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Supply chain management and lean concept in construction: a case of Ghanaian building construction industry

By: Ali Boateng  
Open Access
|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2019-0010 | Journal eISSN: 1847-6228 | Journal ISSN: 1847-5450
Language: English
Page range: 2034 - 2043
Submitted on: Jul 11, 2019
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Accepted on: Nov 28, 2019
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Published on: Dec 31, 2019
Published by: University of Zagreb
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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