Competition environment, strategy, and performance in the Hong Kong construction industry

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-360

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

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Competition environment; Competitive strategy; Construction industry; Contractor; Contractors; Hong Kong; Performance; Resource management; Resources and capability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; HONG-KONG; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCES AND CAPABILITY;

COMPETITION; CONTRACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 84859606143     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000407     Document Type: Review

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