Identification Analysis of Influencing Factors of Construction Business Success: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry

Although the construction industry is one of the important components of the nation’s economic development, nevertheless, a nation can only fully benefited from the construction activities if it has an efficient and effective construction industry. Against the traditional conceptions of success in t...

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Main Authors: Abd Hamid, Zahidy, Noor Azlinna, Azizan, Sorooshian, Shahryar
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author Abd Hamid, Zahidy
Noor Azlinna, Azizan
Sorooshian, Shahryar
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Sorooshian, Shahryar
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description Although the construction industry is one of the important components of the nation’s economic development, nevertheless, a nation can only fully benefited from the construction activities if it has an efficient and effective construction industry. Against the traditional conceptions of success in the construction industry, this paper attempts to explore the factors that influence the success of the construction enterprise from the viewpoint of an entrepreneurship perspective. In this regard, the importance factors to the construction enterprise success were determined based on the entrepreneurship literature and experts’ opinions, and categorized into four dimension and eighteen factors. Then, the Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique was applied to explore the causal relationships among the factors. The results revealed that three factors were of great importance to the success of the construction enterprise, namely ‘Business and Management Competencies’, ‘Technical Competencies’, and ‘Technological Competencies’. It is advised that if the construction enterprises desire to obtain high potential in business success, they should focus on these factors by enhancing their practice in this areas.
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spelling ump-146422018-03-20T04:01:53Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14642/ Identification Analysis of Influencing Factors of Construction Business Success: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry Abd Hamid, Zahidy Noor Azlinna, Azizan Sorooshian, Shahryar Q Science (General) Although the construction industry is one of the important components of the nation’s economic development, nevertheless, a nation can only fully benefited from the construction activities if it has an efficient and effective construction industry. Against the traditional conceptions of success in the construction industry, this paper attempts to explore the factors that influence the success of the construction enterprise from the viewpoint of an entrepreneurship perspective. In this regard, the importance factors to the construction enterprise success were determined based on the entrepreneurship literature and experts’ opinions, and categorized into four dimension and eighteen factors. Then, the Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique was applied to explore the causal relationships among the factors. The results revealed that three factors were of great importance to the success of the construction enterprise, namely ‘Business and Management Competencies’, ‘Technical Competencies’, and ‘Technological Competencies’. It is advised that if the construction enterprises desire to obtain high potential in business success, they should focus on these factors by enhancing their practice in this areas. Global Research & Development Services 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14642/1/Identification%20Analysis%20of%20Influencing%20Factors%20of%20Construction%20Business%20Success-%20A%20Case%20of%20the%20Malaysian%20Construction%20Industry.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14642/7/fim-2016-zahidy-Identification%20Analysis%20of%20Influencing%20Factors%20of%20Construction%20Business%20Success.pdf Abd Hamid, Zahidy and Noor Azlinna, Azizan and Sorooshian, Shahryar (2016) Identification Analysis of Influencing Factors of Construction Business Success: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry. In: GRDS Conference Proceedings: 11th International Conference on Social Science and Humanities (ICSSH) , 19-20 September 2016 , London, England. pp. 1-20.. (Published) http://gahssr.org/proceeedings/13.pdf
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Abd Hamid, Zahidy
Noor Azlinna, Azizan
Sorooshian, Shahryar
Identification Analysis of Influencing Factors of Construction Business Success: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry
title Identification Analysis of Influencing Factors of Construction Business Success: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry
title_full Identification Analysis of Influencing Factors of Construction Business Success: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry
title_fullStr Identification Analysis of Influencing Factors of Construction Business Success: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry
title_full_unstemmed Identification Analysis of Influencing Factors of Construction Business Success: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry
title_short Identification Analysis of Influencing Factors of Construction Business Success: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry
title_sort identification analysis of influencing factors of construction business success: a case of the malaysian construction industry
topic Q Science (General)
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