How entrepreneurial New Zealand firms procure environmental technical innovations for the construction industry

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aut.publication.placeGroningen, the Netherlands.en_NZ
aut.relation.endpage71
aut.relation.pages1
aut.relation.startpage71
aut.researcherStaal, Anne
dc.contributor.authorStaal, Aen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorTookey, JEen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorSeadon, Jen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorMobach, Men_NZ
dc.contributor.authorWalhof, Gen_NZ
dc.contributor.editorVelthuijsen, Hen_NZ
dc.contributor.editorVan Lieshout, Hen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-02T00:28:35Z
dc.date.available2016-06-02T00:28:35Z
dc.date.copyright2015-10-19en_NZ
dc.date.issued2015-10-19en_NZ
dc.description.abstractConstruction industries in New Zealand and abroad have a low track record for successful sustainable innovations. This often has a negative impact on private and government spending, and on quality, society and the environment. This paper posits that the construction industry needs step-change (i.e. architectural, system, radical, modular) environmental technical innovations to make drastic improvements. Often entrepreneurial or small to medium-sized firms at the beginning of supply chains or from other industries will introduce such innovations. These firms will use the innovation capacity of suppliers and of their own organisations to transform and commercialise such innovations into the industry. However, after an extensive literature review it remains unclear how innovative New Zealand firms procure environmental step-change technical innovations for the construction industry. The research focuses on procurement activities within such firms who supply the New Zealand construction industry. These procurement activities interact with (internal and external) innovation activities for an optimal firm performance (in economic and environmental terms) and are affected by clusters of internal and external variables. The heart of the research consists of two rounds of case studies alternating with two rounds of collaborative focus studies. The research focus is on New Zealand although part of this study will be replicated in the Netherlands. It is part of a doctoral project.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationUSE 2015 Understanding Small Enterprises held at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands, 2015-10-21 to 2015-10-23, published in: USE Conference 2015 A Healthy Working Life in a Healthy Business, pp.71 - 71 (1)en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/9854
dc.publisherHanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands
dc.relation.urihttp://www.useconference.com/images/custom/online_proceedings_use_2015_lr_2.pdf
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dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectConstruction industry; Material suppliers; Entrepreneurs; Small firms; SMEs; New Zealand; Step-change technical innovations; Procurement; Purchasing; Sustainable; Environmental
dc.titleHow entrepreneurial New Zealand firms procure environmental technical innovations for the construction industryen_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution
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