Overcoming the hurdle of first cost: Action research in target costing

Building a Sustainable Future - Proceedings of the 2009 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1038-1047

  Ballard, Glenn ^a   Rybkowski, Zofia K ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; BUILDING COSTS; BUSINESS PLANS; COST MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKERS; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL CENTER; PLANNING AND DESIGN; TARGET COST; TARGET COSTING; TARGET COSTING TECHNIQUES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; TARGETS;

COSTS;

EID: 69949098631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41020(339)105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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