Talking about construction innovation

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2006 - Procs 22nd Annual ARCOM Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 771-780

  Davies, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Innovation; Social construction; Technology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC APPROACH; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; PROCESS INNOVATION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY;

COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84861132532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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