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As an important participant in China’s construction market, construction SMEs are confronted with the tasks of keeping themselves competitive. To help construction SMEs maintain and improve competitiveness, this research builds a conceptual model to investigate the relationship between core competence and performance within Chinese construction SMEs. Based on data collected from 121 construction SMEs in China, this research has confirmed the importance of entrepreneur capability, relationship marketing and project management to achieve their superior performance.
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Shigang, Y. (2011). Core Competence and Performance of Construction SMEs in China. In: Jiang, L. (eds) Proceedings of the 2011, International Conference on Informatics, Cybernetics, and Computer Engineering (ICCE2011) November 19–20, 2011, Melbourne, Australia. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 111. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25188-7_37
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