Analysis of continuous improvement: A qualitative evaluation of demonstration projects

COBRA 2008 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smyth, Hedley ^a   Olayinka, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Demonstration Projects; Investment; Knowledge Transfer

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; FINER GRAINS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS;

INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SURVEYING;

DEMONSTRATIONS;

EID: 84860378480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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