TY - GEN
T1 - A methodological framework for the assessment of Turkish contractor firm's innovativeness
AU - Ilter, A. Tolga
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Innovation is regarded as one of the key issues of national economic growth and competitiveness. Measuring innovation is a widely discussed debate in management literature as in construction management. Drivers and barriers of innovation and the indicators of innovativeness are the main metrics of this effort. In this paper, beginning from an analysis of on the present national data on innovation, a methodological framework is discussed for the assessment of Turkish contractor firms' innovativeness in comparison with top global contracting firms using a combined Research and Development (R&D), Innovation and ICT usage survey data. A framework of such can help improve contractor firms' innovativeness by presenting a road map for the next decade as well as setting the parameters to be taken into account by the relevant policy makers.
AB - Innovation is regarded as one of the key issues of national economic growth and competitiveness. Measuring innovation is a widely discussed debate in management literature as in construction management. Drivers and barriers of innovation and the indicators of innovativeness are the main metrics of this effort. In this paper, beginning from an analysis of on the present national data on innovation, a methodological framework is discussed for the assessment of Turkish contractor firms' innovativeness in comparison with top global contracting firms using a combined Research and Development (R&D), Innovation and ICT usage survey data. A framework of such can help improve contractor firms' innovativeness by presenting a road map for the next decade as well as setting the parameters to be taken into account by the relevant policy makers.
KW - Construction industry
KW - Drivers and barriers of innovation
KW - Innovation indicators
KW - Innovation measurement
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84860426688&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84860426688
SN - 9781842195192
T3 - COBRA 2009 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
SP - 1687
EP - 1696
BT - COBRA 2009 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
T2 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, COBRA 2009
Y2 - 10 September 2009 through 11 September 2009
ER -
