A longitudinal study of the adoption of IT technology in the Swedish building sector

Automation in Construction

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-190

  Samuelson, Olle ^a,b   Björk, Bo Christer ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Dep of Real Estate and Construction Management   (Sweden)

^c HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

BIM; Building information modeling; Building sector; Communication; Electronic commerce; IT adoption; Longitudinal survey; Project webs; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BIM; BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL - BIM; BUILDING SECTORS; IT ADOPTION; LONGITUDINAL SURVEYS; PROJECT WEBS; SWEDEN;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMMUNICATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; EMPLOYMENT; INVESTMENTS; SURVEYS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84888139132     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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