Competitive strategy for quantity surveying practices: The importance of information technology

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-186

  Jennings, Martin J ^a   Betts, Martin ^b  

^a Davis Langdon Everest   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Information technology; Quantity surveying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974178     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021029     Document Type: Review

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