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Agren, R and Wing, R D (2014) Five moments in the history of industrialized building. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 7-15.
Bildsten, L (2014) Buyer-supplier relationships in industrialized building. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 146-59.
Brege, S, Stehn, L and Nord, T (2014) Business models in industrialized building of multi-storey houses. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 208-26.
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2013.840734
- Abstract:
The business model construct has been widely used during the last decade, partly because of its potential to provide a holistic view of how companies do business. A test of how prefabrication could form the basis of a construction firm’s business model can lead to an understanding of the potential for the competitiveness and profitability of industrialized building. The aim is to adapt a general business model construct and use it to empirically identify the most frequently used and the most viable business model. The theoretical perspective is employed to examine how a company does business and which activities and resources are mobilized through the distinction between strategic and operational effectiveness. The multiple case studies include five major Swedish companies that produce prefabricated timber building systems and the analysis is grounded in pattern-finding. The business model construct includes: market position, offering, and operational platform. The result indicates five business model elements: prefabrication mode, role in the building process, end-user segments, system augmentation and complementary resources. Applying this construct to the five case companies revealed that one out of seven models was found to be viable in terms of both "market share" and decision-makers’ opinions. One important conclusion is to take the prefabrication mode as the starting point for business model design and then adapt the other elements to a good fit.
Eriksson, P E, Olander, S, Szentes, H and Widen, K (2014) Managing short-term efficiency and long-term development through industrialized construction. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 97-108.
Hedgren, E and Stehn, L (2014) The impact of clients' decision-making on their adoption of industrialized building. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 126-45.
Jansson, G, Johnsson, H and Engstrom, D (2014) Platform use in systems building. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 70-82.
Jonsson, H and Rudberg, M (2014) Classification of production systems for industrialized building: a production strategy perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 53-69.
Larsson, J, Eriksson, P E, Olofsson, T and Simonsson, P (2014) Industrialized construction in the Swedish infrastructure sector: core elements and barriers. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 83-96.
Meiling, J H, Sandberg, M and Johnsson, H (2014) A study of a plan-do-check-act method used in less industrialized activities: two cases from industrialized housebuilding. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 109-25.
Schmidt, R, Vibaek, K S and Austin, S (2014) Evaluating the adaptability of an industrialized building using dependency structure matrices. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 160-82.
Wikberg, F, Olofsson, T and Ekholm, A (2014) Design configuration with architectural objects: linking customer requirements with system capabilities in industrialized house-building platforms. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 196-207.
Yashiro, T (2014) Conceptual framework of the evolution and transformation of the idea of the industrialization of building in Japan. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 16-39.
Yunus, R and Yang, J (2014) Improving ecological performance of industrialized building systems in Malaysia. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 183-95.
Zhai, X, Reed, R and Mills, A (2014) Factors impeding the offsite production of housing construction in China: an investigation of current practice. Construction Management and Economics, 32(01), 40-52.