Print Email Facebook Twitter Contractor abilities to develop collaborative practices in austerity to meet environmental sustainability agendas Part of: Management and Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment MISBE 2011· list the conference papers Title Contractor abilities to develop collaborative practices in austerity to meet environmental sustainability agendas Author Smyth, H. Date 2011-06-21 Abstract The boom era was characterised as continuous improvement in construction. Collaborative practices and a focus upon differentiation were primary features. The current market is austere with a primary focus upon cost. Survival is a dominant contractor strategy. Yet, certain contractors are retaining collaborative practices as a means to secure work, lever value and deliver effectively. Some have embedded collaborative practices as core competencies and dynamic capabilities that lever value in supply chains and networks. Environmental sustainability agendas are long-term and are likely to increasingly drive factors affecting construction in the future. Collaborative practices will be necessary to lever value to meet sustainability agendas early in the project lifecycle. Firms pursuing this path are likely to be the minority yet will be more successful by growing market share in the long run compared to the competition. Subject collaborationcompetencies/capabilitiesinvestmentmarketingsurvival To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8fbb891b-c12f-42cc-b9bf-1b16ae025da8 Part of collection Conference proceedings Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2011 Smyth, H. Files PDF 29.pdf 289.93 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8fbb891b-c12f-42cc-b9bf-1b16ae025da8/datastream/OBJ/view