- Title
- The internationalisation of construction business through e-commerce: a theoretical evaluation
- Creator
- Gajendran, Thayaparan; Marimuthu, Malliga; Brewer, Graham; Ratnam, Marimuthu
- Relation
- 1st International Construction Business & Management Symposium 2011. International Construction Business & Management Symposium: Proceedings 2011 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 21-22 September, 2011)
- Relation
- http://chrispreece.com/icbms2011/?page_id=2
- Publisher
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- This paper presents a theoretical framework to evaluate the potential role of electronic business (ebusiness) in the internationalisation of firms associated to the construction sector. Although the importance of the Internet in supporting business applications and attaining competitive advantage through e-business process is widely acknowledged, little is done by the way of research to study the relevance of e-business adoption in the context of construction internationalisation. Understanding internationalisation of construction is important as construction firms make an important contribution to economic growth and Gross Domestic Product. The aim of this paper is to conduct a literature based theoretical exploration to discuss the potential role of e-business systems in supporting internationalisation of construction firms. It explores the factors that drive e-business adoption and its impact on the emergent supply-chain models. This paper contextualizes internationalisation of construction using a mix of supply chain paradigms embeded with e-business tools. These tools are classified into two categories namely (I) inter-organisational (vertical) business systems, and (2) intraorganisational (horizontal) business systems. The paper concludes by identifying the potential role of different e-business systems in assisting internationalisation of construction businesses.
- Subject
- e-commerce; building information modeling; internationalisation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1048956
- Identifier
- uon:14974
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789674128326
- Language
- eng
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