Success factors for the implementation of web-based construction project management systems: A cross-case analysis

Construction Innovation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-42

  Nitithamyong, Pollaphat ^a   Skibniewski, Miroslaw J ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Extranets; Internet; Project management; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957480555     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171111104619     Document Type: Article

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