Analysis of United Kingdom off-highway construction machinery market and its consumers using new-sales data

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 529-537

  Holt, Gary D ^a   Edwards, David J ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand; Machinery; Market sector; Sales; Supply

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; CONSTRUCTION OUTPUTS; CONSUMER DEMANDS; DEMAND; MARKET SECTORS; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; PRODUCT PORTFOLIOS; SUPPLY;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HOUSING; MACHINERY; SALES;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84876275348     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000584     Document Type: Article

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