Current research agendas are increasingly encouraging the construction industry to operate on the basis of 'added value'. Such debates echo the established concept of 'high value manufacturing' and associated trends towards servitization. Within construction, the so-called 'value agenda' draws...

Strategy is a contested concept. The generic literature is characterized by a diverse range of competing theories and alternative perspectives. Traditional models of the competitive strategy of construction firms have tended to focus on exogenous factors. In contrast, the resource-based view of...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Note on Contributors -- Foreword by Sir Terry Farrell -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Book Endorsements -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Foresight and Futures Studies in Construction and Development -- 1.1...

Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Construction in the age of the planned economy -- The dawn of enterprise -- Leanness and agility in construction -- The improvement agenda takes shape -- Rethinking construction -- From business process re-engineering to partnering...

The purpose of this paper is primarily to highlight the issue of values in the European Union (EU) in terms of its practices as opposed to official rhetoric. The debate surrounding the Treaty of Nice, the context in which the Irish referendum took place and the political reaction to its...