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UNINA9910820795803321 |
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Construction innovation / / edited by Finn Orstavik, Andrew Dainty, Carl Abbott |
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Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-65555-9 |
1-118-65568-0 |
1-118-65559-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Collana |
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Innovation in the built environment |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civil engineering - Technological innovations |
Construction industry - Technological innovations |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Incentives for innovation in construction -- Built-in innovation and the ambiguity of designing accessibility -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- Grassroots innovation in the construction industry -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- An industrial network perspective on innovation in construction -- Innovation diffusion across firms -- Clients shaping construction innovation -- Innovation in road building : removing obstacles for diffusion of novel building products -- Innovating for integration : clients as drivers of industry improvement -- Project delivery systems and innovation : the case of us road building -- The leitmotif of building-products innovation in Finland : from commercial technology exploitation to sustainable development. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Construction innovation is an important but contested concept, both in industry practice and academic reflection and research. A fundamental reason for this is the nature of the construction industry itself: the industry and the value creation activities taking place there are multi-disciplinary, heterogeneous, distributed and often fragmented. This book takes a new approach to construction innovation, revealing different perspectives, set in a broader context. It coalesces multiple |
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