Growth paths of construction enterprises in Singapore, 1980–98

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-321

  Ofori, George ^a   Lean Chan, Swee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction enterprises; Future action; Growth paths; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012450     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021155     Document Type: Review

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