Value creation through an e-business strategy: Implication for SMEs in construction

Construction Innovation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-14

  Loforte Robeiro, Francisco ^a   Love, Peter E d ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

e business; Internet and Web technologies; Re Engineering; Roadworks; SMEs; Supply chain; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993009928     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170310814819     Document Type: Article

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