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Quality assurance in construction by independent experts: a case study of the efficiency performance of state-owned enterprises in China

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Ping Yung
Lawrence W C Lai
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As a contribution to the wider theoretical discussion on quality assurance in team production, this case study describes, using the capital – output ratio as a measure of efficiency performance, the quality control problems of Chinese construction state-owned enterprises and explains, with reference to relevant scholarly opinions, why the outcome of legislative requirements for experts falls short of expectations in terms of neo-institutional economic reasoning. This is so, even though the law apparently addresses the principal-agent problem in teamwork by strengthening monitoring.

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Article provided by Pion Ltd, London in its journal Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design.

Volume (Year): 36 (2009)
Issue (Month): 4 (July)
Pages: 682-697
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