An economic view of project coordination
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Construction Management and Economics
- Vol. 13 (5) , 393-400
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01446199500000044
Abstract
We introduce current thinking from the field of coordination economics and apply it to the coordination needs of construction firms working on a project. A view of construction from an economic lens provides a different view of construction from that normally taken by practitioners and researchers. Combined with cost-time-capacity models of construction firms, we are able to offer a new paradigm for coordination policy in construction. This new paradigm provides an economic basis for the development and adoption of information technology by construction firms.Keywords
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