Purpose – This study aims to examine how the just‐in‐time (JIT) principles can be adopted for the air travel industry with specific emphasis on the management and operations of terminal buildings in airports. Design/methodology/approach – Three methods were adopted for the empirical part...

Purpose – The construction industry in China is progressing at a rapid pace. There are many important issues to be considered in the Chinese construction industry, not the least of which is the distancing of the design aspects from the construction aspects of a construction project....

Purpose – There is little understanding of the pressure, loneliness and homesickness, the workers from Mainland China faced when working overseas in a foreign land like Singapore. The families which the workers left behind in Mainland China when they work in Singapore were also neglected. The...

Singaporean construction firms have increasingly invested in China in recent years. It is, therefore, important for Singaporean construction firms as well as their Chinese counterparts to appreciate and understand each other’s cultural differences/similarities. Although Singapore culture...

Purpose – As the key to value creation, construction firms should treat quality as a strategic issue. However, strategic quality management (SQM) is still a relatively new concept for construction firms. This paper aims to examine the application of the strategic treatise, Sun Tzu's Art of War...

The Asian financial crisis snowballed in July 1997 following the devaluation of the Thai baht. This triggered off a chain reaction which led to similar crises in many countries in Asia, including Singapore. One of the arguments put forward to explain the financial crisis in Asia relates to the...

Most large‐scale construction projects in developing countries used to be dominated by contracting firms from the developed world. This phenomenon was observed in the construction industry of Singapore. However, over the last two or three decades, local contracting firms in Singapore were...

For real estate agency firms to market their services successfully they would need to understand the factors which motivate developers to engage them for their services. Examines the factors which motivate developers to appoint their marketing agents. Four categories of motivational factors...

Examines the factors which motivate developers to appoint their marketing agents. This is achieved by comparing the views of the developers and real estate agencies as to the importance of the various attributes or strengths campaigned by the latter. In the process, aims to uncover if the...