Competitiveness of a Building Company within the Organisational Life Cycle

Jerzak, Karolina; Dziadosz, Agnieszka

doi:10.4467/2353737XCT.17.129.6880

Abstract

The role and the meaning of a construction company on the market is variable depending on the phase of the life cycle of the company in a given moment. The processes and the services offered by a company are dependent on time and how the business activities of the company are developed as well as the barriers which the company encounters at specific stages of the business activities of the enterprise. In this specific context competitiveness can be understood not only as a comparison of the position of the company with other enterprises functioning within a given sector but as a resultant of possibilities and chances created by an organization in the context of its life cycle. The main aim of this article is to try and assess the influence of the life cycle of a construction company on its market behaviour taking into account the theoretical consideration of competitiveness.

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Competitiveness of a Building Company within the Organisational Life Cycle

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