Key elements to enable systemic innovation in construction firms

Duarte, Carolina Mendonça de Moraes; Picchi, Flávio Augusto

doi:10.1590/s1678-86212021000400575

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“…It also consists of many individual studies whose usefulness is limited by time and sample constraints (Dickinson et al , 2005; Orstavik, 2015; Meng and Brown, 2018). These studies do not completely reflect the actual experiences of construction organizations (Duarte and Picchi, 2021; Gambatese and Hallowell, 2011), and our understanding of the actual innovation transfer and adoption processes in construction is far from complete (Sexton and Barrett, 2004; Peace et al , 2010; Sepasgozar et al , 2016)…”

Section: Technological Innovations In Construction: Literature Synthesismentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The assimilation gap presents the phenomenon that a successful and effective acquisition of technological innovation might be followed by ineffective and improper utilization and development of that innovation. Current reports from the industry show that this phenomenon is still relevant to most construction companies, which often acquire a technological innovation but fail to step into the deployment and development events (Duarte and Picchi, 2021; Meng and Brown, 2018; Peace et al , 2010).…”

Section: Technological Innovations In Construction: Literature Synthesismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Innovation transfer in construction: re-interpreting factor-based research from the perspective of the social construction of technology (SCOT)

Wafai

Aouad

2022

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Purpose The construction industry has shown an inherent inability to adopt advanced technological innovations. The construction innovation literature is highly fragmented and outlines an overwhelming number of factors that arguably influence the transfer of technological innovations in construction. Factor-based research in the construction innovation literature tends to set out technological innovations and their adoption as socially neutral events, overlooking the role of context in the adoption process. Hence, the authors’ understanding of how technological innovations are transferred and implemented in the construction industry remains limited by the constraints of reductionist approaches adopted by factor-based research. This paper aims to advance the authors’ understanding of the actual experiences of technological innovations transfer in construction. Instead of introducing another set of factors, the research, through empirical investigation, develops a comprehensive and holistic framework to re-interpret the existing factor-based literature taking into consideration the role of the construction context and the socially constructed nature of technological innovations. Design/methodology/approach This research uses a participatory exploratory multiple case study design strategy, which has much in common with action research. The factors that could influence the transfer of technological innovations were investigated in three selected case studies over an extended period of time. During the research, a prototype system application of construction integration was used as a basis to discuss the adoption of technological innovations. Findings The findings suggest moving from the commonly held beliefs in the rational school of technological innovation and the functionalist paradigm towards constructivist approaches to capture the role of context and the stoically constructed nature of technological innovations. It is suggested that construction companies need to develop management capabilities to manage the changing political environments of the adoption process. The research supports the emerging view of technological innovations in construction as a collaborative-based innovation, which is a function of relationships and context. Research limitations/implications The research is limited by the settings of the action research design and the use of an interpretive approach. Because the focus was on investigating the “why” question, little attention was given to the “how” question. Accordingly, the findings provide little insights into the way organizations can manage the changing political and social environment of the adoption process. The authors also acknowledge that in spite of their best efforts to build a theoretically grounded framework of factors, they may have overlooked some relevant studies. However, the objective of this research was not to conduct a systematic literature review or to come up with a framework that quantitatively captures all previous research studies; instead, the objective was to build a holistic framework that can be used as a base to analyze the role of construction context and the socially constructed nature of technological innovations in the adoption process. Practical implications The research offers several practical insights. First, it suggests that construction companies need to develop management capabilities to be able to lead the changing political environment of the adoption process successfully. Second, the research supports the emerging view of technological innovations in construction as a collaborative-based innovation that is a function of relationship. From a policy perspective, the research provides the basis to reconsider the effectiveness of federal and provincial policies that promote advanced technological Initiatives. The majority of these policies focus on the technical aspects in assessing the adoption of technological innovation, providing little incentives to companies to manage the changing political and social environment of the adoption process. Originality/value This research offers several theoretical and methodological contributions. First, it advances the authors’ understanding of the actual experiences of the transfer of technological innovations in construction organizations. Second, instead of introducing another set of factors, the research develops a framework to re-interpret the existing factor-based literature, considering the role of construction context and the socially constructed nature of technological innovations. The research uses the theoretical lens of the social construction of technology framework to analyze the adoption process. The existing literature suggests that such research is scarce and highly needed. Third, unlike the mainstream reductionist approaches, this research adopts an exploratory action research inquiry design that uses both inductive and deductive inquiry approaches to understand the socially constructed nature of innovation transfer in construction. The adopted research design offers a valuable methodological contribution to the existing body of knowledge.

