Contractual Frameworks and Cooperative Relationships

Collaborative Relationships in Construction: Developing Frameworks and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 78-104

  Kumaraswamy, Mohan ^a   Anvuur, Aaron ^b   Mahesh, Gangadhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction contracting; Contractual frameworks and cooperative relationships; External contractual relationships; International Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Group's 'interaction model'; Non instrumental motivations; Price, authority and trust; Project procurement and contractual systems; Relational contracting and Williamson's TCE framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889408119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301069.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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