Market structure and organizational performance of construction organizations

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-220

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

^a Kunwon Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction market structure; ENR top 400 contractors; ENR top 500 design firms; Market diversification; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MARKETS; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; DESIGN FIRMS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FIRM GROWTH; FIRM SIZE; MARKET DIVERSIFICATION; MARKET STRUCTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; SUBSECTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; DESIGN;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84873364920     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000082     Document Type: Article

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