Contractors' capabilities to generate intangible profitability for a construction business in Myanmar | |
| Author | Yoon Myat Kay Khaing |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-20-22 |
| Subject(s) | Contractors--Myanmar Construction industry--Myanmar |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The main purpose of this research is to identify the key capabilities of contractors under the major functional areas of a medium-sized construction company and to investigate their effects on intangible profitability for a construction business. Furthermore, proper recommendations are aimed to propose based on the key results of this study for other contractors in Myanmar to generate profits in their business. In the course of study, extensive review of literature was conducted before collecting primary data using openended interview questions for case study of three profitable construction companies which are in medium-sized and located in Yangon, Myanmar. After that, all collected data were thoroughly analyzed by using research framework as the guidelines to achieve three main objectives of this study. There were four kinds of profits to define intangible profitability for contractors in Myanmar which are brand profit, customer solution profit, experience curve profit and low-cost business design profit. Meanwhile, under seven major functional areas of a medium-sized construction company, 16 key capabilities of contractors are identified after expert validation process and pilot case studies. After that, profit-making practices of contractors on how they are deploying these key capabilities for generating profitability is also thoroughly explored via case-wise qualitative analysis. By following cross case pattern, 12 common key capabilities such as penetrating into targeted market, offering optimum proposal, contracting competence, unit price adjustment, subcontract decision-making, enhanced creditability, material order arrangement, self-financing capability, generating sufficient cash, assessing budget variance, optimizing payment activities and efficient resource utilization were found to be deployed by the contractors for generating profitability. All in all, key findings from this study can be beneficial for the contractors who are willing to achieve long-term survival and sustainable growth of construction business in Myanmar. |
| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Hadikusomo, Bonaventura H. W.;Santoso, Djoen San; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Loom Nam Khong Pijai (Greater Mekong Subregion) Scholarships; |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2020 |