Predicting construction firm performance: An empirical assessment of the differential impact between industry- and firm-specific factors

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-320

  Phua, Florence T T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Firm specific factors; Industry specific factors; Institutional environment; Performance heterogeneity; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION FIRM; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FIRM-SPECIFIC FACTORS; INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC FACTORS; INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PERFORMANCE HETEROGENEITY; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645128272     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500435127     Document Type: Article

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