Effects of contractors' risk attitude on competition in construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-283

  Kim, Hyung Jin ^a   Reinschmidt, Kenneth F ^b  

^a Kunwon Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bids; Competition; Competitive bidding; Competitive success; Construction industry; Contractors; ENR top 400 contractors; Evolutionary approach; Market structure; Organizational risk attitude; Organizations; Risk management

Indexed keywords

BIDS; COMPETITIVE BIDDING; COMPETITIVE SUCCESS; ENR TOP 400 CONTRACTORS; EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH; MARKET STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL RISK ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATIONS;

COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; PROFITABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COMPETITION;

EID: 79955389359     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000284     Document Type: Article

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