Against the odds: Small firms in Australia successfully introducing new technology on construction projects

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1751-1764

  Manley, Karen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction projects; Innovation implementation; Innovation typologies; Small firms; Technology

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AND ENVIRONMENTS; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; FEDERAL SYSTEMS; FIRM CAPABILITIES; INNOVATION IMPLEMENTATION; INNOVATION IMPLEMENTATIONS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; SMALL FIRMS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 55549131111     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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