TY  - JOUR
AB  - In the last few years an increasing demand for integrated services could be recognised on the construction market. For construction firms this means that there is a wider scope for achieving advantages in competition. Based on a research project on the innovation behaviour of two Swiss contractors this paper presents the innovation potential of integrated services and the advantages and disadvantages of the present organizational structure of medium‐sized contractors with respect to the usage of this potential. Moreover, possibilities for construction firms to build up and benefit from internal and external co‐operation and to generate innovative constructional solutions are discussed. It is concluded that an innovative construction industry requires the ability of construction firms to co‐operate.
VL  - 11
IS  - 5
SN  - 0969-9988
DO  - 10.1108/09699980410558520
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09699980410558520
AU  - Hartmann Andreas
AU  - Girmscheid Gerhard
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - The innovation potential of integrated services and its utilisation through co‐operation
T2  - Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 335
EP  - 341
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -