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Determinants of Management Innovation in the Ghanaian Construction Consulting Sector

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Determinants of Management Innovation in the Ghanaian Construction Consulting Sector
 
Creator Owusu-Manu, De-Graft
Badu, Edward
Holt, Gary D.
Edwards, David
 
Subject Construction Management
Determinants, management, innovation, construction, consulting.
Innovation
 
Description Determinants of management innovation (MI) within the Ghanaian construction consulting sector are examined. A sample of 70 consulting firms is surveyed using self-administered questionnaires. Data are analysed using descriptive statistics and factor analysis. Findings indicate that determinants of MI were interwoven among seven principal factors viz: community and market demands; financial and business management practices; human resource policies; creativity and organizational strategies; corporate social responsibility; prevailing conditions; and competitive leverage. The study adds to the discourse on evolution of innovation within the global consulting sector generally, while providing reference for practitioners and academics in the field with respect to MI determinants more specifically. It is envisaged that practitioners who adopt these findings in the construction consultancy sector would enhance their ability to provide innovative services to clients. Study recommendations include that future research should explore how innovation is diffused within consulting enterprises’ value chains.Paper Type: Research article
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
Contributor n/a
 
Date 2015-03-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Questionnaire surver; factor analysis
 
Format application/pdf
text/html
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/4170
10.5130/AJCEB.v15i1.4170
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 15, No 1 (2015): Construction Economics and Building; 75-88
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/4170/4517
http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/4170/4534
 
Coverage Ghana; UK
Recent
Seventy consulting firms
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Edward Badu, Gary D. Holt, David Edwards
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