An empirical survey of the motives and benefits of adopting guaranteed maximum price and target cost contracts in construction

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 577-590

  Chan, Daniel W M ^a   Chan, Albert P C ^a   Lam, Patrick T I ^a   Wong, James M W ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Benefits; Guaranteed maximum price; Hong Kong; Motives; Target cost contracting

Indexed keywords

BENEFITS; GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE; HONG-KONG; MOTIVES; TARGET COST CONTRACTING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; INNOVATION; SURVEYS;

COSTS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CORRELATION; INCENTIVE; INNOVATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79955958592     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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