Abstract: Construction firms are now operating in a new era. Gaining and sustaining competitive advantage in this era primarily depends on effective and efficient management of knowledge assets. This paper proposes a performance ...

Abstract: Competitive strategy and neo-institutional scholars offer different views for studying a firm’s relationship with its environment. Competitive strategy scholars propose that a firm’s environment hosts competitive forces ...

Abstract: The concept of competitive positioning is explored in the context of the United States construction industry along two dimensions—scope and mode of competition. The effects of competitive positioning on construction company ...

Abstract: Computer aided design (CAD) technology is one of the most influential information technology (IT) innovations of the last four decades. This paper studies the factors that influence the spread of this important IT innovation ...

Abstract: The innovation diffusion modeling approach proposes that the diffusion of an innovation in an industry is mainly driven by internal and external influence factors. But the innovation diffusion models used in previous ...

Abstract: The contextual factors of a company, particularly age and size, are commonly argued to have important implications on its survival chances. The research presented in this paper explores these implications in the context ...

Abstract: The emergence of the effective management of knowledge resources as a key factor in gaining and sustaining competitive advantage presents new challenges to construction firms. Evaluating knowledge management practices is ...

Abstract: The rate of innovation in construction equipment is measured by using two variables over a 30-year period, 1962–92: The number of new models introduced every year and the technological life of eight earthmoving equipments ...