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Ahiaga-Dagbui, D D and Smith, S D (2014) Dealing with construction cost overruns using data mining. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 682-94.
Bijleveld, F R and Dorée, A G (2014) Method-based learning: a case in the asphalt construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 665-81.
Buser, M and Koch, C (2014) Is this none of the contractor’s business? Social sustainability challenges informed by literary accounts. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 749-59.
Close, R and Loosemore, M (2014) Breaking down the site hoardings: attitudes and approaches to community consultation during construction. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 816-28.
Collinge, W H and Harty, C F (2014) Stakeholder interpretations of design: semiotic insights into the briefing process. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 760-72.
Ju, C and Rowlinson, S (2014) Institutional determinants of construction safety management strategies of contractors in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 725-36.
olde Scholtenhuis, L L and Dorée, A G (2014) High reliability organizing at the boundary of the CM domain. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 658-64.
Rutten, M E J, Dorvan der Veen, B, Voordijk, H and Dorée, A (2001) Innovation of construction in the Dutch railways: lessons from inter-organizational co-operation. In: Akintoye, A (Ed.), Proceedings 17th Annual ARCOM Conference, e, A G and Halman, (2014) Together on the path to construction innovation: yet another example of escalation of commitment?. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 695-704.
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2014.933855
- Abstract:
Collaborative innovation projects are projects in which firms join forces to cooperate in the development and commercialization of a new building product, system, or service. They represent an example of the type of inter-firm relationships that are said to enhance construction innovation. Organizational behaviour research, however, suggests that firms participating in such innovation projects run the risk of escalating commitment and may continue to invest for irrational reasons. It is therefore relevant to examine whether Dutch firms that invest, in collaboration with other firms, in the development and commercialization of a new building product, system, or service are susceptible to this escalation. Two escalation effects were investigated: the effect of expected loss of sunk costs, and the effect of perceived project stage. A survey was undertaken of 154 firms participating in 25 collaborative innovation projects. The results suggest that firms in the population under study are unlikely to fall victim to either of the two escalation effects. Rather, the negative association found between the expected loss of sunk costs and likelihood of continuing investment raises the question as to whether firms become more cautious when they have spent a lot.
Sage, D, Dainty, A, Tryggestad, K, Justesen, L and Mouritsen, J (2014) Building with wildlife: project geographies and cosmopolitics in infrastructure construction. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 773-86.
Sherratt, F (2014) Exploring ‘Zero Target’ safety programmes in the UK construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 737-48.
Shipton, C, Hughes, W and Tutt, D (2014) Change management in practice: an ethnographic study of changes to contract requirements on a hospital project. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 787-803.
Smiley, J-P, Fernie, S and Dainty, A (2014) Understanding construction reform discourses. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 804-15.
Taggart, M, Koskela, L and Rooke, J (2014) The role of the supply chain in the elimination and reduction of construction rework and defects: an action research approach. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 829-42.
Tansey, P, Spillane, J P and Meng, X (2014) Linking response strategies adopted by construction firms during the 2007 economic recession to Porter’s generic strategies. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 705-24.