A business framework for international commercialization of innovative construction products /
For too long, the construction industry, its organizations and its products have been limited to borders. This book is about broadening the scope of construction organizations and products- how local commercialization and development of innovation translates across international markets. It presents...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :
Momentum Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Housing innovations collection.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Scope and context: a case study
- Recent commercialization trends in construction
- Research goal
- Methodology
- Study significance
- Book structure
- 2. International innovation
- Introduction
- Globalization models
- Drivers to globalization
- Barriers to globalization
- Globalization methods
- 3. Innovation commercialization in residential construction
- Residential construction characteristics
- Industry context
- Market context
- Supply chain
- Risk tolerance
- Commercialization in residential construction
- Barriers to commercialization
- Characteristics affecting international commercialization
- Barriers to international commercialization
- Commercialization models
- 4. A case study of commercialization for structural insulated panels
- Innovative products: SIPs
- Commercialization of SIPs
- Barriers to SIP commercialization
- Needs and offers matching: the United States as innovation home market
- Needs and offers matching: Saudi Arabia as innovation host market
- 5. Initial framework development and analysis
- Barriers to international commercialization in residential construction
- Integrative framework
- BPMN modeling language
- Literature-based framework
- Initial framework assessment
- Literature findings
- Background of business terminology and modeling language
- Background of variables related to international commercialization
- Methodology
- Participants
- Survey design
- Data collection procedure
- Findings on survey instrument reliability
- Business terminology and modeling language used
- Variables related to international commercialization
- Summary and conclusion
- 6. Perceived barriers to international commercialization
- Survey design
- Data collection procedure
- Findings
- Organizational characteristics
- Findings specific to the research questions
- Analysis
- Organizational characteristics
- Research-specific analysis
- Summary and conclusion
- Market-based strategies for international commercialization
- 7. Actual barriers to international commercialization
- Participants
- Interview design
- Data collection procedure
- Findings
- Analysis
- Summary and conclusion
- 8. A new business framework for international commercialization
- A new framework
- Stage 1: needs and offer matching
- Stage 2: stakeholder networking
- Stage 3: feasibility study
- Stage 4: actual execution
- Framework validation
- Theoretical implications
- Limitations
- Further research
- References
- Index.