International Construction Management Research

This book lays out the evolution of the often contested Construction Management discipline, covering the what, where and who of research in this emerging field.

Dr Igor Martek is a researcher in Construction Management at Deakin University, Australia. He earned his PhD in ’Enterprise Strategies in International Construction’ from the University of Melbourne. He has an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, NSW, and an MA in International Relations from the Australian National University, Canberra. He has worked extensively in industry in evaluating, generating, and managing large capital projects in various locations around the world. He has worked in Europe, including Eastern Europe, the Middle East, China, South Korea, and was managing director, Far East, of a British consultancy firm based in Tokyo, for ten years. His research interests include the procurement and facilitation of capital projects as an instrument of national competitive strategy, and the competitive behaviours of international construction firms. Dr Martek has published over 160 peer-reviewed studies in the field of construction management. He has written four academic texts, including ＂International Construction Management: How the Global Industry Reshapes the World＂, published by Routledge.