The motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru / Marlina Ismail

Strategic alliances are a vital and popular alternative for survival and growth of the company in order to face with the intense and global competition. Nowadays, strategic alliances are becoming an increasingly important in construction industry. Malaysia began develop its construction industry sin...

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Main Author: Ismail, Marlina
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2011
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25217/
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description Strategic alliances are a vital and popular alternative for survival and growth of the company in order to face with the intense and global competition. Nowadays, strategic alliances are becoming an increasingly important in construction industry. Malaysia began develop its construction industry since independence and this industry plays an important role in generating wealth as well as improving the quality life of Malaysian. The purpose of this research is to determine and understand why construction companies in Johor Bahru are opting for strategic alliances. The research aims in assisting construction companies in order to be a major industry in the country. This research used primary and secondary data in order to gather the data. The findings are being interpreted using correlation coefficient in order to test the hypotheses. This research also used descriptive statistics in order to find out the most preferable motives of alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru. Based on the findings, resources, learning and transaction cost have positive relationship with strategic alliances. Besides, it also shows that learning is the most preferable motive of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru.
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spelling uitm-252172019-09-26T03:39:38Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25217/ The motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru / Marlina Ismail Ismail, Marlina Strategic alliances. Business networks Construction industry Competition. International competition Strategic alliances are a vital and popular alternative for survival and growth of the company in order to face with the intense and global competition. Nowadays, strategic alliances are becoming an increasingly important in construction industry. Malaysia began develop its construction industry since independence and this industry plays an important role in generating wealth as well as improving the quality life of Malaysian. The purpose of this research is to determine and understand why construction companies in Johor Bahru are opting for strategic alliances. The research aims in assisting construction companies in order to be a major industry in the country. This research used primary and secondary data in order to gather the data. The findings are being interpreted using correlation coefficient in order to test the hypotheses. This research also used descriptive statistics in order to find out the most preferable motives of alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru. Based on the findings, resources, learning and transaction cost have positive relationship with strategic alliances. Besides, it also shows that learning is the most preferable motive of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru. Faculty of Business and Management 2011 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25217/1/PPb_MARLINA%20ISMAIL%20BM%20M%2011_5.pdf Ismail, Marlina (2011) The motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru / Marlina Ismail. (2011) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/25217.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Strategic alliances. Business networks
Construction industry
Competition. International competition
Ismail, Marlina
The motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru / Marlina Ismail
title The motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru / Marlina Ismail
title_full The motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru / Marlina Ismail
title_fullStr The motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru / Marlina Ismail
title_full_unstemmed The motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru / Marlina Ismail
title_short The motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in Johor Bahru / Marlina Ismail
title_sort motives of strategic alliances among construction companies in johor bahru / marlina ismail
topic Strategic alliances. Business networks
Construction industry
Competition. International competition
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25217/