Diffusion characteristics of private sector financed innovation in Sweden

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-475

  Widén, Kristian ^a   Hansson, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Construction innovation; Development; Diffusion; Innovation theory

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; INTEGRATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ADOPTION; CONSTRUCTION-RELATED INNOVATION; FISHER'S EXACT TEST;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249711340     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190601089104     Document Type: Article

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