Strategic analysis of large local construction firms in China

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-38

  Cheah, Charles ^a   Kang, Jian ^a   Chew, David ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; EARNINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFITABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DIVERSIFICATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

COMPETITIVENESS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34250796385     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190600693450     Document Type: Article

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