Social network analysis of collaborative ventures for overseas construction projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 344-355

  Park, Heedae ^a   Han, Seung H ^a   Rojas, Eddy M ^b   Son, Jeongwook ^c   Jung, Wooyong ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative entries; Globalization; Network properties; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION NETWORK; COLLABORATIVE ENTRIES; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; CONSTRUCTION MARKETS; DENSE NETWORK; GLOBAL MARKET; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS; MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES; NETWORK PATTERN; NETWORK PROPERTIES; OVERSEAS CONSTRUCTION; RISKY PROJECTS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS APPROACHES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PROFITABILITY;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957585783     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000301     Document Type: Article

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