Contractors' competition strategies in bidding: Hong Kong study

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1069-1077

  Tan, Yongtao ^a   Shen, Liyin ^a   Langston, Craig ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bidding; Cluster analysis; Competition strategy; Effectiveness; Frequency

Indexed keywords

BIDDING; BIDDING STRATEGY; COMPETITION STRATEGY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EFFECTIVENESS; FREQUENCY; HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HONG-KONG; LOCAL CONTRACTORS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; PROFITABILITY;

COMPETITION;

EID: 77956870053     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000219     Document Type: Article

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