Construction project procurement routes: An in-depth critique

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-354

  Oyegoke, Adekunle S ^a   Dickinson, Michael ^a   Khalfan, Malik M A ^b   McDermott, Peter ^a   Rowlinson, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Contracts; Procurement; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867658663     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910971018     Document Type: Article

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