Unleashing the Competitive Advantage of Malaysian Private Housing Developers through Product Analysis

Malaysian housing developers produce a range ofproducts that has the characteristics of being large, expensive and durable. Nonetheless, the protracted development process exposes the developer to a high level ofrisk Previous product development studies had focused on the technical elements of dev...

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Main Authors: Jaafar, Mastura, Nuruddin, Azlan Raofuddin, Syed Abu Bakar, Syed Putra, Mohd Raslin, Faraziera
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author Jaafar, Mastura
Nuruddin, Azlan Raofuddin
Syed Abu Bakar, Syed Putra
Mohd Raslin, Faraziera
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Nuruddin, Azlan Raofuddin
Syed Abu Bakar, Syed Putra
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description Malaysian housing developers produce a range ofproducts that has the characteristics of being large, expensive and durable. Nonetheless, the protracted development process exposes the developer to a high level ofrisk Previous product development studies had focused on the technical elements of development rather than managerial aspects. This paper examines the contribution ofproduct characteristics to the competitive advantage o.lMalaysian private housing developers. Using semi-structured snowball interviews, this qualitative slucly aims to elucidate upon the success factors of private housing developers. Ten successful housing developers were chosen for this research. The findings suggest that successlul project management coupled with a product selling price that reflects the location, quality and innovative ness of the product, count toward the developers reputation and branding. This paper expands the academic housing development literature by providing specific and in-depth information on housing developer products in Malaysia.
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spelling usm-302062018-01-03T11:11:44Z http://eprints.usm.my/30206/ Unleashing the Competitive Advantage of Malaysian Private Housing Developers through Product Analysis Jaafar, Mastura Nuruddin, Azlan Raofuddin Syed Abu Bakar, Syed Putra Mohd Raslin, Faraziera TH1-9745 Building construction Malaysian housing developers produce a range ofproducts that has the characteristics of being large, expensive and durable. Nonetheless, the protracted development process exposes the developer to a high level ofrisk Previous product development studies had focused on the technical elements of development rather than managerial aspects. This paper examines the contribution ofproduct characteristics to the competitive advantage o.lMalaysian private housing developers. Using semi-structured snowball interviews, this qualitative slucly aims to elucidate upon the success factors of private housing developers. Ten successful housing developers were chosen for this research. The findings suggest that successlul project management coupled with a product selling price that reflects the location, quality and innovative ness of the product, count toward the developers reputation and branding. This paper expands the academic housing development literature by providing specific and in-depth information on housing developer products in Malaysia. UKM 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/30206/1/Unleashing_the_Competitive_Advantage_of_Malaysian_Private_Housing_Developers_through_Product_Analysis.pdf Jaafar, Mastura and Nuruddin, Azlan Raofuddin and Syed Abu Bakar, Syed Putra and Mohd Raslin, Faraziera (2015) Unleashing the Competitive Advantage of Malaysian Private Housing Developers through Product Analysis. Jurnal Pengurusan, 45. pp. 95-104.
spellingShingle TH1-9745 Building construction
Jaafar, Mastura
Nuruddin, Azlan Raofuddin
Syed Abu Bakar, Syed Putra
Mohd Raslin, Faraziera
Unleashing the Competitive Advantage of Malaysian Private Housing Developers through Product Analysis
title Unleashing the Competitive Advantage of Malaysian Private Housing Developers through Product Analysis
title_full Unleashing the Competitive Advantage of Malaysian Private Housing Developers through Product Analysis
title_fullStr Unleashing the Competitive Advantage of Malaysian Private Housing Developers through Product Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Unleashing the Competitive Advantage of Malaysian Private Housing Developers through Product Analysis
title_short Unleashing the Competitive Advantage of Malaysian Private Housing Developers through Product Analysis
title_sort unleashing the competitive advantage of malaysian private housing developers through product analysis
topic TH1-9745 Building construction
url http://eprints.usm.my/30206/
http://eprints.usm.my/30206/1/Unleashing_the_Competitive_Advantage_of_Malaysian_Private_Housing_Developers_through_Product_Analysis.pdf