An analyseis of productivity growth in the construction industry: A non-parametric approach

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2005 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 159-169

  Chau, K W ^a   Wang, Y S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Malmquist Index; Productivity; Technical Efficiency

Indexed keywords

CATCHING-UP; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS; HONG-KONG; MALMQUIST; MALMQUIST INDICES; NEW PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; NONPARAMETRIC APPROACHES; PRODUCTION DATA; PRODUCTION FRONTIER; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EFFICIENCY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84861076837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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