Transaction-related issues and construction project performance

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-164

  Li, Huimin ^a   Arditi, David ^b   Wang, Zhuofu ^c  

^a NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

construction projects; Project performance; transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

CHANGE ORDER; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTRACTOR'S ROLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MARKET RESEARCHES; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; QUALITY STANDARD; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS;

COSTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TRANSACTION COST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863235285     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.655254     Document Type: Article

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