Abstract: Projects with poor noncompete provision design have caused heavy costs for both public and private organizations, primarily due to the embedded monopoly right of the private sector to collect toll revenue. Prior studies ...

Abstract: Although building information modeling (BIM) is believed to have the potential to curb opportunistic behavior, opportunism is observed in some BIM-enabled projects surprisingly often. One possible reason is that, in current ...

Abstract: Because conflicts are unavoidable in construction projects, resolving them constructively is essential. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether trust and conflict event criticality can affect conflict resolution ...

Abstract: When designing contracts in practice, project owners often allocate excessive risks to contractors. Although previous studies have suggested that such improper risk allocation may harm the relationship between the owner ...

Abstract: Trust is regarded as an important governance mechanism for subcontracting in the construction industry. However, trust is also vulnerable and fragile. After trust is built, trust is not necessarily maintained throughout a ...

Abstract: Due to inadequate use of building information modeling (BIM) at the individual level, many construction organizations have failed to realize the full benefits of BIM use, even in the postadoption stage. In this paper, BIM ...

Abstract: Management control in international joint ventures (IJVs) is an important instrument for parent firms (parents) to achieve their goals. Although determinants of parents’ management control have been widely explored, the ...

Abstract: Although previous studies have suggested that the level of owner-provided design can influence the performance of design-build (DB) projects, few have explicitly and empirically investigated the effect of the level of ...

Abstract: When designing contracts in practice, project owners often allocate excessive risks to contractors. Although previous studies have suggested that such improper risk allocation may harm the relationship between the owner ...