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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Albassami, Ali (Autor), McCoy, Andrew P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Housing innovations collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.