Business models and project selection in construction companies

Construction Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-197

  Pekuri, Aki ^a   Pekuri, Laura ^a   Haapasalo, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business model; Decision making; Management; Project management; Project selection; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928812371     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CI-12-2013-0055     Document Type: Article

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