Client-Oriented Contractor Innovation

Clients Driving Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 125-136

  Bröchner, Jan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Client satisfaction; Client oriented contractor innovation; Oslo Manual definition of innovation; Swedish construction contractors and client preference awareness; Swedish Construction Industry and Swedish survey; Types of innovation and types of service characteristics; UK key performance indicators (KPIs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889408866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301342.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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