Business Sustainability Model for Malaysian Housing Developers

Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction.- Private Housing Developers In Malaysia.- Small- And Medium-Scale Private Housing Developers.- Large-Scale And Public-Listed Housing Developers.- State-Owned Enterprises / Government-Linked Companies.- Summary.- Emerging Factors In Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage.- References.

Professor Sr Dr. Mastura is currently attached to the Quantity Surveying Programme at the School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia. She has numerous years of experience in the construction industry dealing with project estimation and costing, finance and project management, development proposals, and project evaluation. Her areas of research, publication and supervision interests include strategic management in the construction, housing and tourism industries, entrepreneurship, project management and procurement management. Her scholarly contributions include innumerable publications in books and international journals, as well as international conference papers. She has taught strategic management courses in construction, housing and tourism, entrepreneurship, and procurement management, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is also currently supervising numerous postgraduate research students at the Master's and PhD level. She was therecipient of the Emerald Literati Network 'Highly Commended Award' in 2007 and 2015. Her publications have featured in Tourism Management; International Journal of Hospitality Management; Habitat International; Journal of Civil Engineering and Management; International Journal of Project Management; Journal of Project Management (JoPM); Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (ECAM); Project Management Journal; and Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, just to name a few. She also serves on the editorial boards of several international and national journals. She is currently working in collaboration with several major heads of industry to conduct a series of housing entrepreneurial courses in Malaysia.
Associate Professor Sr Azlan is the initiator and former Chairman of the Quantity Surveying Programme in the School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, where he has served for more than 35 years. He was also involved in the establishment, in