Research Article

A Grey-BPNN Model for Evaluating the Competitiveness of Chinese Contractors in the High-Speed Rail Market in Europe

Table 5

Clustering analysis of international HSR construction contractors’ competitiveness.

LevelsAmountCompanyCompetitiveness scoreMean score

Firs-level market leader21ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, Madrid, Spain>0.30.43
China Communications Construction Group Ltd., Beijing, China
VINCI, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France
Hochtief AG, Essen, Germany
China State Contruction Engineering Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China
……

Second-level market challenger39Rizzani de Eccher, Pozzuolo del Friuli, Italy0.2∼0.30.25
Acciona Infraestructuras SA, Madrid, Spain
Sacyr, Madrid, Spain
Società Italiana per Condotte D’acqua SPA, Rome, Italy
Joannou & Paraskevaides Group, Guernsey, Channel Islands, U.K.
……

Third-level market chaser54Zhongmei Engineering Group Ltd., Nanchang, Jiangxi, China0.1∼0.20.15
Contracting and Trading Co “C.A.T.”, Beirut, Lebanon
Takenaka Corp., Osaka, Japan
Grupo Isolux Corsan SA, Madrid, Spain
The Arab Contractors Co. (Osman Ahmed Osman), Cairo, Egypt
……

Fourth-level market follower19Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd., Beijing, China<0.10.08
Combined Group Contracting Co. (KSC), Kuwait City, Kuwait
Zhejiang Communications Constr. Group Co., Hangzhou, China
Chongqing INT’L Construction Corp., Chongqing, China
Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co., Seoul, S. Korea
……