A review of productivity analysis of the New Zealand construction industry

Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Carson, Chris ^b   Abbott, Malcolm ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Construction NZ; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866496737     PISSN: 18356354     EISSN: 18379133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5130/ajceb.v12i3.2584     Document Type: Review

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