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Chen, Z, Li, H, Shen, Q and Xu, W (2004) An empirical model for decision-making on ISO 14000 acceptance in the Shanghai construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 55-73.

Dunn, B (2004) The regionalization of international contracting and its implications for models of construction spending. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 93-100.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: International contracting; regionalization; economic development; construction spending
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619042000186095
  • Abstract:

    This paper documents an increasing regionalization of overseas contracting during the 1980s and 1990s. This involved a greater share within richer countries, particularly of intra-European work. This evidence challenges suggestions that middle-income countries are particularly appropriate destinations of overseas investment by developed country contractors. The paper therefore re-evaluates the model underlying such predictions, which relates construction spending to economic development. Reconsidering its empirical basis, it argues that the association between overall levels of per capita income and levels of construction spending is too weak to be of practical utility. It stresses the possibility of different routes to economic development and that this often remained an uncertain process and one within which levels of construction output varied widely. It therefore concludes that research should be informed by a broader political economy approach.

Lavy, S and Shohet, I M (2004) Integrated maintenance management of hospital buildings: a case study. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 25-34.

Manavazhi, M R (2004) Assessment of the propensity for revisions in design projects through the dichotomous characterization of designer effort. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 47-54.

Moselhi, O, Li, J and Alkass, S (2004) Web-based integrated project control system. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 35-46.

Pan, Z (2004) Commercial housing ownership predictors in urban China: an analysis of a national survey. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 85-91.

Pries, F, Dorée, A G, Veen, B V d and Vrijhoef, R (2004) Note: The role of leaders' paradigm in construction industry change. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 7-10.

Skitmore, R M (2004) Predicting the probability of winning sealed bid auctions: the effects of outliers on bidding models. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 101-9.

Sohail, M and Baldwin, A N (2004) Performance indicators for 'micro-projects' in developing countries. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 11-23.

Turner, J R (2004) Farsighted project contract management: incomplete in its entirety. Construction Management and Economics, 22(01), 75-83.