How countries achieve greater use of offsite manufacturing to build new housing: Identifying typologies through institutional theory

Oti‐Sarpong, Kwadwo; Shojaei, Reyhaneh S.; Dakhli, Zakaria; Burgess, Gemma; Zaki, Mohamed

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2021.103403

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“…The importance of this study is evidenced in recent studies that emphasise the need for comparable research to effectively investigate enhancing MMC prospects for better adoption (Abdul Nabi and El-adaway, 2020;Oti-Sarpong et al, 2022;Darlow et al, 2022;Ayinla et al, 2022). As a result of the direction of recent studies in underpinning the lack of research to explain MMC's low adoption and the lack of utilisation of theories to aid research in explaining and understanding innovation adoption in construction, the authors deem this study as timely.…”

Section: Research Gapmentioning

confidence: 98%

Prospects of Promoting MMC across the Public Construction Sector: A Systematic Review against the Diffusion of Innovation Theory

2023

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Despite the calls to transform construction and the potential of the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) to address traditional construction concerns, the global construction industry is yet to embrace the benefits. The purpose of this review is to theoretically explain MMC low uptake in the public sector by exploring the relative pressure points that are contributing to clients' indecision. The study argues the five functional constructs of the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI) against MMC attributes. A systematic review of sixty-seven articles through a Preferred Reporting Item for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) ledto key arguments that explicate the lesser drive for MMC adoption. Results reveal that past literature is plurally discarding the dynamics between supply and demand, decision-making, and contracting business models. An improved understanding of these dynamics would, therefore, support research efforts in disclosing the necessary considerations that can promote clients' favourable innovation-decisions. This study echoes past calls and act as a departure point for future research to assess MMC beyond its technical attributes from a theoretical lens to better understand how construction innovations flow in the public construction sector.

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Prospects of Promoting MMC across the Public Construction Sector: A Systematic Review against the Diffusion of Innovation Theory

2023

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“…A valid question is the significance and extent of contribution that is associated with detailing the characteristics of public client organisations towards an innovation. The overall knowledge of public clients is limited, this has been pinpointed by the literature, where the implications of this lack of knowledge mean that the government, contractors, and integrators are unaware of the differences to which their strategies are effective, or ineffective, as the ability to target organisations is dictated by the demonstrated and informed knowledge of the differences in clients' categorisation [78][79][80]. The literature, however, provides enough evidence to suggest the viability and needs of this paper's direction.…”

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Examining the Influence of UK Public Clients’ Characteristics on Their Own Innovation-Decision towards the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

2023

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Construction has long been identified as an industry resistant to change and innovation, a reality that has prevailed to shape its overall reputation. The public sector includes an influential client type that dominates the major percentage of construction demand and is subject to public law. The Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) have been championed recently by the UK government and early adopters upon the emergence of data indicating their effectiveness in addressing key construction challenges. However, the uptake of MMC has been low among UK construction clients, particularly among public client organisations. Theories emerge across decades to inform researchers of variable clusters that can aid a broader understanding of decision-making and innovation adoption. One of the popular innovation theories suggests a relation between the characteristics of decision-makers and their own innovation decisions. This paper, therefore, aims to investigate the characteristics that are responsible for public clients’ low MMC uptake despite the associated relative advantages. Overall, 91 public client organisations have responded to this research’s survey, reflecting their organisation’s characteristics in line with the constructs adapted from the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory. Results suggest that among the ten influences that are captured from a detailed review of the literature, confidence in MMC firms supersedes all other factors in critically influencing the organisation’s favourable decision towards using MMC. Evidence provided in this paper suggests that a communication issue is presenting itself in the public construction sector, which is evident by the lack of confidence that public clients have in MMC businesses. This is the first study to utilise quantitative means to examine construction clients’ characteristics and relate the same to the adoption of construction innovation. Future research is encouraged to acknowledge the most influencing characteristics and detail how such knowledge can be embraced by supply to develop business models that can orchestrate better confidence in the public sector.

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“…Public procurement agreements are argued to be an effective communication channel that promotes MMC in the public sector [15]. Oti-Sarpong [20] described how leveraging MMC projects through Public Procurement Frameworks would facilitate better adoption. For instance, such agreements have been described as key communication channels between stakeholders [86].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Enhancing MMC uptake among public clients would therefore influence less dependency from the public sector on conventional methods currently dominating over 70% of all new developments in the United Kingdom [19]. If these influential organisations adopt MMC as a practical solution, other organisations will follow, thereby accelerating innovation adoption across the construction sector [20]. Studies focusing on the public sector described public clients as 'a change-restraining force' for MMC diffusion, calling for research in the same direction [21].…”

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A Systematic Review of the Business Contingencies Influencing Broader Adoption: Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

2023

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The existing body of knowledge on the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) reflects their benefits and relative advantages, particularly in addressing contemporary construction challenges. However, the uptake of such methods is minimal, particularly in the public construction sector. The low uptake has led MMC firms to liquidation due to the lack of an economy of scale. Studies, particularly recently, explain that the low adoption rates are linked to the inappropriateness of existing business models responsible for driving broader demand. This paper assumes that the lag in MMC adoption could be related to the ability of supply business models to communicate confidence to demand. Public clients are foreseen as important target customers, acquiring influential status across the industry, with an expected potential to drive innovation adoption across the sector. A systematic review method allows scholars to assess existing literature by critically locating and analysing relative publications to approach the study’s aim. Through utilising this method, the study classifies the arguments against the Business Model Canvas (BMC), and argues the results with respect to contingency theory, and in turn, synthesizing a new meaning that reveals the considerations needed to boost business model performance when penetrating the public sector. Hence, the critical analyses of 70 studies relative to MMC, led to proposing the contingencies that are believed to better structure business models. Results suggest that MMC firms can embrace specific reforms and gain more momentum when communicating confidence to public client organisations; however, a guideline that conceptualises the interactions between the elements and their influence on the decision-making does not exist, and this may be inhibiting coherency on how MMC businesses drive broader demand. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to utilise the contingency theory as an attempt to disseminate previous efforts to explain the low adoption of MMC in the UK public sector.

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How countries achieve greater use of offsite manufacturing to build new housing: Identifying typologies through institutional theory

Cited by 19 publications

References 52 publications

Prospects of Promoting MMC across the Public Construction Sector: A Systematic Review against the Diffusion of Innovation Theory

Prospects of Promoting MMC across the Public Construction Sector: A Systematic Review against the Diffusion of Innovation Theory

Examining the Influence of UK Public Clients’ Characteristics on Their Own Innovation-Decision towards the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

A Systematic Review of the Business Contingencies Influencing Broader Adoption: Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

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