scholarly journals Impact of R&D&I on the Performance of Spanish Construction Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Salvador López ◽  
Víctor Yepes
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Organizational Levels ◽  
Potential Factors ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Significant Factors

Deciding whether certain factors should be considered drivers of innovation in construction firms is crucial in terms of improving their performance and survival in an environment that is changing by leaps and bounds. Throughout the years, construction companies have been considered to be traditional and without the tendency to innovate. However, several studies have confirmed that this perception of the sector is evolving and that successful instruments from other industries are gradually being adapted for the benefit of the industry. The objective of this paper is therefore to investigate the potential factors affecting the performance of these organizations. Eighteen factors related to the individual, group, and organizational levels were identified through a review of the literature and an instrument developed that was validated by experienced professionals. A questionnaire was sent to 103 people working in the sector at the national level to obtain their views. The results of the classification analysis indicate that “technology and equipment” and “software acquisition” are considered the two most significant factors. In addition, these 18 factors can be classified into 7 groups: (i) internal drivers of innovation; (ii) innovation within the organization; (iii) technological innovation; (iv) technological links with the environment; (v) external drivers of innovation; (vi) innovation in processes; (vii) a culture of innovation in the company. Innovation in processes has the highest level of impact. This research deepens the current understanding of the factors at different organizational levels that must be highlighted in the implementation of an R&D system in order for companies to improve their performance and survival in future processes.

scholarly journals Individual, Group, and Organizational Factors Affecting Group Bidding Decisions for Construction Projects

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Yan ◽  
Junying Liu ◽  
Martin Skitmore
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Risk Awareness ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Decision Performance ◽  
Organizational Levels ◽  
Potential Factors

Deciding whether bid for the construction project is classic risk-based decision-making that is crucial to the survival and prosperousness of construction companies. More contractors are adopting group bidding decision-making to reduce the number of incorrect decisions. However, previous related studies mainly focus on project factors that overlook the members of bidding groups and the interaction between bidding group members. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to investigate the potential factors that influence group bidding decision-making for construction projects. Twenty factors relating to individual, group, and organizational levels are identified through a literature review and interviews with experienced practitioners. A questionnaire survey of 203 Chinese international contractors is conducted to obtain the importance of the factors involved. The results of the ranking analysis indicate 14 critical factors, among which “risk perception” and “team decision preference” are regarded as the two most significant. Moreover, 20 factors can be classified into five groupings: (1) values and strategic goals, (2) collaboration and learning orientation, (3) consensus reaching, (4) risk awareness, and (5) empowerment and development, with risk awareness having an especially strong influence. This research deepens the understanding of factors belonging to different organizational levels that need to be highlighted during the group bidding decision-making process and provides strategies for bidding groups and their companies to improve their decision performance.

scholarly journals Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janovska Vratislava ◽  
Simova Petra ◽  
Vlasak Josef ◽  
Sklenicka Petr
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
National Level ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Considerable Uncertainty ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Eu

Extreme differences in agricultural holding size, existing not only among the countries within the EU as a whole but also within the farm structures of the individual countries, create a considerable uncertainty for establishing the optimal political and economic instruments to support sustainable rural development. The study explores the determinants influencing the spatial volatility of agricultural holding size at both the EU scale and the national scale of the Czech Republic, the latter of which has the largest mean agricultural holding size in the EU. While some factors are identical for both the EU and the Czech Republic, other effects can only be evaluated at the European or international scale, and still others can be evaluated only at the national scale. The only factor found in this study to be significantly associated with the agricultural holding size on the European scale was the wheat production. On the Czech national scale, land consolidation, unemployment rate, and soil fertility were significantly associated with the agricultural holding size. The study found that in the Czech Republic, the number of farms was increasing, while at the same time the agricultural holding sizes were decreasing. This is an opposite trend in comparison to the EU as a whole, where the number of farms is diminishing and the sizes increasing.

An Exploration of Potential Factors Affecting Student Withdrawal From an Undergraduate Music Education Program

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell B. Gavin
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Applied Music ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
Potential Factors ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Music Education Majors ◽  
Personal Career

The purpose of this study was to examine the degree withdrawal patterns of undergraduate music education majors, with a specific focus on the individual experiences of students withdrawing from the major. Data from recently withdrawn students ( N = 14) were assembled using a qualitative methodology that included semistructured interviews, questionnaires, researcher journals, and meetings with experienced researchers. The data were analyzed and coded, generating a number of categories for discussion and analysis. Students’ experiences during college were diverse, with concerns focused on the applied music component of the degree surfacing as important to many students. The reasons given for withdrawal from the music education program also were diverse, including dismissal from the applied music studio, erosion of personal confidence as a musician, realizations about their feelings toward music versus their feelings about teaching in general as it related to their personal career goals, and personal life issues. Following withdrawal from the music education curriculum, all interviewed students reported that they remained actively involved in music in some way. Implications of these results are discussed in relation to individual experiences and the function of those experiences within the context of current models of student persistence.

scholarly journals Characteristics of Cladophora and coexisting filamentous algae in relation to environmental factors in freshwater ecosystems in Poland

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Pikosz ◽  
Beata Messyasz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Filamentous Algae ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Ecological Characteristics ◽  
Physicochemical Conditions ◽  
Potential Factors ◽  
The Individual

