Investigation of the early stages of project formulation

Facilities

Volumn 18, Issue , 2000, Pages 524-535

  Woodhead, R M ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clients; Construction industry; Decision making; Paradigms; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986135442     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770010358079     Document Type: Article

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