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A literature synthesis of innovation in small construction firms: insights, ambiguities and questions

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  • Martin Sexton
  • Peter Barrett

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Construction firms are being challenged to be more adept at successful innovation to better meet client needs and to enhance business competitiveness. The substantial contribution that small construction firms make to the output of the industry signifies the importance for this body of firms to improve their innovation performance if the performance of the industry as a whole is to move forward. The literature on innovation in small construction firms is synthesized and structured around a generic model to provide a holistic picture of our current knowledge. Significant gaps in the understanding and practice of innovation in small construction literature are identified, which severely hamper understanding of the myriad complex and systemically interactive issues embodied within the theory and practice of innovation. The gaps identified by this literature synthesis are the basis for a number of important questions that, the authors propose, form an integrating agenda for future research.

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  • Martin Sexton & Peter Barrett, 2003. "A literature synthesis of innovation in small construction firms: insights, ambiguities and questions," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(6), pages 613-622.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:21:y:2003:i:6:p:613-622
    DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000134147
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    1. Altwies, Joy E. & Nemet, Gregory F., 2013. "Innovation in the U.S. building sector: An assessment of patent citations in building energy control technology," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 819-831.
    2. Ye Seul Choi & Up Lim, 2017. "Contextual Factors Affecting the Innovation Performance of Manufacturing SMEs in Korea: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(7), pages 1-15, July.
    3. Manley, Karen, 2008. "Against the odds: Small firms in Australia successfully introducing new technology on construction projects," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(10), pages 1751-1764, December.
    4. Hao Lu & Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi & Guangbin Wang & Yingxia Xue & Dan Tan, 2019. "ICT Implementation of Small- and Medium-Sized Construction Enterprises: Organizational Characteristics, Driving Forces, and Value Perceptions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-20, June.
    5. Peter Demian & David Walters, 2014. "The advantages of information management through building information modelling," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(12), pages 1153-1165, December.
    6. Fabian Unterlass, 2010. "Innovation im Bauwesen. Determinanten des Innovationsverhaltens österreichischer Bauunternehmen," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 83(9), pages 767-780, September.
    7. Scharmann, Anne, 2024. "Innovation collaboration between family firms and startups: Insights from the German construction industry," Junior Management Science (JUMS), Junior Management Science e. V..

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