Abstract: The structure of a market can be described by how the market is composed of firms of different sizes and how these firms are diversified into different subsectors. In construction, few empirical studies exist on organizational ...

Abstract: In construction, many large firms are diversified, and their diversification is recognized as a corporate strategy for growth and risk management. Diversification indicates extended competition into a different market ...

Abstract: Competitive bidding is the major mechanism of competition. Bidding is risky because the actual cost of the job is unknown. Thus, the bid should be high enough to make a profit but low enough to win the bidding. The result ...

Abstract: This paper examines sensitivity of the performance of seven project duration forecasting methods in the earned value management (EVM) literature to characteristic patterns of planned value and earned value S-curves. ...