Measuring construction industry competitiveness: A holistic approach

Queensland University of Technology Research Week International Conference, QUT Research Week 2005 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Henricsson, Patrik ^a   Ericsson, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Competitiveness; Construction industry; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FINLAND; HOLISTIC APPROACH; POLICY DECISIONS; STRATEGIC CHANGES; SWEDEN;

BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84859015592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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