Managing Innovation in ConstructionEmerald Publishing Limited, 2003 - 316 pages - Nature of construction: Strengths and weaknesses - Construction's response to the need for innovation - Models of innovation and innovation process - Innovation in construction - Innovation in procurement approaches and processes - Partnering: a journey to fifth generation innovation - Supply chain management as a fifth generation innovation - Culture changes as a fifth generation innovation - Culture changes as a key pre-requisite for fifth generation innovation - A greater role for subcontractors - Challenge of diffusing this type of innovation to the whole of construction |
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Review of the responsiveness of construction | 31 |
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Constructions response to postFordism | 87 |
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