The assessment of bidding strategy of iranian construction firm

International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Banki, M T ^a   Esmaeeli, B ^a   Ravanshadnia, M ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bidding strategy; Statistical analysis and number of bidders

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014053818     PISSN: 17509653     EISSN: 17509661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17509653.2009.10671070     Document Type: Article

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