Facilitating innovation in construction: Directions and implications for research and policy

Construction Innovation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 374-394

  Aouad, Ghassan ^a   Ozorhon, Beliz ^b   Abbott, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Innovation; Research work; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180802     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171011083551     Document Type: Article

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