An empirical study on the relationship between sustainability performance and business competitiveness of international construction contractors

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 273-278

  Tan, Yongtao ^a   Ochoa, J Jorge ^b   Langston, Craig ^c   Shen, Liyin ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Business competitiveness; Construction industry; Contractor; International revenue; Sustainability performance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY; INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84926141901     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.034     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. I. Adetunji, A. Price, P. Fleming, and P. Kemp Sustainability and the UK construction industry - a review Proc. ICE-Eng. Sustain. 156 4 2003 185 199
2. L. Bourdeau Sustainable development and the future of construction: a comparison of visions from various countries Build. Res. Inf. 27 6 1999 354 366
3. Engineering News Record The Top International Contractors, ENR Top Lists 2004-2013 McGrawHill Construction
4. H. Fergusson, and D.A. Langford Strategies for managing environmental issues in construction organizations Eng. Constr. Archit. Manag. 13 2 2006 171 185
5. F.E. Grubbs Sample criteria for testing outlying observations Ann. Math. Stat. 21 1950 27 58
6. S.L. Hart, and G. Ahuja Does it pay to be green? an empirical examination of the relationship between emission reduction and firm performance Bus. Strategy Environ. 5 1996 30 37
7. C. Kibert Proceedings of the First International Conference on Sustainable Construction, Tampa, University of Florida, 6 - 9 November 1994
8. A.A. King, and M.J. Lenox Does it really pay to be Green? an empirical study of firm environmental and financial performance J. Ind. Ecol. 5 1 2001 105 116
9. G.A. Morgan, O.V. Griego, and G. Gloeckner Introduction to SPSS: an Introduction to Use and Interpretation in Research 2001 Lawrence Erlbaum Mahwah, New Jersey
10. J.H. Park, and Y.G. Ahn Strategic environmental management of Korean construction industry in the context of typology models J. Clean. Prod. 23 1 2012 158 166
11. M.E. Porter America's Green strategy Sci. Am. 264 4 1991 168
12. M.E. Porter, and C. van der Linde Green and competitive: ending the stalemate Harv. Bus. Rev. 73 5 1995 120 134
13. RobecoSAM The Sustainability Yearbook (2004-2013) 2004-2013 RobecoSAM In cooperation with KPMG
14. H.S. Robinson, C.J. Anumba, P.M. Carrillo, and A.M. Al-Ghassani STEPS: a knowledge management maturity roadmap for corporate sustainability Bus. Process Manag. J. 12 6 2006 793 808
15. S. Schaltegger, and T. Synnestvedt The link between 'Green' and economic success: environmental management as the crucial trigger between environmental and economic performance J. Environ. Manag. 65 4 2002 339 346
16. L.Y. Shen, and Z.H. Zhang China's urbanization challenging sustainable development Int. J. Hous. Sci. Its Appl. 26 3 2002 181 193
17. B. Sinclair-Desgagné Remarks on Environmental Regulation, Firm Behaviour and Innovation (Scientific Series 99s-20; Montreal: Cirano) 1999
18. H. Son, and C. Kim Early prediction of the performance of green building projects using pre-project planning variables: data mining approaches J. Clean. Prod. 2014 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.071 Available online 2 September 2014
19. T.A. Stewart Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organisations 1997 Doubleday Dell Publishing Group New York, NY
20. Sustainable Construction Task Group (SCTG) Reputation, Risk and Reward: The Business Case for Sustainability in the UK Property Markets 2002 available at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070603164510/http://www.dti.gov.uk/construction/sustain/rrnr.pdf (accessed July 2014)
21. Y.T. Tan, L.Y. Shen, and H. Yao Sustainable construction practice and contractors' competitiveness: a preliminary study Habitat Int. 35 2 2011 225 230
22. G. Trufil, and K. Hunter Development of a sustainability framework to promote business competitiveness in construction SMEs Proceedings of the CIB W092 Symposium on "Sustainability and Value through Construction Procurement", 29th November - 2nd December 2006, Salford 2006
23. 2 emission perspective Energy 36 5 2011 3022 3029
24. W.H. Tsai, S.J. Lin, Y.F. Lee, Y.C. Chang, and J.L. Hsu Construction method selection for green building projects to improve environmental sustainability by using an MCDM approach J. Environ. Plan. Manag. 56 10 2013 1487 1510
25. W.H. Tsai, C.H. Yang, J.C. Chang, and H.L. Lee An Activity-Based Costing decision model for life cycle assessment in green building projects Eur. J. Oper. Res. 238 2 2014 607 619
26. A. Varnäs, B. Balfors, and C. Faith-Ell Environmental consideration in procurement of construction contracts: current practice, problems and opportunities in green procurement in the Swedish construction industry J. Clean. Prod. 17 13 2009 1214 1222
27. M. Wagner, S. Schaltegger, and W. Wehrmeyer The relation between the environmental and economic performance of firms: what does theory propose and what does empirical evidence tell us? Greener Manag. Int. 34 2001 95 108
28. M. Wagner, and S. Schaltegger How does sustainability performance relate to and business competitiveness? Greener Manag. Int. (GMI) 44 2003 5 16 Special Edition on "Sustainability Performance and Business Competitiveness", Winter 2003
29. A. Zutshi, and A. Creed An international review of environmental initiatives in the construction sector J. Clean. Prod. 2014 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.077 Available online 10 July 2014