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Abbiasov, T (2021) Essays in Urban Economics, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Asgari, S (2016) Modeling construction competitive bidding: An agent-based approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Chang, H-H (2002) N-dimensional construction management information system (NDCON): System design and performance modeling through the zero -buffered project management philosophy, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Chen, S-M (2002) Intelligent scheduling model and multi-dimensional CM information system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Chiara, N (2006) Real option methods for improving economic risk management in infrastructure project finance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Fitch, G J (2019) System dynamics models for the valuation of real options in infrastructure investments, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Gerstenberger, A J (2021) Modeling the likelihood of construction incidents using public data, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Teachers College, Columbia University.
Gocmen, F C (2014) Infrastructure scaling and pricing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
He, Y (2006) Earthquake loss and risk estimation of buildings by Monte Carlo simulation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Hogan, D B (1998) Modeling construction cost performance: A comprehensive approach using statistical, artificial neural network and simulation methods, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Kokkaew, N (2010) Risk flexibility analysis in infrastructure project finance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Li, W (1995) Benefit and cost analysis: Three-dimensional computer models with integrated databases in the management of construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Lu, Z (2018) Feasibility assessment framework for financing public-private partnership infrastructure projects through asset-backed security, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Silver, M L (1981) Craft production: Work and alienation in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Song, X (2013) The application of insurance as a risk management tool for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) implementation in construction disputes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Sturts, C S (2001) Value-bidding: An integrative approach utilizing conjoint analysis and classical bidding theory, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Subsomboon, K (2004) A procurement and material management (PMM) system based on the fully integrated and automated project process (FIAPP), Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Sun, W (2023) A self-localized smart hardhat system for construction 4.0, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Tavakolan, M (2011) Development of construction projects scheduling with evolutionary algorithms, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Teferra, K (2012) Developments in the theory and applications of the variability response function concept, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Ucbenli, C (2010) A bargaining mechanism with incomplete information and its application in trilateral BOT negotiations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
Unsal, H I (2010) Modeling the hold-up problem and absorptive capacity of project networks, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: absorptive capacity; efficiency; market; bidding; contractor selection; innovation; investment; learning; partnership; productivity; project organization; subcontracting; subcontractor; experiment; simulation
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/858964793
- Abstract:
The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry has been shown to suffer from poor productivity and innovation performance. This dissertation addresses two main issues that are related to the reasons behind the slow innovation of the industry. One area of potential improvement is to reexamine subcontractor selection strategies during periods of adaptation following the introduction of innovations in the market. Long-term partnerships are promoted by experts from the AEC industry and academia as a means of achieving improved productivity in AEC project networks; however, opportunistic bidding behavior that may accompany its implementation has been largely ignored. I developed an agent-based game theoretic simulation and subsequently conducted a bidding experiment to examine whether opportunistic behavior would emerge in the subcontracting process as a result of relationship-specific investments in knowledge. The findings contribute a new perspective on the hold-up problem in task interdependent inter-organizational networks and empirically demonstrate how opportunistic behavior occurs in the bidding process. I also discuss the different market outcomes that can occur in terms of overall efficiency. Finally the last section extends a simulation model of project network learning to explore the absorptive capacity of project networks where periodic external innovations exist. I utilize this model in a series of simulation experiments to untangle the effects of varying types of innovation and degrees of relational instability in a project network. I establish a measure of project network absorptive capacity and develop an argument that relational instability moderates the project network's absorptive capacity for different types of innovation. These findings have implications for assessing and developing strategies to improve a project organizational network's capacity to absorb and, hence, profit from innovation.
Wang, W (2010) Multivariate stochastic copula-based deterioration models in infrastructure economic risk management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Columbia University.