Search Results - "Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu"

Barriers Affecting Effective Application of Anticorruption Measures in Infrastructure Projects: Disparities between Developed and Developing Countries by Kingsford Owusu, Emmanuel, Chan, Albert P. C

“…AbstractThis study examines the critical barriers that obstruct the full potency and the intended effectiveness of anticorruption measures (ACMs) enforced to…”
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Impacts of External Environmental Factors on the Collusive Team Scale in Bidding: The Case of China by Wang, Xiaowei, Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Ye, Kunhui

“…AbstractCollusive bidding is regarded as one of the construction sector’s most socially harmful, anticompetitive, and unsustainable practices. In this scheme,…”
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Causal Factors of Corruption in Construction Project Management: An Overview by Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Chan, Albert P. C., Shan, Ming

“…The development of efficient and strategic anti-corruption measures can be better achieved if a deeper understanding and identification of the causes of…”
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Studies on the success criteria and critical success factors for mega infrastructure construction projects: a literature review by Wang, Ting, Xu, Junyan, He, Qinghua, Chan, Albert P.C., Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford

“…PurposeThis study intends to review studies on the success criteria and critical success factors (CSFs) for mega infrastructure construction projects (MICPs)…”
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Critical supply chain vulnerabilities affecting supply chain resilience of industrialized construction in Hong Kong by Ekanayake, E.M.A.C, Shen, Geoffrey Qiping, Kumaraswamy, Mohan, Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford

“…PurposeIndustrialized construction (IC) has been recognized as a game-changing approach in Hong Kong (HK). However, the increasing risks of disruptions in IC…”
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Resilience Assessment Frameworks of Critical Infrastructures: State-of-the-Art Review by Guo, Dan, Shan, Ming, Owusu, Emmanuel

“…During the past two decades, critical infrastructures (CIs) faced a growing number of challenges worldwide due to natural disasters and other disruptive…”
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A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of vulnerabilities affecting supply chain resilience of industrialized construction in Hong Kong by Ekanayake, E.M.A.C., Shen, Geoffrey, Kumaraswamy, Mohan, Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford

“…PurposeDemands for Industrialized Construction (IC) have intensified with growing construction industry imperatives to (A) boost performance; (B) reduce…”
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Systematic review on the integration of building information modelling and prefabrication construction for low-carbon building delivery by Yevu, Sitsofe Kwame, Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Chan, Albert P. C., Oti-Sarpong, Kwadwo, Wuni, Ibrahim Yahaya, Tetteh, Mershack Opoku

“…Reducing emissions from construction and buildings is pivotal to climate change mitigation. Hence, transitioning to a low-carbon emission industry is the focus…”
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Capabilities to withstand vulnerabilities and boost resilience in industrialized construction supply chains: a Hong Kong study by Ekanayake, E.M.A.C., Shen, Geoffrey, Kumaraswamy, Mohan, Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Xue, Jin

“…PurposeGiven the heightened imperatives for boosting supply chain resilience (SCR) in industrialized construction (IC), it is essential to explore the…”
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Evaluating the Corruption Susceptibility Index of Infrastructure Procurement and Management in the Developed Context: The Case of Hong Kong by Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Chan, Albert P. C, Darko, Amos

“…AbstractThis study evaluates the susceptibility patterns of the procurement process of infrastructure projects to corruption in Hong Kong. An expert survey is…”
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A systematic review of construction labor productivity studies: Clustering and analysis through hierarchical latent dirichlet allocation by Kai Qi, Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu, Ming-Fung Francis Siu, Ping-Chuen Albert Chan

“…The field of construction labor productivity (CLP) has witnessed a remarkable growth in scholarly research, presenting both opportunities and challenges due to…”
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Thematic Overview of Corruption in Infrastructure Procurement Process by Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Chan, Albert P. C, Darko, Amos

“…Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest…”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Extirpating Corrupt Practices in Infrastructure Project Procurement by Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Chan, Albert P. C, Ameyaw, Effah Ernest, Robert, Osei-Kyei

“…AbstractThis study examined the efficacy of anticorruption measures for extirpating the prevalence of corrupt practices in infrastructure procurement in…”
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ASSESSING PROCUREMENT IRREGULARITIES IN THE SUPPLY-CHAIN OF GHANAIAN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: A SOFT-COMPUTING APPROACH by Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Chan, Albert P.C, Hosseini, M. Reza, Nikmehr, Bahareh

“…This study examines procurement irregularities, as one of the most unexplored threats in the procurement process of construction projects. It also tests the…”
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Evolution of Electronic Procurement: Contemporary Review of Adoption and Implementation Strategies by Chan, Albert P. C., Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford

“…Since the advent of the first form of electronic procurement (EP), the procurement process (i.e., the stages and underlying activities) has evolved to…”
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Motivations for adopting unsolicited proposals for public-private partnership project implementation: A survey of international experts by Osei-Kyei, Robert, Chan, Albert P.C., Dansoh, Ayirebi, Ofori-Kuragu, Joseph Kwame, Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford

“…PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the motivations of governments for adopting unsolicited proposals for public–private partnership (PPP) project…”
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Review of application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in construction by Darko, Amos, Chan, Albert Ping Chuen, Ameyaw, Ernest Effah, Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Pärn, Erika, Edwards, David John

“…The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has gained increasing attention in construction management (CM) domain as a technique to analyse complex situations and…”
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Impacts of anti-corruption barriers on the efficacy of anti-corruption measures in infrastructure projects: Implications for sustainable development by Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Chan, Albert P.C., Hosseini, M. Reza

“…This study investigates the correlational impacts of two key constructs associated with corruption in construction and infrastructure-related projects: 1) the…”
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Toward a cleaner project procurement: Evaluation of construction projects’ vulnerability to corruption in developing countries by Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford, Chan, Albert P.C., Ameyaw, Ernest

“…While the measurement and predictability of corruption are reported to be difficult due to its clandestine nature, this paper attempts to develop a measurement…”
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Inclusive public open space for all: Spatial justice with health considerations by Jian, Izzy Yi, Chan, Edwin H.W., Xu, Yang, Owusu, Emmanuel Kingsford

“…Public open space (POS) is often regarded as a necessity that is meant to be enjoyed by everyone, especially as we move toward a post-pandemic society. It is…”
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