Appropriate innovation in small construction firms

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 623-633

  Sexton, Martin ^a   Barrett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Innovation; Research results; Small firms

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PUBLIC POLICY;

ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0141959790     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000134156     Document Type: Article

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