The dilemma of scope and scale for construction professional service firms
The dilemma of scope and scale for construction professional service firms
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建筑专业服务公司范围和规模的困境
DOI：
10.1080/01446193.2013.879194
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Weisheng Lu
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作者：
Carol Jewell;R. Flanagan;Weisheng Lu
建筑专业服务(CPS)公司以其知识、经验和技术能力为基础，为项目提供专业知识和创新解决方案。寻求增长的大型CP公司往往会通过合并、联盟和收购实现有机或无机增长，在国内市场和海外市场寻找新的机会。增长还可以来自于通过垂直、水平和横向多样化提高市场渗透率。从长远来看，这种增长有望带来范围经济和规模经济，但当一体化的额外成本和多样化的复杂性不再创造有形和无形的好处时，它也可能导致不经济。本研究的目的是调查影响大型CPS企业规模和规模增长的关键因素。访谈的定性数据得到了CPS公司年度报告和分析师调查结果的次要数据的支持。调查结果显示了对CPS公司范围和规模的五个关键影响：作为驱动力的增长的重要性；公司所有权对范围和规模增长决策的影响；资源和能力的优化；服务于不断变化的客户需求的需要；以及本地化的重要性。这项研究为国际CPS公司的增长战略提供了有价值的见解。这项研究的一个主要发现是所有权对CPS企业成长战略的影响，这在以往的研究中没有得到强调。
Construction professional service (CPS) firms sell expertise and provide innovative solutions for projects founded on their knowledge, experience, and technical competences. Large CPS firms seeking to grow will often seek new opportunities in their domestic market and overseas by organic or inorganic growth through mergers, alliances, and acquisitions. Growth can also come from increasing market penetration through vertical, horizontal, and lateral diversification. Such growth, hopefully, leads to economies of scope and scale in the long term, but it can also lead to diseconomies, when the added cost of integration and the increased complexity of diversification no longer create tangible and intangible benefits. The aim of this research is to investigate the key influences impacting on the growth in scope and scale for large CPS firms. Qualitative data from the interviews were underpinned by secondary data from CPS firms’ annual reports and analysts’ findings. The findings showed five key influences on the scope and scale of a CPS firm: the importance of growth as a driver; the influence of the ownership of the firm on the decision for growth in scope and scale; the optimization of resources and capabilities; the need to serve changing clients’ needs; and the importance of localization. The research provides valuable insights into the growth strategies of international CPS firms. A major finding of the research is the influence of ownership on CPS firms’ growth strategies which has not been highlighted in previous research.