Critical success factors for e-tendering Implementation in construction collaborative environments: people and process issues

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 98-109

  Lou, Eric Choen Weng ^a   Alshawi, Mustafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative environments; Construction; Critical success factors; E tendering; Information technology (it); People; Process

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS; E-TENDERING; PEOPLE; PROCESS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 70349785392     PISSN: 14036835     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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