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Abdul-Aziz, A R (2009) Locational factors and foreign market-entry considerations for Malaysian contractors. Construction Economics and Building, 9(01), 27-36.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Internationalisation; Malaysian; construction contractors; location factors
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1445-2634
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v9i1.3012
  • Abstract:
    Past studies on contractor internationalisation adopt a unimodel approach. Taking up the call of a few scholars, a study is conducted, this time by integrating several extant models of firm internationalisation. Malaysian international contractors are used to test this approach. Due to space limitation, this paper is focused only on locational factors. It begins by justifying the inclusion of locational factors in a multi-model approach. Then it posits that locational disadvantage is a more intellectually appealing concept than locational advantages. Empirically, it shows that the surveyed contractors evaluate a wide range of factors before making the go/no go decision to enter foreign markets. It also shows that psychic distance was not their major concern. Finally, the locational disadvantages create a market space for international contractors with the tenacity to overcome them, which the sampled population possessed.

Hardie. M and Saha, S (2009) Builders' perceptions of lowest cost procurement and its impact on quality. Construction Economics and Building, 9(01), 1-8.

Jin, X-H (2009) Allocating risks in public-private partnerships using a transaction cost economic approach: a case study. Construction Economics and Building, 9(01), 19-26.

Langston, Y and Langston, C (2009) The inherent building energy-cost relationship: an analysis of thirty Melbourne case studies. Construction Economics and Building, 9(01), 9-18.

Ofori, G and Toor, S (2009) Role of leadership in transforming the profession of quantity surveying. Construction Economics and Building, 9(01), 37-44.

Suriyanon, N and Chovichien, V (2009) Applying conjoint analysis to study attitudes of Thai government organisations. Construction Economics and Building, 9(01), 45-54.