Construction contractors as service innovators

Building Research and Information

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-246

  Bröchner, Jan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competence patterns; Construction; Contractors; Innovation; Innovative performance; Services; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; COMPETENCE PATTERNS; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; CONTRACTING FIRMS; EMPLOYEE EDUCATION; INNOVATION TRAJECTORIES; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; LEVEL OF INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE CONTENT; SERVICE INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TRAJECTORIES;

INNOVATION;

EID: 77951565479     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613211003616706     Document Type: Article

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