The German software industry is vital to the German economy's success. However, it has missed some current trends where software companies lack broader international activity. Existing models that take domestic market size into account can only partially explain the different degrees of internationalized companies between different countries. In addition, they are unable to explain individual c...

T h i s trip was pan of a study mission sponsored by the Technology Transfer institute. urd co-sponsored by the Construction Robotics Laboratory at Camegie Mellon University. T h e study mission visited six of the largest construction firms in Japan. a University, md a Robotics Rexarch Assmiation. Perhaps the most important finding i s that a11 the major Japanese construction cornpanics have la...

International projects are inherently exposed to unforeseeable and complex risk scenarios. This study aimed assess identify the critical factors in international contracting projects, based on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. The most compelling risks that faced by construction firms Afghanistan market determined primarily meta-analysis. According data obtained from this analysis, prior...

Despite the popularity of Information Technology and job satisfaction research, little empirical evidence exists of the relationship between IT adoption and job satisfaction within the Jordanian construction industry. This research fills these knowledge gaps by exploring the relationship between IT adoption and job satisfaction from the perspective of construction companies, contractors, consul...

The United Slates lacks in the research and development of robots and construction automation. In comparison, construction companies in Japan take more aggressive stand in the research and development of this technology. This paper studies both Japan and US basic construction activities, research and development, social implications , automation technology, and construction robots economic feas...

The appropriate selection of construction methods to be used during the execution of a construction project is a major determinant of high productivity, but sometimes this selection process is performed without the care and the systematic approach that it deserves, bringing negative consequences. This paper proposes a knowledge management approach that will enable the intelligent use of corpora...

Imperfect knowledge cannot be avoided all the time. Imperfections may have several forms; uncertainties, imprecision and incompleteness. When we look to classification of methods for the management of imperfect knowledge we see fuzzy set-based techniques. The choice of a method to process data is linked to the choice of knowledge representation, which can be numerical, symbolic, logical or sema...

The Industry Foundation Classes, IFC, are developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability, IAI, to provide for data exchange and sharing capabilities for the building and construction sector of the industry. Since the foundation of the IAI back in 1995 two releases of IFC had already been published and the third release is on its way. Many prototype implementations by leading softw...