Construction innovation / / edited by Finn Orstavik, Andrew Dainty, Carl Abbott
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| Titolo: |
Construction innovation / / edited by Finn Orstavik, Andrew Dainty, Carl Abbott
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 624.068/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civil engineering - Technological innovations |
| Construction industry - Technological innovations | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | ℗ØrstavikFinn |
| DaintyAndrew | |
| AbbottCarl | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 theoretical and practice-based views in order to stimulate reflection and to prepare the ground for further |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Construction innovation |
| ISBN: | 1-118-65555-9 |
| 1-118-65568-0 | |
| 1-118-65559-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910132287603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Innovation in the built environment.