G. Xia's research while affiliated with Texas A&M University and other places

Publications (2)

Article
In this paper we discuss the impact of e-commerce on the design and construction industry, with specific reference to how information technology will affect competition and competitive advantage in the industry. This paper continues the exploration of a concept that we have been working on for several years, namely `…that information technology is...
Article
In this paper we discuss the impact of e-commerce on the design and construction industry, with specific reference to how information technology will affect competition and competitive advantage in the industry. This paper continues the exploration of a concept that we have been working on for several years, namely ‘…that information technology is...

Citations

... Sie verteilen die Aufgaben im Bauprozess traditionsgemäß auf mehrere Unternehmen, die projektweise koordiniert werden müssen (Verhoog, 2018). Durch diese Fragmentierung entsteht ein hoher Bedarf an Informationsaustausch (Johnson et al., 2002;Macomber, 2003;Nitithamyong & Skibniewski, 2004). Deshalb wird international bereits eine starke Diskussion zur Verbesserung der Kooperation geführt, die auch in Deutschland als beginnender baubranchenspezifischer Trend gesehen wird (Verhoog, 2018). ...
... Recent advances in Internet collaboration offer companies in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry the opportunity to break out of their traditional geographical limitations [1]. Yet, the possibility to form agile remote partnerships that collaboratively plan the design and construction process via the Internet is still in its infancy. ...