Relative importance of subcontractor selection criteria: Evidence from Singapore

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 826-832

  Hartmann, Andreas ^a   Ling, Florence Yean Yng ^b   Tan, Jane S H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction management; Contractors; Quantitative analysis; Singapore; Subcontractors

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; KNOW-HOW; MAIN CONTRACTORS; MULTI-CRITERIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SELECTION CRITERIA; SELECTION PROCESS; SINGAPORE; SUBCONTRACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 69149092861     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2009)135:9(826)     Document Type: Article

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