Subcontractor procurement in construction: The interplay of price and trust

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 354-362

  Hartmann, Andreas ^a   Caerteling, Jasper ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Heijmans Techniek and Mobiliteit   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Prices; Procurement; Subcontracting; The Netherlands; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956076549     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541011068288     Document Type: Article

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