Determinants of local responsiveness of FMNCS in mainland China

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2008 - Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1003-1011

  Feng, Lu ^a   Moodley, Krisen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging market; International construction; Local responsiveness; Multinational construction companies (MNCs)

Indexed keywords

CHINESE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; EMERGING MARKETS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; INTERNAL RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOCAL CONTRACTORS; LOCAL NETWORKS; LOCAL RESPONSIVENESS; LOCALISATION; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE; WORLD TRADE;

COMPETITION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 79954421950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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