TY  - BOOK
AU  - Akintoye,Akintola
AU  - Goulding,Jack
AU  - Zawdie,Girma
TI  - Construction innovation and process improvement
SN  - 9781405156486 (hbk.)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Construction industry
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Civil engineering
KW  - Competition
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 'This book sets out the innovative practices that have been introduced from other industries and shows how the construction industry has learn from these. It explores the commercial significance of innovation; outlines its role in transforming practice and improving competitiveness; and lists technological and market forces driving the innovation process. The authors explain why some attempts at innovation in construction fail and others succeed and detail the management of change, outlining economic, technical and organisational characteristics which may inhibit change in practice as well as examine management strategies for making change happen'--
ER  -