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Best, R (2010) Using purchasing power parity to assess construction productivity. Construction Economics and Building, 10(04), 1-10.
de Valence, G (2010) Innovation, procurement and construction industry development. Construction Economics and Building, 10(04), 50-59.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Construction; innovation; research intensity; procurement; clients
- ISBN/ISSN: 1837-9133
- URL: https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v10i4.1883
- Abstract:
The implications for analysis of innovation in construction of theoretical developments in industrial organisation are considered in this research, as an attempt to outline a new approach to construction innovation incorporating the ideas found in knowledge based, technology centred models. The paper firstly summarises characteristics of the construction industry, focusing on their effects on innovation, before surveying some of the ideas about the sources of innovation and the expansion and application of knowledge. Construction can be seen as an industry with limited scope for knowledge externalities, where the procurement methods used by the industry’s clients do not pay for innovation. The following discussion uses recent developments in the research on the economics of innovation and industrial organization theory, such as research intensity and the endogenous sunk costs in competitive, fragmented, low research intensity industries. The effects on R&D of procurement methods and on industry structure are discussed, with a focus on the appropriability of innovations and the role of the client on the Heathrow Terminal 5 project. The paper concludes that the procurement methods used for building and construction projects appears to be a determining factor in the level of innovation in the construction industry
Gharaie, E, Wakefield, R and Blismas, N (2010) Explaining the increase in the Australian average house completion time:activity-based versus workflow-based approach. Construction Economics and Building, 10(04), 34-49.
Karamujic, H (2010) An investigation into the fundamental drivers of pricing of residential mortgage products – a risk pricing viewpoint. Construction Economics and Building, 10(04), 60-72.
Liu, J and London, K (2010) Convergence among the submarkets in Australian regional building and construction sector. Construction Economics and Building, 10(04), 11-33.