Critical success factors of construction research and development

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 891-900

  Kulatunga, Udayangani ^a   Amaratunga, Dilanthi ^a   Haigh, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Research and development; Stakeholder satisfaction

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS; INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MONITORING AND CONTROLLING; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH TEAMS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; STAKEHOLDER SATISFACTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LAUNCHING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 70350662895     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190903186152     Document Type: Article

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