGER; CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES; OVERHEAD COSTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES; WORK ORGANIZATION;

COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 67949097547     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1392-3730.2009.15.215-224     Document Type: Article

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