Identifying the critical success factors for target cost contracts in the construction industry

Journal of Facilities Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-201

  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

Contracts; Critical success factors; Hong Kong; Prices; Procurement; Target costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960663355     PISSN: 14725967     EISSN: 17410983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14725961011058820     Document Type: Article

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