Competitive pressures on middle-market contractors in the UK

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-168

  Stumpf, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business ratios; Competitive advantage; Construction majors; Contracting; market structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993054488     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021141     Document Type: Review

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