TY - GEN
T1 - Adoption of alternative transport technologies in the construction industry
AU - Habets, M.J.M.
AU - Voordijk, Johannes T.
AU - van der Sijde, Peter
N1 - Conference code: 13
PY - 2006/6/18
Y1 - 2006/6/18
N2 - This research examines how the construction industry adopts alternative transport technologies. This paper presents the general characteristics of the adopter and what his perceptions are towards innovative transport technologies. The study focused on four rates of innovation, related tot alternative transport technologies. The results show that 83% of the respondents choose innovation over no innovation; more than half of the respondents choose an innovation that can be characterized as “architectural”. Further, the perceived benefits of the innovation characteristics for an incremental innovation are higher then the perceived benefits for an architectural or radical innovation. Finally, from the ventures that chose to innovate, smaller companies prefer an architectural - more challenging - innovation rather then an incremental innovation.
AB - This research examines how the construction industry adopts alternative transport technologies. This paper presents the general characteristics of the adopter and what his perceptions are towards innovative transport technologies. The study focused on four rates of innovation, related tot alternative transport technologies. The results show that 83% of the respondents choose innovation over no innovation; more than half of the respondents choose an innovation that can be characterized as “architectural”. Further, the perceived benefits of the innovation characteristics for an incremental innovation are higher then the perceived benefits for an architectural or radical innovation. Finally, from the ventures that chose to innovate, smaller companies prefer an architectural - more challenging - innovation rather then an incremental innovation.
KW - Transport technologies
KW - Adoption processes
KW - Construction industry
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 0-947649-52-2
VL - II
SP - 261
EP - 270
BT - Moving up the value chain
A2 - Mendibil, B.
A2 - Shamsuddin, A.
PB - University of Strathclyde
CY - Glasgow
T2 - 13th International Annual EurOMA Conference 2006
Y2 - 18 June 2006 through 21 June 2006
ER -