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Low cost products and services are nowadays present in most sectors. However a clear definition of what makes a low cost product seems to be missing. This article proposes a state of the art on low cost products (through the study of a sample of 50 products recognized as "low cost") and aims to...
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. Although the dual need for original solutions and cost reductions has been identified, a lack of innovation has been pointed … innovations. We also show that a low cost perspective can bring benefits to the sector as a powerful innovation driver. …
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Standards and norms are central objects for institutional studies. However, their role in innovation and the creation … between standard setting and innovation, in the context of emerging organizational fields. We consider standardization in … emerging fields as a socio-technical process, which must simultaneously promote a certain degree of innovation and enroll …
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paper investigates the role of contracts, a hitherto understudied innovation influent, in generating more conducive … sustainable energy innovation and the design project. Furthermore, the dynamics lead to favouring of uptake of existing … policy intervention for innovation supportive dynamics in construction projects. …
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, notably industry, when it comes to innovation; as mechanically responding to external (client) needs and implementing … those related to innovation and sustainability. …
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Judging from the number of communities and cities striving or claiming to be sustainable and how often eco-development is invoked as the means for urban regeneration, it appears that sustainable and eco-development have become "the leading paradigm within urban development" (Whitehead 2003). But...
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How does innovation come about in a highly institutionalized field like the construction sector? The construction … national legislation. It tends to lag behind other sectors of the economy when it comes to innovation, being perceived as … offers a unique opportunity to study in real time how innovation emerges within a highly institutionalized field. …
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L'aménagement durable comme opportunité d'innovation. Les éco-territoires représentent une opportunité d'innovation …
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Low cost products and services are nowadays present in most sectors. However a clear definition of what makes a low cost product seems to be missing. This article proposes a state of the art on low cost products (through the study of a sample of 42 products recognized as "low cost") and aims to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820898
This paper explores innovation and social behaviourist theory in relation to sustainable urban projects in the highly … theory and innovation theory and to facilitate innovative design in urban projects. …
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