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Development of timber framed firms in the construction sector - Is EU policy one source of their innovation?

Tykkä, Saana; Mccluskey, Denise; Nord, Tomas; Ollonqvist, Pekka; Hugosson, Mårten; Roos, Anders; Ukrainski, Kadri; Nyrud, Anders Q; Bajric, Fahrudin

Abstract

Firms benefited from governmental policy instruments that support timber framed R&D and knowledge transfer. However, firms also gained new knowledge from their own experiences, which they also use in their operations. Accordingly, policy instruments are not a sole or dominant source for innovation in the case firms. Nonetheless, the change in building codes has been a pre-requisite the firms' commercial developments. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Innovation; Innovation source; Timber frame; Construction; EU policy

Published in

Forest Policy and Economics
2010, Volume: 12, number: 3, pages: 199-206
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

      SLU Authors

    • Mccluskey, Denise

      • Department of Forest Products, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

      • Hugosson, Mårten

        • Department of Forest Products, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

        • Roos, Anders

          • Department of Forest Products, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

        UKÄ Subject classification

        Economics and Business
        Social Sciences
        Forest Science

        Publication identifier

        DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2009.10.003

        Permanent link to this page (URI)

        https://res.slu.se/id/publ/48531