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Abdenour, J I (2021) A cost estimation model for improving the budget estimates of industrial plant construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Adoko, M T (2016) Developing a cost overrun predictive model for complex systems development projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Alves, L F (2006) Stochastic approach to risk assessment of project finance structures under public private partnerships, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Boyer, E J (2012) Building capacity for cross-sector collaboration: How transportation agencies develop skills and systems to manage public-private partnerships, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Cho, S (2000) Sequential estimation and decision-making in project management: A Bayesian way and heuristic approaches, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Farmer, C M (2018) Constructing program management offices for major defense acquisition programs: Factors to consider, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Griffin, M G (2008) The lived experience of first line managers during planned organizational change: A phenomenological study of one firm in the residential construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Innocent, M J F, Jr. (2018) Predicting military construction project time outcomes using data analytics, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Kim, E (2000) A study on the effective implementation of earned value management methodology, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Lounsbury, C R (1983) From craft to industry: The building process in North Carolina in the nineteenth century, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Ngamthampunpol, D (2008) An assessment of safety management in the Thai construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Park, J (2015) Essays on the delivery of public infrastructure projects: Empirical analyses on transportation projects in Florida, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Schulte, W D, Jr. (1999) The effect of international corporate strategies and information and communication technologies on competitive advantage and firm performance: An exploratory study of the international engineering, procurement and construction (IEPC) industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: competitive advantage; communication; corporate strategy; entrepreneurship; information and communication technology; information technology; international business; strategic management; technology strategy; client; strategic alliance
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/304500527
- Abstract:
Global information and communication technologies, especially the Internet, have changed the way that firms expand internationally. Many scholars have proposed that firms can enhance competitive advantage by ensuring that their global information and communication technology strategies are congruent with their international corporate strategies. In addition, scholars have begun to integrate research from strategic management, international business and information technology to explore the management of global information technology. The primary goal of this study is to measure the effects of international corporate strategies and global information and communication technologies on competitive advantage and firm performance in the International Engineering, Procurement and Construction (IEPC) Industry. Despite the limitations of the study the following four conclusions can be proposed: (1) international corporate strategy does indirectly affect firm performance but it depends on global information technology and the type of performance measures used in the analysis; (2) Increases in global information technology will increase the Efficient, Functional and Sustainable forms of competitive advantage provided by information technology applications (CAPITA); (3) global information technology has a positive significant relationship with the international expansion of IEPC firms with a multifocal strategy type; and (4) IEPC firms with a Multifocal strategy and a global information technology focus have a stronger effect on firm performance than firms with any other international corporate strategy. Managerial implications include project and value chain management, procurement efficiencies, client responsiveness, corporate entrepreneurship and strategic alliances. In addition, this exploratory study provides direction for more global information technology research. Suggestions for future research include replications in other globalizing service industries, refinement of the GI/LR framework, exploration of global information technology strategy alignment, extensions involving other predictor variables and path analysis of different views of the research model. Finally, this study calls for more interdisciplinary research integrating insight from strategic management, international business and information technology.
Shamma, E M (1988) A dynamic model for the growth of construction firms, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Taku, A M (2021) Predicting modular efficiency in oil and gas capital projects using multi-criteria decision analysis, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.
Zhou, G (2021) Machine learning-based cost predictive model for better operating expenditure estimations of U.S. light rail transit projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The George Washington University.