International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2016
Innovation in the Spanish Construction Sector: Identification and Analysis of Key Factors
Publication: ICCREM 2016: BIM Application and Off-Site Construction
ABSTRACT
The construction industry worldwide is not known as an innovative sector, being its level of productivity and efficiency lower than other sectors, such as manufacturing. If we focus on the Spanish construction sector, these negative characteristics are further aggravated due to the inefficient working practices of many companies; this being a common feature of the sector and a consequence of the poor levels of innovation of the companies that compose it. The objective of the presented research is to identify the key drivers and variables that foster innovation in the Spanish construction sector, through statistical analysis of data obtained from a questionnaire to the companies in the sector. Once these variables have been identified, a specific innovation model for Spanish construction companies have been developed, represented in the form of an equation, which may be used for predictive purposes.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors of the paper gratefully acknowledge funding from the Basque Regional Government through IT781-13, and from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) under program UFI 11/29. They also acknowledge the grant received from the Vice-Rectorate of Basque Language of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
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ICCREM 2016: BIM Application and Off-Site Construction
Pages: 179 - 186
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Mohamed Al-Hussein, Ph.D., Professor, University of Alberta, Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Ph.D., Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Yimin Zhu, Ph.D., Professor, Louisiana State University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8027-4
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Published online: Aug 14, 2017
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