Editorial: Process and IT

Construction Innovation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 244-249

  Koskela, Lauri ^a   Dave, Bhargav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business improvement; Information systems; Process efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132916     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170810912635     Document Type: Editorial

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