Innovation and performance in engineering design

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 573-580

  Salter, Ammon ^a   Torbett, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Strategy Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Design and construction organizations; Engineering; Innovation; Manufacturing; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

INNOVATIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN; ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

EID: 0141959788     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000134101     Document Type: Article

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