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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2011.31.2D.247

A Study on Associations among Number of Bidders, Contract Award Rate and Profitability on International Construction  

Sohn, Tae-Hong (해외건설협회 정책연구실)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.31, no.2D, 2011 , pp. 247-253 More about this Journal
Abstract
In 2009, the Korean international construction industry showed a great performance, totaling 49.1 billion of contract and then this achievement has been considered a key milestone presenting that the international construction industry is one of the primary export industries of Korea. However, because of the construction firms' equalized levels of technology and price competitiveness, the competition among bidders is becoming more intensive. Moreover, this changing market circumstance leads construction firms to apply for bidding with the lowest price that could not meet the expected profitability of a project. Therefore, to develop various strategies based on project characteristics becomes one of the critical capabilities that construction firms should possess. Based on these motives, this study is aimed to investigate associations among number of bidders, contract award rate, profitability on international projects. For the correlation analysis, a set of data is structured by collecting all projects ranging from 1993 to 2009, excluding projects funded by official development and domestic funds. The number of bidders were grouped depending on project characteristics such as market regions, project types, bidding types, and order organization types. As the result of correlation analysis, contract award rate increases as the number of bidders increase, but the relationship between the number of bidders and profitability is negative. Understanding the correlations among variables can be employed in developing strategies to improve construction firms' competitiveness in the international construction market.
Keywords
international construction; number of bidders; contract award rate; profitability; correlation;
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