Achieving the unlikely: Innovating in the loosely coupled construction system

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 827-838

  Dorée, André G ^a   Holmen, Elsebeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Construction; Contracts; Innovation; Loosely coupled systems

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; DESIGN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; EXCEPTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 8644231662     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000190225     Document Type: Article

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