Technological gatekeepers: The management of trade literature by design offices

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-8

  Emmitt, Stephen ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building products; Information management; Risk management; Specification; Trade literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993110633     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021165     Document Type: Review

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