Standing, Barry (2025) The link between internal integration and financial performance in engineering and construction companies. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Abstract
This thesis investigates how the level of integration of a company’s internal departments affects its financial performance. The research examined engineering and construction companies and produced an internal integration model that linked internal integration to financial outcomes. This model was then tested in the real-world through the development of a new technique. This technique, named the Internal Business Productivity technique or IBP, was used to compare two companies and showed that the company more closely aligned to the internal integration model, outperformed its competitor. This has significant implications for business management and the generation of greater financial performance results.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Cheung, Yan and Kajewski, Stephen |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | business internal integration; business performance management; business productivity; construction productivity; supply chain; financial performance; internal integration; performance measurement; supply chain integration |
| Index terms: | business management, integration, performance measurement, business performance, construction company, construction productivity, supply chain integration, financial performance, productivity |
| Subjects: | business analysis, organization, management, performance measurement, operations management, organizational analysis, supply chain integration, business |
| Topics: | Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Quality Management, Business Strategy, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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