Influence Factors on General Contractor Capability in the Context of Transforming China

Table 2

Factors influencing the capability of general contractor.

Categories	No.	Factors	Implications	Sources	Frequency
Business capability	B1	Financing capacity	The ability to acquire long-term quality capital	1–3, 7, 12, 15, 17	7
	B2	Green construction capacity	The construction capacity to minimize resources and reduce negative impacts on the environment while ensuring basic requirements such as quality and safety	4, 7, 10, 12–15	7
	B3	Design capacity	Process and engineering design capacity, optimization of design scheme, research on constructability of design scheme, and design communication within the whole-construction cycle	1, 3, 4, 6	4
	B4	Building-supply capacity	The ability to control procurement and movement of building materials	1, 2, 9–11, 13–15	8
	B5	Project management capacity	The ability of an enterprise to stabilize its goals, coordinate tasks and visions, and optimize the allocation of resources to maintain its competitive advantage	1, 3, 7, 8, 10–13, 15, 16	10
Auxiliary capability	B6	Financial management capacity	The ability to coordinate and control the financial management cycle and integrate the complete financial management system	3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13–15, 17	9
	B7	Human resource management capability	The ability to effectively apply human resources through recruitment, selection, training, remuneration, and other management forms	1, 2, 7, 8, 10–15, 17	11
	B8	Information application	The ability to apply information technology to engineering construction	2–4, 7–9	6
	B9	Organizational management level	The rationality of organizational structure, position, and authority-responsibility relationship	1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17	6
	B10	Communication and coordination capacity	The ability to properly handle relationships with stakeholders	1, 6, 8–11, 13, 15, 16	9
Soft power	B11	Innovation capacity	The innovation capacity of products and building technology and the research input to the innovation area	2–4, 7–9, 12, 15	8
	B12	Enterprise culture	A spiritual content to help enterprises constantly adjust their strategies and organizational models, cultivate and improve their transformation capabilities, and realize sustainable development of enterprises	2, 3, 10	3
	B13	Sustainable development capability	The ability to rationally utilize resources and protect the ecological environment	10, 12	2
	B14	Social influence	The public's understanding and recognition of the general contractor, the scope of market activities, and the level of enterprise qualification	3, 4, 13–17	7

Note. 1, [57]; 2, [58]; 3, [55]; 4, [59]; 5, [18]; 6, [60]; 7, [32]; 8, [61]; 9, [23]; 10, [62]; 11, [63]; 12, [64]; 13, [65]; 14, [66]; 15, [67]; 16, [68]; 17, [69].