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This is a revised and updated edition of Patricia Hillebrandt's classic textbook, which has been used by generations of students. It deals with the application of economic theory to the workings of the construction firm and the construction industry and brings the subject right up to date.
After opening chapters describe the nature of the subject and the place of the construction industry in the economy, the book analyses in detail the determination of demand and the way demand is treated in the industry. Following chapters look at the way the industry supplies the products and the determination of their price.
The book includes a topical assessment of the implications for competition in the industry of new methods of procurement; a new chapter on the economics of the demand for rehabilitation, repair and maintenance; and two new chapters dealing with broader issues, including the application of theory to problems of appropriate technology for developing countries, and decisions of the firm as to its choice of businesses.
After opening chapters describe the nature of the subject and the place of the construction industry in the economy, the book analyses in detail the determination of demand and the way demand is treated in the industry. Following chapters look at the way the industry supplies the products and the determination of their price.
The book includes a topical assessment of the implications for competition in the industry of new methods of procurement; a new chapter on the economics of the demand for rehabilitation, repair and maintenance; and two new chapters dealing with broader issues, including the application of theory to problems of appropriate technology for developing countries, and decisions of the firm as to its choice of businesses.
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About the Author:
PATRICIA HILLEBRANDT is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading and, since 1967, an economic and management consultant on the construction industry. She has previously been employed as an economist to the contracting company Richard Costain Ltd, at the National Economic Development Office, and as Senior Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London. She has been a consultant to many international and governmental organizations, including the UK Ministry of Overseas Development, the World Bank, the International Labour Organization and DANIDA, the Danish aid organization. She is the author of several books on the contruction industry, including Analysis of the British Construction Industry, and the author or editor (with others) of several books on the way contractors take their management decisions.
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This revised edition of an established classic textbook brings the subject right up to date. It applies economic theory to the formation of demand on the construction industry and to the way the industry responds.
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- ISBN 10 0333149440
- ISBN 13 9780333149447
- BindingHardcover
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