Response strategies to the competition in the Chinese construction market

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Ye, Kunhui ^a   Shen, Liyin ^b   Tan, Yongtao ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Coefficient analysis; Competition; Market performance indicators; Response strategies

Indexed keywords

CHINESE CONSTRUCTION MARKET; COEFFICIENT ANALYSIS; COMPETITION STRATEGY; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; CONSTRUCTION MARKETS; LOCAL MARKETS; MAIN CONTRACTORS; MAJOR CITIES; MARKET PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE APPROACH;

BENCHMARKING; COMMERCE; CONTRACTORS;

COMPETITION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 77950925318     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190903473774     Document Type: Article

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