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Author: Reis, Elizabeth; Cachadinha Efigenia; Bezelga, A
Title: Strategic groups and performance of construction companies in Portugal
Journal Name: Euro Asia Journal of Management
Pub. Info: Jul. 1997, No.14, pp. 57-82
Abstract: Paragraph Headings: 1. Introduction 2. Conception and implementation of the model for the analysis of competitiveness in the construction sector 2.1. Research hypotheses 2.2. Analysis model 2.3. The questionaire 2.3.1. Objectives 2.4. Strategic and performance variables/ dimensions 2.4.1. Questionaire validation 2.5. The population and the sample 2.5.1. The population 2.5.2. The sample 2.6. Data analysis 2.6.1. Principle components analysis 3. Strategic groups proposal for the construction section 3.1. Strategies fellowed by each group 3.1.1. Group 1: Innovate in order to develop 3.1.2. Group 2: Modernize in order to lead by costs 3.1.3. Make associations abroad in order to imorive and be a winner 3.1.4. Concentration in order to achieve 3.2. The performance of each group 4. Final conclusions Tables: 1. Studies based on the strategic group theory 2. Relative weight of the sample in the universe 3. Strategic factors and thier interpretation 4. Results of the strategic factors variation analysis 5. Results of the ANOVA for the performance variables 6. Average values for each group of strategic factors and performance variables