A comparative study of top British and Chinese international contractors in the global market

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 717-731

  Pheng, Low Sui ^a   Hongbin, Jiang ^a   Leong, Christopher H Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Firms; Great Britain; International construction; Performance

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION MARKET; CONTRACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7444271611     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000202780     Document Type: Article

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