Social e-business and the Satellite Network model: Innovative concepts to improve collaboration in construction

Automation in Construction

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 387-397

  Costa, António Aguiar ^a   Tavares, Luís Valadares ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Collaborative work; e Business; Social networks; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE TOOLS; COLLABORATIVE WORK; COLLABORATIVE WORKING; DEMATERIALIZATION; EBUSINESS; ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS; FUNCTIONAL APPROACH; PROJECT-BASED; SATELLITE NETWORK; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 84857368752     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2011.09.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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