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Innovation in Construction: A European Analysis - Marcela Miozzo, Paul Dewick - robertsas - 04-07-2009 Innovation in Construction: A European Analysis
# Hardcover: 168 pages # Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing; illustrated edition edition (August 4, 2004) # Language: English # ISBN-10: 1843765217 # ISBN-13: 978-1843765219 # Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches # Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces Synopsis: Miozzo and Dewick, lecturers in innovation studies and technology management, respectively, at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK, deal with questions in innovation research and present new evidence on factors which shape innovation in construction, drawing on extensive interviews with construction firms across Europe. They suggest that particular structures of ownership, management, and inter-organizational relations are responsible for variations in the economic performance of the construction industry in five European countries. Table of Contents: 1 Corporate governance and innovation in construction in five European countries 15 2 Networks and innovation in construction in five European countries 46 3 Sustainable technologies and the innovation-regulation paradox : the case of natural thermal insulation 73 4 Factors enabling and inhibiting sustainable technologies in construction : the case of active solar heating systems 90 5 Networks and sustainable technologies : the case of Scottish social housing 106 6 Conclusion 125 Code: *************************************** RE: Innovation in Construction: A European Analysis - Marcela Miozzo, Paul Dewick - Grunf - 07-22-2010 Mirror link: Code: *************************************** If you like the book, buy it! Support the author(s)! RE: Innovation in Construction: A European Analysis - Marcela Miozzo, Paul Dewick - kowheng - 09-09-2012 *************************************** |