The Management of Construction Firms

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Theories of the Firm

   • Jacqueline Cannon, Patricia M. Hillebrandt

   Pages 1-8

3. Business Objectives and Strategy

   • William Ramsay

   Pages 9-30

4. Diversification

   • Jacqueline Cannon, Patricia M. Hillebrandt

   Pages 31-43

5. International Contracting

   • Howard Seymour

   Pages 44-56

6. Financial Strategy

   • Jacqueline Cannon, Patricia M. Hillebrandt

   Pages 57-74

7. Social Technology and Structure

   • Peter Clark

   Pages 75-92

8. Managers and the Organisation

   • Steven Male, Robert Stocks

   Pages 93-107

9. Manpower Management

   • Peter J. Buckley, Peter Enderwick

   Pages 108-128

10. Pricing Policy

    • Roger Flanagan, George Norman

    Pages 129-153

11. Back Matter

    Pages 154-165

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'A comprehensive selection of those aspects of management theory which could have some relevance to main contracting.' - Mark Callender, Building Employers' Confederation, The Business Economist This book is the first to bring together those aspects of modern theories of economics and management which are of particular relevance to the strategic behaviour of major contracting firms and it does so in a way which is easily understood by the non-specialist reader. It analyses the different behaviour of contracting firms which is due to the special characteristics of the construction industry.

• brand
• business
• diversification
• economics
• employer
• management
• organization
• pricing
• science and technology
• strategy

• Department of Construction Management, University of Reading, UK

  Patricia M. Hillebrandt, Jacqueline Cannon

• University of Westminster, UK

  Jacqueline Cannon

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