Investigation of barriers to entry into the design-build market in the People's Republic of China

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-127

  Bo, Xia ^a,b   Chan, Albert P C ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Barriers to entry; China; Construction market; Design and build; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

BARRIERS TO ENTRY; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION MARKETS; CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; DESIGN AND BUILD; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPETITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; MODEL BUILDINGS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84883258359     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000387     Document Type: Article

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