TY - BOOK ID - 142833971 TI - Construction innovation and process improvement AU - Akintoye, Akintola. AU - Goulding, Jack. AU - Zawdie, Girma PY - 2012 SN - 1118280318 1280586834 9786613616661 111828030X 1118280296 1118280326 PB - Chichester [England] ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, DB - UniCat KW - Construction industry KW - Civil engineering KW - Competition. KW - Technological innovations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142833971 AB - "This book sets out the innovative practices that have been introduced from other industries and shows how the construction industry has learnt from these. It explores the commercial significance of innovation; outlines its role in transforming practice and improving competitiveness; and lists technological and market forces driving the innovation process. The authors explain why some attempts at innovation in construction fail and others succeed and detail the management of change, outlining economic, technical and organisational characteristics which may inhibit change in practice as well as examine management strategies for making change happen"-- ER -