The University of Guelph requires all suppliers and subcontractors to adhere to the University of Guelph's Code of Ethical Conduct for Suppliers and Subcontractors [1]. In indicating their own compliance with the code, suppliers accept responsibility for ensuring that all immediate subcontractors in all their supply chains are also in compliance. The University of Guelph will engage in construc...

The University of Guelph requires all suppliers and subcontractors to adhere to the University of Guelph's Code of Ethical Conduct for Suppliers and Subcontractors [1]. In indicating their own compliance with the code, suppliers accept responsibility for ensuring that all immediate subcontractors in all their supply chains are also in compliance. The University of Guelph will engage in construc...

The University of Guelph requires all suppliers and subcontractors to adhere to the University of Guelph's Code of Ethical Conduct for Suppliers and Subcontractors [1]. In indicating their own compliance with the code, suppliers accept responsibility for ensuring that all immediate subcontractors in all their supply chains are also in compliance. The University of Guelph will engage in construc...

Time, as one of most important factors in a successful construction project, can be traded between subcontractors in sequential projects. In optimal case for trading time, subcontractors have reasonable incentive to cooperate. In this paper we introduce a new problem in field of subcontractors cooperating and then we propose a model to solve it. Finally, a case study is represented to more comp...

Formwork subcontractors that hire open shop workers, rather than union workers can win more contracts and earn more profits from general contractors because of greater agility and lower costs. A subcontractor may earn even more profit if it collaborates with others in a coalition. Payoff functions for individual subcontractors and a group of subcontractors in a coalition are formulated. Profit ...

Prime contractors rely heavily on subcontractor services to lower costs and increase efficiency construction projects. Subcontractors perform certain tasks that the main contractor cannot efficiently. To get a competent subcontractor, it is necessary hold selection of subcontractors. The subcontractors becomes very important in keeping pace with growth industry, so as executor requires or speci...

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the factors determining the productivity of the software industry in Japan, using individual data from the Survey of the State of the Information Service Industry conducted in August 2006 by IPA (Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan). This paper focuses on the relationship between the subcontracting structure and productivity in the Japanes...

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The high mobility exhibited by both supported and suspended graphene, as well as its large in-plane thermal conductivity, has generated much excitement across a variety of applications. As exciting as these properties are, one of the principal issues inhibiting the development of graphene technologies pertains to difficulties in engineering high-quality metal contacts on graphene. As device dim...

Practitioners have tried to solve a project schedule coordination problem involving many subcontractors with a centralized approach, but failed to provide a cohesive solution. They have overlooked a principle that general contractors cannot coordinate subcontractors like they do their own forces. The project schedule coordination problem could be solved better by subcontractors in a distributed...