Procurement in the construction industry: The impact and cost of alternative market and supply processes

Procurement in the Construction Industry: The Impact and Cost of Alternative Market and Supply Processes

Volumn 9780203968734, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-208

  Hughes, William ^a   Hillebrandt, Patricia ^a   Greenwood, David ^b   Kwawu, Wisdom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

BENEFITS AND COSTS; COLLABORATIVE WORKING; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; ECONOMIC THEORIES; PROCUREMENT METHODS; PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES; PROCUREMENT PROCESS; SUPPLY PROCESS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 84917285317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203968734     Document Type: Book

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