... competitive strategies, Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the networking approach. Design/methodology/approach The data collection instrument was a structured questionnaire. The data collection methods were mail survey and face‐to‐face interviews. The population comprised all A/E/C firms headquartered in China...

.... Findings For illustration, an example is used to show the application of the FCR method. The results provide valuable information for helping contractors in the local construction industry to understand their competitive advantages and weaknesses, and to formulate effective competition strategies...

... and technological innovation capacity) that affect the competitiveness of real estate enterprises. Chen and Liang (2001) explicitly delimited competitive strategy, which affects the core competitiveness of real estate enterprises, and defined competitive strategy. Coates and McDermott (2002) adopted the use...

...; often, this means meeting the goals of dominant coalitions within the organisation. Competitive strategy Culture Organizational effectiveness Construction industry China © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Anita M.M. Liu can be contacted at: ammliu@hkucc.hku.hk Since...

... by contractors. The relevance of competitive strategy and the competitive use of weapons such as IS/IT for professional service firms in construction has not, as yet, been quantifiably tested. Therefore this paper aims to address this imbalance in construction organization research by identifying the competitive...