Competitiveness of inexperienced and experienced contractors in bidding

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 388-395

  Fu, W K ^a   Drew, D S ^a   Lo, H P ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bidding; Competition; Construction industry; Contractors

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BIDDING; CONSTRUCTION CLIENTS; CONTRACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 9144222153     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:4(388)     Document Type: Article

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