The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies

Construction Innovation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-196

  Dulaimi, Mohammed ^a   Abbot, C ^b   Jeong, K ^b   Allen, S ^c  

^a University of Salford ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge; Motivation; SMEs; Transfer; University collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073238     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170610710686     Document Type: Article

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