An examination on the sustainable competitive advantage of private finance initiative projects

Construction Innovation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-259

  de Lemos, Teresa ^a   Almeida, Luis ^a   Betts, Martin ^b   Eaton, David ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention to the client; Competitive advantage; Construction companies; Efficiency; Innovation; PFI; Quality; Sustainable competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992972067     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170310814963     Document Type: Article

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