Gruneberg, Stephen L.

The economics of the modern construction firm / Stephen L. Gruneberg and Graham J. Ive. - Basingstoke : Macmillan, 2000. - xxv, 307 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures. - List of tables. - Preface. - List of acronyms. - Introduction. - Pt. I. Social structures of accumulation. 1. Social structures of organisation. 2. Social structures applied to the provision of the built environment. 3. Size distributions and polarisation of construction firms and markets. - Pt. II. Construction markets. 4. Towards usable concepts of construction market structure. 5. Construction markets and transaction costs. 6. The nature of construction markets. - Pt. III. Capacity. 7. Vapacity of the construction industry. 8. Capacity of the firm and the economics of the growth of firms. - Pt. IV. Pricing and investment strategies. 9. Pricing and investment. 10. Marketing and production decisions of speculative builders and contractors. - Pt. V. Capital circuits. 11. The industrial capital circuit and cash flows in construction firms. 12. Capital circuits, conflicts and strategies. - Bibliography. - Index.

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Construction industry--Economic aspects.

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