| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Housing innovations collection
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Housing innovations collection.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Innovating the House; Chapter 2: Understanding Innovation and the Challenges of Innovation in Housing; Chapter 3: The Literature of Innovation in Housing; Chapter 4: The Policy Context for Adopting and Diffusing U.S. Homebuilding Technology; Chapter 5: A Review of the Residential Construction Supply Chain and Its Characteristics; Chapter 6: The Residential Construction Supply Chain and Its Stakeholders; Index; Ad page; Backcover. |
| Summary |
Businesses, consumers, industry groups, and governments understand the importance of innovation and the innovation process for continued economic success and improvements in quality of life. However, innovation remains an opaque topic. A paradox exists in housing at-large; using innovation is vital yet accounting for the value to individual organizations remains a challenge. This paradox is supported by a landscape that includes a sizeable graveyard of failed attempts at innovation on grand and small scales. This book seeks to decrease the opacity of innovation processes in residential constr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Housing policy.
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Housing policy. |
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Housing -- Technological innovations.
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Housing -- Technological innovations. |
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Housing. |
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Sustainable buildings.
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Sustainable buildings. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McCoy, Andrew P. Policies, Programs and People that Shape Innovation in Housing. New York : Momentum Press, ©2015 |
| ISBN |
9781606505618 (electronic book) |
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1606505610 (electronic book) |
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9781606505601 |
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