A New Systematic Approach to Vulnerability Assessment of Innovation Capability of Construction Enterprises

Wang

2017

Sustainability

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Construction industry is one of the major drivers of the economic sustainability of China's provinces. An investigation of the status of the construction industry in China is needed to find out its maturity and health. The results of this investigation may help China define the impact factors required in order to promote the growth level of its construction industry. This research assesses the growth level of the construction industry in Shaanxi Province, China. This study utilizes both the original average score method and the newer entropy method to analyze the growth level of the construction industry based on its growth management model and growth drivers. An empirical survey of this research includes 123 construction companies in Shaanxi Province. The results show that the entropy method is better than the average score method to use when analyzing the maturity status of a local industry for future development. The maturity level of Shaanxi's construction industry lies on the second tier in a four-tier ranking system. The advanced professional skills of project management are critically needed for future growth. Brand building is the most important factor needed to drive up Shaanxi's construction industry. Standardization, knowledge management through lessons learned, and cost management for budget control by using information systems are required for Shaanxi's construction project management. The Excellent Project Management Model of China is often used in Chinese project knowledge management. After maturity analysis, China's local industries would be able to develop a sustainable strategy for optimizing their outcomes by removing the hurdles preventing future growth.

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Section: Impact Factors Using the Average Score Methodsmentioning

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This research uses the major impact index formula [52,[57][58][59]] to generate and compare the impact extent of the indices, which are shown Equation (9).…”

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Analysis and Potential Application of the Maturity of Growth Management in the Developing Construction Industry of a Province of China: A Case Study

Wang

2017

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“…This research used the major impact index formula [111][112][113][114] to generate and compare the impact extent of the indices, which is shown in Equation (9).…”

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Positioning and Priorities of Growth Management in Construction Industrialization: Chinese Firm-Level Empirical Research

Xie

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The purpose of this research is to quantitatively evaluate the growth phase, position, and priorities of the industrialization policy management of the construction industry at firm level. The goal is to integrate quantitative dynamics into the policy-making process for sustainable policy development in future China. This research proposes an integrated framework, including growth management model and industrial policy evaluation method, to identify the challenges of construction industrialization and policy management. The research applies the mixed system method, which includes entropy method and average score method, to analyze the growth stage and major impact indexes targeting 327 survey samples. The empirical results show that the proposed conceptual framework and policy evaluation method could effectively determine the growth position and directions of the construction industrialization. For verification purpose, the study uses the local industry data from Shaanxi Province, China. The calculation results substantiate that the construction industry is in the middle section of the third growth phase. The comparison of the results from statistical methods shows that the local construction industry still needs substantial effort in policy management to improve its sustainable industrialization level. As countermeasures, the policy priorities should concentrate on: (1) enhancing effective cooperation among universities, research institutions and enterprises; (2) improving actions towards technology transfer into productivity; and (3) encouraging market acceptance of construction industrialization. This research complements the existing literature of policy evaluation of construction industrialization. Moreover, it provides theoretical and operational steps on industry policy evaluation and growth management framework, with accurate and ample data analysis on firm-level survey. Researchers and policy makers can use this research for further extensions of policy management for construction industrialization.

Exploring differences in level of construction innovation: an empirical analysis in China

Chen

et al. 2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

Innovations can overcome constraints posed by resources depletion, increasing environmental and ecological protection concerns. There is considerable amount of innovation that occurs in the construction industry. Accordingly, construction innovation is receiving increasing attention in China. However, the provincial development level of construction innovation remains unclear. To address this gap, the present study employs data-driven measurement for the level of construction innovation. A total of 25 alternative indexes were selected based on the innovation ecosystem theory. Then, text preprocessing, statistical methods, and search statistics were employed to acquire index data. The indexes weights were determined through expert scoring and a cloud model. The quantitative measurement of the level of construction innovation was nally performed. Additionally, the exploratory results were revealed with the analyses of the overall, regional and cluster. The results revealed that overall level of construction innovation in China is not high and regional distribution is uneven. Simultaneously, the level of construction innovation is consistent with local economic strength and it is most sensitive to innovation output in regional level. Moreover, the spatial distribution of the level of construction innovation in China was showed, which similarity with the characteristics of geographical location is. The measurement system this study represents breakthroughs over traditional methods that rely on statistics, cases or questionnaires, which can be applied to other research elds. IntroductionThe construction industry, one of the largest economic sectors, is critical to the functioning of a domestic economy in China (Murray and Langford, 1998). The construction industry has a wide range of responsibilities, include improving living standards of people, boosting employment and protecting environment (Manseau, 1998). However, buildings consume 46.5% of Chinese energy, produce more than 1.8 billion tons of the waste, and contribute 51.3% of CO 2 emissions (China Building Energy Research Report 2018). It is widely accepted that the productive activities of the construction industry consume signi cant amounts of resources and negatively impact the ecological balance (Peter et al., 2012). Innovation promotes sustainable development and bene ts, such as: energy consumption reductions, environment protections and productivity advancements (Sexton and Barrett, 2003). Construction innovation, which has drawn wide attention within the world, is a determinant of the sustainable development of this industry and national growth. (Panuwatwanich and Stewart, 2012).Construction innovation, which includes product, process, marketing and organizational innovation, represents the changes through something new and can bring bene ts or improvements in cost, time, quality, safety and environment (Maria and Victor, 1995;Pierce and Delbecq, 1977;Bygballe and Ingemansson, 2014;Bassioni et al., 2004;). The innovation in the construction industry is...