Benchmarking for sustainability: An application to the sustainable construction industry

Benchmarking

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-451

  Presley, Adrien ^a   Meade, Laura ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Construction industry; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952726043     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771011049380     Document Type: Article

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