Break on through: Sources and determinants of product and process innovation among UK construction firms

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 601-625

  Reichstein, Toke ^a   Salter, Ammon J ^b   Gann, David M ^b  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Customers; Innovation; Regulations; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; INNOVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57749109295     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710802565198     Document Type: Article

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