Business design modeling for industrialization in construction: Cooperative approach

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-175

  Girmscheid, Gerhard ^a   Rinas, Thomas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business model; Cooperation network; Industrialization; Mass customization; System theory

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING PROCESS; BUSINESS DESIGN; BUSINESS MODELS; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; COOPERATION NETWORKS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; OUT-OF-CONTROL; PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES; SOLUTION-FINDING PROCESS; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEM SERVICES;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM THEORY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84862559793     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000089     Document Type: Article

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