Vertical governance of construction projects: An information cost perspective

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1137-1147

  Sha, Kaixun ^a  

^a SHANDONG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contracting; governance; information cost; project; transaction cost; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTING; GOVERNANCE; INFORMATION COST; PROJECT; TRANSACTION COST; UNCERTAINTY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MODELING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 84857943802     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2011.637939     Document Type: Article

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