Were Conventional Public Construction Procurement Practices in Japan Really Unique and Problematic?

• Watanabe, Tsunemi

Abstract

Conventional public construction procurement practices in Japan have been often considered to have unique and problematic characteristics as compared with those in foreign countries. Looking at business transactions in other field than public works, however, there exists a sector with similar characteristics. The objectives of this paper are, thus, to demonstrate that conventional public construction procurement practices in Japan and the arrangement employed by De Beers to market gem-quality rough diamonds have very similar characteristics and the conventional Japanese practices have an economic viability when there is sufficient budget and massive construction is required.

Journal

• Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal

  Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal 3 (1), 2007-03

  Society for Social Management Systems

Keywords

• public construction procurement practices
• marketing of gem-quality rough diamonds
• comparative analysis

Details

• CRID: 1050001201685829504
• NII Article ID: 120006666104
• ISSN: 2432552X
• Web Site: http://hdl.handle.net/10173/1635
• Text Lang: en
• Article Type: conference paper
• Data Source:
  • IRDB
  • CiNii Articles