Resource based view in the Turkish construction sector and resource selection with ANP technique
Künye
Geylani, Ö. ve Dikbaş, H. A. (2019). Resource based view in the Turkish construction sector and resource selection with ANP technique. International Advanced Researches and Engineering Journal, 3(1), 40-47.Özet
The competitive environment observed in the international construction sector has reflected in the
Turkish construction sector through joint projects. In order to achieve competitive advantage in
joint construction projects and to achieve success against national competitors, it is necessary to
review resource selection strategies. In this context, the main purpose of this study is to look at the
resource selection criteria of the construction companies in terms of International Resource-Based
Theory. The 77 resources of the construction firms reviewed during this study were evaluated by
taking into consideration their ability to be strategic resource and their competitive advantages. In
this study, the Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools and technique, which has been spoken
as a resource that will benefit competition in Turkey in recent years, was discussed as an objective
and the research problem was whether BIM is a strategic resource or not. In the resource evaluation
process, resources should be listed and evaluated by firm employees and managers. In the survey
conducted for this purpose, construction firms were asked to select the resources they already had
from the resource pool of the research and to score only 9 important resources. To establish vertical
hierarchy and horizontal relationships, the obtained results of the evaluation were analyzed by
using the Analytical Network Process (ANP) method. In the established hierarch, the objective
was BIM and the selection criteria were VRIO criteria including Valuable, Rare, Inimitable and
Organization, which are the resource selection criteria of the Resource-Based Theory. The scores
obtained as a result of the survey study applied to the Turkish construction firms were reflected to
the ANP technique. While the data processed with the Super Decisions software provides
numerical and quantitative comparisons of resources in the construction sector, it also points to a
selected set of resources that can work with BIM.