An analysis of construction productivity in Malaysia

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1055-1069

  Chia, Fah Choy ^a   Skitmore, Martin ^b   Runeson, Goran ^c   Bridge, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction industry; gross output; Malaysia; productivity; value added

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; CAPITAL INTENSITY; CAPITAL PRODUCTIVITY; CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; GROSS OUTPUT; LABOUR COSTS; MALAYSIA; SUBSECTORS; VALUE ADDED; VALUE-ADDED CONTENT;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST ACCOUNTING; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; WAGES;

PRODUCTIVITY;

CAPITAL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84868559158     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.711910     Document Type: Article

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