AbstractPotential factors affecting the occurrence of filamentous algae include the morphometry of water bodies, the type of substrate and physicochemical conditions of the habitat. This study attempts to describe the individual filamentous algae species recorded in Poland, taking into account the trophic and ecological characteristics based on our own research and available literature data. Filamentous algae attached to the substrate as well as those forming free-floating patches (loose or dense mats) and crusts occur in all types of water bodies. Among the representatives of filamentous algae species,

scholarly journals A SURVEY OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN IRAN

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parviz Ghoddousi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Construction Technology ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Negative Side Effects ◽  
Basic Salary

The intense competition between the Iranian construction companies has led them to take all appropriate measures to decrease the costs as much as possible. Hence, due to the pivotal role of human resources in construction projects cost, a major part of Iranian construction companies seek their profitability and survival in maximizing the productivity of their operatives. Because of the widespread belief among contractors about the low productivity of daily workers and operatives with basic salary, they commit a major part of their projects activities to sub-contractors. Deployment of sub-contractors by construction firms has become largely conventional in country's construction projects. The aims of this paper is defined as determining the factors and grounds affecting sub-contractors productivity and evaluate their overall negative side effects on project productivity via a structured questionnaire. A total of 31 factors selected and were divided into 7 broad categories. The perceptions of companies managers were asked about the level of effect brought about by the mentioned factors and groups upon productivity on a time based criterion. The analysis indicated that the most important grounds affecting sub-contractors productivity in descending order include: Materials/Tools, Construction technology and method, Planning, Supervision system, Reworks, Weather, and Jobsite condition. Project managers should focus on the identified major grounds and relevant factors in order to improve productivity as long as they commit construction activities to sub-contractors.

Factors Affecting the Obesity Levels of Older Koreans Living Alone

2021 ◽  
pp. 073346482098428
Author(s):  
Ka Young Kim ◽  
Wonjung Noh
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Obesity Management ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Overweight Group ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Social Level ◽  
Significant Factors

This study investigated factors related to the obesity levels of older Koreans living alone. It used data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging. Its participants comprised 819 people aged 65 years and older, living alone in Korea. Multiple logistic regression was performed to analyze the factors related to managing obesity at the individual, social, and environmental levels. In the obese group, social interaction was a significant factor on social level, whereas in the overweight group, regular exercise, social interaction, and region were the significant factors at the individual, social, and environmental levels, respectively. It was found that different approaches were needed depending on the level of obesity. In addition, this study identified that it was appropriate to approach the obesity management of older people living alone, in terms of individual, social, and environmental systems, based on the ecological perspective.

EVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasiru Zakari Muhammad ◽  
Ashiru Sani ◽  
Ahmad Muhammad ◽  
Saeed Balubaid ◽  
Egba Ernest Ituma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Local Staff ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Communication Problems ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Traditional Construction ◽  
Significant Factors

Construction labor productivity is critical to the success of the industry. It is thus, important for the estimation and scheduling of construction project. However, most of the traditional construction firms have no accurate data on labor productivity. Therefore, this paper aims to identify through literature review those factors that affect labor production rate and evaluate their effects on the performance of the industry. The research made use of the 44 returned questionnaires from the contractors firms. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) to compute the mean score for each factor. These factors were subsequently ranked based on the mean score value.The results of the analysis has shown that, based on the management level factors “lack of motivation and incentive, lack of equipment, disruption of power and water supply and inspection delay” are the most significant factors affecting labour productivity each with mean score values of  0.79, 0.44, 0.38 and 0.35 respectively. Also based on the site level factors “lack of adequate skillful worker with specific scope of work” at site, delay in material supply, weather, access to the site, crew size and communication problems between foreign and local staff are the top six most significant factors affecting labour productivity each with the mean score values of 0.77, 0.75, 0.75, 0.66, 0.61 and 0.53 respectively. Similarly, all the respondents seem to have agreed in their perception on the severity of factors affecting labour productivity.

Assessment of Electronic Procurement Practices on Project Delivery, Case Study of Selected Construction Companies in Oyo State

2018 ◽  
pp. 257-266
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Electronic Procurement ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
E Mail

This study investigated the use of e-Procurement in selected construction firms in Oyo state, Nigeria. The data were derived using a well-structured questionnaire survey involving 104 respondents. Descriptive statistical and correlation analyses were used to analyze the data. Findings show that the use of electronic procurement in the selected construction firms for carrying out procurement function is high with majority of the professionals affirming the use of the system, the four categories of e-Procurement used were e-mail, static websites, web.2.0 technologies and portals that have capabilities of supporting the execution of functions limited to intra and inter firm communication and exchange of project information and data. Consequently, between 84 percent and 76 percent of the respondents used these e-Procurement technologies for communication of information, exchange of bill of quantities, project reports, CAD drawings and project specifications. Consequently, factors with the highest positive impacts on the use of these technologies in the firms were the speed of transactions, lower transaction cost and ease of use. The study implies that the selected construction firms in Oyo state Nigeria predominantly use e-mails and websites to support the execution of pre-award phase of construction procurement. Finding also shows that there is positive relationship between e-Procurement (e-Notifying, e-Exchange, and e-Submission of bid) and Project delivery. The study suggests that to accelerate the rate of uptake of e-Procurement and maximize its benefits in the Nigerian construction industry, there is a need to improve the quality and quantity of ICT infrastructure across the country; and to embark on aggressive enlightenment campaigns, training and skill development programs in the use of e-Procurement in the construction industry in this country.

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