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Coordinating for service delivery in public-private partnership and private finance initiative construction projects: early findings from an exploratory study
Rowe, Andrew D.; Tranfield, D.; Smart, P.; Levene, R.; … - 2005
Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, published by and copyright Professional Engineering Publishing.
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Macroeconomics and the construction sector : evidence from Portugal
Correia, Leónida; Kaizeler, Maria João - In: Athens journal of business & economics : AJBE 9 (2023) 1, pp. 9-26
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Reconstructing the great recession
Boldrin, Michele; Garriga, Carlos; Peralta-Alva, Adrian; … - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2013
This paper evaluates the role of the construction sector in accounting for the performance of the U.S. economy in the last decade. During the Great Recession (2008-09) employment in the construction sector experienced an unprecedented decline that followed the largest expansion in employment...
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Marketing policies of companies in a cyclical sector: an empirical study of the construction industry in the United Kingdom
Bennett, Roger - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 20 (2005) 3, pp. 118-126
Purpose – To establish the best approaches that companies operating within a cyclical economic environment should adopt when marketing their products. Design/methodology/approach – A structural equation modelling procedure is applied to the examination of the influences on corporate...
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Impact of motivation on productivity of craftsmen in construction firms in Lagos, Nigeria
Funso, Afuye; Sammy, Letema; Gerryshom, Munala - In: International journal of economics and finance 8 (2016) 4, pp. 271-276
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Demotivating factors influencing productivity in Jordanian residential construction projects
Sweis, Nadia J.; Sweis, Rateb J.; Kassab, Ghaith; Elfar, Amr - In: International journal of productivity and quality … 20 (2017) 2, pp. 154-168
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Construction productivity and global inequality
Paul, Saumik; Sen, Kunal - 2023
examines the implications of heterogeneity in construction productivity on cross-country income disparity. We estimate the 10 …:1 spread in construction productivity among 145 countries in 2005 as a factor of 61.7-fold. Based on a general equilibrium … construction productivity gap is eliminated. Sectoral characterization of the aggregate effect of a change in construction …
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An examination of the relationship between skills development and productivity in the construction industry
Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Samir - 2008
aim of this research was toexamine the relationship between skills development and productivity in theconstruction … productivity performance, particularlywhen considering the heterogeneous nature of the construction industry. Governmentclaims … about the mono-causal relationship between skills and productivity should betreated with caution. A simple boost in …
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Unions and efficiency in private sector construction : further evidence
Allen, Steven G. - 1987
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The construction industry in India : a study of its output, employment, and instability
Chilukuri, Panduranga Reddy - 1997 - 1st ed
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