A tool for improving construction organizations' innovation capabilities

Construction Research Congress 2010: Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice - Proceedings of the 2010 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 727-736

  Toole, T Michael ^a   Chinowsky, Paul ^b   Hallowell, Matthew R ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INSTITUTES; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; INNOVATION CAPABILITY; MATURITY MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; RISK TOLERANCE; SURVEY DATA;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 77956314469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41109(373)73     Document Type: Conference Paper

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