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Since the 1950s, economic theory has highlighted the ‘central importance of technological progress for maintaining long-term, continuous increases in real national income per head’ (Hall 2003, 498). Empirical work since that time has reinforced the importance of innovation to industry growth...
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upon which to base effective management strategies and public policies (Focus Group 2004). …
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of property owners and managers. The lack of discussion of public asset management especially the elements that should be … incorporated in the framework creates an important challenge to study the discipline of public asset management further. The aim of … this paper is to study the practices of public asset management in developed countries, especially the elements of public …
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Against a background of already thin markets in some sectors of major public sector infrastructure in Australia and the … Australian public sector major infrastructure projects. Despite the dominance of the eclectic paradigm as a theory of … contractors to bid for Australian public sector infrastructure, including the nature and extent to which this scope can be …
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The construction industry is one of major strategic importance. Its level of productivity has a significant effect on national economic growth. The analysis of published census/biannual surveys of construction by the Department of Statistics of Malaysia shows that Malaysia managed to achieve...
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Productivity is basic statistical information for many international comparisons and country performance assessments. This study estimates the construction labour productivity of 79 selected economies. The real (purchasing power parities converted) and nominal construction expenditure from the...
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With increasing pressure to deliver environmentally friendly and socially responsible highway infrastructure projects …. Infrastructure development typically requires major capital input, which may cause serious financial constraints for investors. The …. Comprehensive analysis of the cost implications of implementing place sustainable measures in highway infrastructure throughout its …
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processes, from planning to disposal, of property and infrastructure. One essential component of asset management process is …Climate change is becoming increasingly apparent that is largely caused by human activities such as asset management … one of public asset management process in addressing the climate change issue; and to examine its deliverability in …
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Purpose: To identify the challenges faced by local government in Indonesia when adopting a Public Asset Management … public asset management framework. Those challenges are: absence of an institutional and legal framework to support the asset … the study indicates there are significant challenges that the Indonesian local government need to manage when adopting a …
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Clients need to be informed in advance of their likely future financial commitments and cost implications as the design evolves. This requires the estimation of building cost based on historic cost data that is updated by a forecasted Tender Price Index (TPI), with the reliability of the...
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