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Section: Technological Innovations In Construction: Literature Synthesismentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Technological Innovations In Construction: Literature Synthesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation transfer in construction: re-interpreting factor-based research from the perspective of the social construction of technology (SCOT)

Wafai

Aouad

2022

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“…The manager understands that the internalization of explicit knowledge into tacit knowledge is an opportunity for improvement within the organization after being explained that training outside the workplace will allow his employees to interact with people from other corporate environments and that developing the absorption capacity of workers in such training and internalization in the company's environment can culminate in improvements in the firm's organizational performance and become a competitive differential [3,12] since innovative companies develop a training policy that encompasses technical, managerial and creative skills, where multidisciplinary teams play an essential role in innovation [19] and that knowledge assets (in this case people) have a positive influence on organizational performance [17].…”

Section: Internalization Dimension: Internalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge Management: A Case Study in a Construction Company

Júnior¹,

Miranda²,

Hausner³

et al. 2023

JBTH

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Knowledge management and innovation are important for organizational environments, acting as a strategy to maintain and improve competitiveness. This article evaluates, in an exploratory study, knowledge management in a medium-sized company. To this end, a systematic literature review and a qualitative interview with fourteen employees of a medium-sized company in the construction industry were conducted. The questionnaires were applied remotely to employees with leadership positions and direct labor from the company. The results showed that, although it was evident that the company follows management principles that tangent dimensions of the SECI Model, there is an opportunity for improvement in the internalization and combination dimensions.

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“…Ozorhon's research suggests that the innovation process of construction projects requires the joint participation of clients, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, and designers [ 20 ]. In addition to the research on innovation process of IOIM [ 21 ], innovation influencing factors [ 22 , 23 ] and innovation performance [ 24 ] evaluation are also research hotspots in recent years.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation Network Reconfiguration Makes Infrastructure Megaprojects More Resilient

Sun

Liu

Zhao

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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Innovation management of infrastructure megaprojects is a challenging task. There are many risks in the process of innovation in engineering technology, such as shortage of funds, policy fluctuations, and difficulties in the transformation of achievements. Meanwhile, innovation organizations involve multiple participants, which makes cooperation complicated. Therefore, resilient innovation is proposed and considered as a tool that can optimize innovation management. The resilience of innovation depends largely on partnerships at the organizational level, which is rarely explored in current studies. This research aims to examine the relationship between organizational resilience and innovation network characteristics. Based on a survey of 164 participants in infrastructure innovation projects, the structural equation model (SEM) is used to explore the factors that influence organizational resilience. The findings show that there is a positive correlation between network characteristics and organizational resilience. Furthermore, the strength of network connections has a direct impact on the preventive and resistance ability of resilience. Network heterogeneity has an impact on the dual ability of resilience. Finally, a case study of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway innovation network shows that based on the above influence paths, we can find a strategy to reconstruct the network to improve resilience.

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Key elements to enable systemic innovation in construction firms

Cited by 7 publications

References 58 publications

Innovation transfer in construction: re-interpreting factor-based research from the perspective of the social construction of technology (SCOT)

Innovation transfer in construction: re-interpreting factor-based research from the perspective of the social construction of technology (SCOT)

Knowledge Management: A Case Study in a Construction Company

Innovation Network Reconfiguration Makes Infrastructure Megaprojects More Resilient

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