Construction Innovation: Inter-firm Network as Antecedent Factor with Effect on Organizational Performance

DOI

10.2991/icibet-14.2014.19How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Construction Innovation, small firms, inter-firm linkages, construction, firm performance

Abstract

The literature on innovation, in the context of small construction firms, is scattered and still remain in its embryonic stage in the development of theories and models. The contribution of inter-firm relationships to innovation and organizational performance in these firms are examined here through 159 survey data from Malaysia. We find that prioritising relationship-building strategies is relevant in facilitating innovation implementation and enhanced organizational performance within the small project-based firms. The findings implied that firms with limited resources and capabilities could expect a more significant improvement of their organizational performance, if they encourage a high level of inter-networks and innovation activities.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yee Lin Lee
AU  - Abdul-Rahman Hamzah
AU  - Chen Wang
PY  - 2014/02
DA  - 2014/02
TI  - Construction Innovation: Inter-firm Network as Antecedent Factor with Effect on Organizational Performance
BT  - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Information, Business and Education Technology
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 64
EP  - 67
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icibet-14.2014.19
DO  - 10.2991/icibet-14.2014.19
ID  - Lee2014/02
ER  -