External risk management practices of Chinese construction firms in Singapore

KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-95

  Low, Sui Pheng ^a   Liu, Junying ^b   He, Sarah ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese contractors; External risk; Management; Risk; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CHINESE CONTRACTORS; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS; EXTERNAL RISK; HOST COUNTRIES; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGING PROJECTS; NATIONAL CULTURES; PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENTS; PROJECT RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SINGAPORE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 65249090266     PISSN: 12267988     EISSN: 19763808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12205-009-0085-9     Document Type: Article

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