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Construction Management and Economics Volume 27, 2009 - Issue 10: Informality and Emergence in Construction
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Emergent discourses of construction competitiveness: localized learning and embeddedness

Chung‐Chin Kao School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stuart D. Green School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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Graeme D. Larsen School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Pages 1005-1017 | Received 10 Dec 2008, Accepted 20 Aug 2009, Published online: 23 Nov 2009

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