Innovation in construction firms of different sizes: drivers and strategies

Drivers of Construction Innovation

In the publication Growth Platforms for a Competitive Australia, McKinsey & Co. (1995) compared Australia’s relative economic prosperity with those of leading countries such as the United States. The report highlighted that Australia’s GDP per capita is 30 percent behind the best performing country, the United States. Most of this gap is due to lower labour productivity. The report was based on...

Innovation in Small, Project-Based Construction Firms*

Relevant literature is synthesized to provide a holistic picture of our current knowledge of innovation in small, project-based firms, highlighting significant gaps in the broad areas of ‘focus and outcome’, ‘organizational capabilities’, ‘context’ and ‘process’. Research findings from fieldwork focused on the construction industry are offered to address these gaps. In particular, a consensus m...

Innovation Strategies, Performance Diversity and Development: An Empirical Analysis in Iran Construction and Housing Industry

Innovation strategy is the basis of success in innovation and performance improvement. This paper represents a model related to the most important innovation strategies which have a significant impact on performance of industries. Then, it examines the relationships between innovation strategies and diversity and development of the performance. So, the empirical research was carried out in Iran...

Creative participation in construction firms: bridging creativity and innovation

The context of innovation management in construction firms

Conscious management of innovation in construction firms is becoming more and more a necessity. However, the possibilities and ways to successfully put an innovative idea into practice depend on a range of contingencies. A framework of innovation management was devised to structure the context variables of construction innovation. Furthermore, an analytical approach was developed to enable rese...