Motivations for innovation in the built environment: New directions for research

Building Research and Information

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 473-482

  Whyte, Jennifer ^a   Sexton, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Design; Innovation theory; Institutions; Networks; Stakeholders; Transitions

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DISTRIBUTED INNOVATION; INNOVATION THEORY; MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION; POLICY MAKERS; POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE; STAKEHOLDERS; TRANSITION MANAGEMENT; USER INVOLVEMENT;

DESIGN; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MOTIVATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 81255211680     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2011.592268     Document Type: Article

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