Latham as half-way house: A relational competence approach to better practice in construction procurement

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-158

  Cox, Andrew ^a   Townsend, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fit for purpose supply relationships; Industry structure; Latham; Process spend; Relational competence analysis; intelligent clients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992998209     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021045     Document Type: Review

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