Construction supply chain economics / / Kerry London.

This is the first comprehensive investigation of the industrial sourcing and procurement practices throughout sixty-eight construction industry supply channels across seven major commodity sectors at all levels. London presents real-world case studies to combine theory and practice to describe the e...

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Superior document:Spon Research ; v.10
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Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York, NY : : Routledge,, 2015.
©2008
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Spon Research
Physical Description:1 online resource (481 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction to supply chain economics and procurement; 2 The rationale for the modelling of procurement in the construction supply chain; 3 Supply chain theory and models; 4 Industrial organization economics methodology and supply chain industrial organization approaches; 5 Project-oriented industrial organization economics supply chain procurement model; 6 Multiple project environment chain structural organization; 7 Case study: Complex core commodity supply chain - façade chain cluster
  • 8 Case study: Simple and complex core and non-core supply chain - steel chain cluster9 Case studies: Simple and complex core commodity supply chains - mechanical services, formwork, concrete and masonry; 10 Conclusions and future directions: Supply chain specialization and integration blueprint; Bibliography; Index