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Anastasopoulos, P C, Haddock, J E and Peeta, S (2014) Cost Overrun in Public-Private Partnerships: Toward Sustainable Highway Maintenance and Rehabilitation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

Becker, T C, Jaselskis, E J and El-Gafy, M (2014) Improving Predictability of Construction Project Outcomes through Intentional Management of Indirect Construction Costs. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

Chen, Y Q, Zhang, Y B and Zhang, S J (2014) Impacts of Different Types of Owner-Contractor Conflict on Cost Performance in Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

El-Abbasy, M S, Senouci, A, Zayed, T, Mirahadi, F and Parvizsedghy, L (2014) Condition Prediction Models for Oil and Gas Pipelines Using Regression Analysis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

Hawas, F and Cifuentes, A (2014) Valuation of Projects with Stochastic Cash Flows and Intertemporal Correlations: Practical Modeling Guidelines. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

Ko, C and Chung, N (2014) Lean Design Process. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

Lee, H W, Choi, K and Gambatese, J A (2014) Real Options Valuation of Phased Investments in Commercial Energy Retrofits under Building Performance Risks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

Maghrebi, M, Travis Waller, S and Sammut, C (2014) Assessing the Accuracy of Expert-Based Decisions in Dispatching Ready Mixed Concrete. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

O’Connor, J T, O’Brien, W J and Choi, J O (2014) Critical Success Factors and Enablers for Optimum and Maximum Industrial Modularization. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

Russell, M M, Hsiang, S M, Liu, M and Wambeke, B (2014) Causes of Time Buffer and Duration Variation in Construction Project Tasks: Comparison of Perception to Reality. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

West, J (2014) Collaborative Patterns and Power Imbalance in Strategic Alliance Networks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Joint ventures; Procurement; Construction industry; Joint ventures; Alliances; Network analysis; Mining; Resource dependency theory; Power imbalance; Organizational issues;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000846
  • Abstract:
    Firms are connected with other firms through a variety of economic relationships that can be viewed as a form of social network. Resource-dependency theory (RDT) suggests that formal joint ventures among firms occur as a result of resource procurement, perceived strategic interdependence, expansion opportunities, legitimacy, and risk mitigation. A key unexplored element of RDT is the collaborative structure among firms with technical capabilities subordinate to their alliance partners and whether such structures are able to leverage sufficient market power to influence the industry sector within which they exist. Using the network characteristics of alliance partners in a technology- and capital-intensive industry sector, this work empirically examines the aggregate market power of so-called generalist firms. Collaborative patterns in the resources and mining sector and their impact on firm performance and resource quality are investigated using social network analysis. It is found that firms engaged in strategic alliances outperform firms operating independently; however, beyond a certain number of alliance partners, their performance declines. It was also found that, in aggregate, generalist nontechnical alliance partners can exercise significant market power in dense alliance networks, despite possessing almost no technical industry experience.

Zhang, S, Migliaccio, G C, Zandbergen, P A and Guindani, M (2014) Empirical Assessment of Geographically Based Surface Interpolation Methods for Adjusting Construction Cost Estimates by Project Location. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(06).