TY - JOUR
T1 - The driving process of technological innovation in construction: a firm-level CDM analysis
AU - Gong, Zheng
AU - Wang, Nannan
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is funded by Social Science Planning Fund of Liaoning Province (No. L20BJL013).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2022/2/28
Y1 - 2022/2/28
N2 - Purpose: Innovation has been acknowledged as the key for modern industries. However, the construction industry is criticised for being poor in innovation performance compared to other industry sectors. Large construction firms are the main contributor to technological innovation in the construction industry, but the driving process of their technological innovation has not yet been fully investigated in previous studies. The purpose of this paper is to provide quantitative analysis of the technological innovation driving process of large construction firms. Design/methodology/approach: An extended crépon, duguet and mairesse (CDM) model has been developed to analyse the key influencing factors for technological innovation in construction firms. The sample data are selected from the world’s largest construction market, China, and include 129 listed construction firms. Findings: The results show significant positive correlation between R&D investment and innovation output and also between innovation output and performance. The effect of influencing factors on the R&D investment, innovation output and performance are also revealed by the empirical study. The underlying reasons are discussed and suggestions are given for the construction industry to improve the technological innovation capacity of construction firms. Originality/value: This research contributes to the literature of construction innovation and benefits practitioners by providing a quantitative approach to demonstrate the driving process of innovation in construction firms.
AB - Purpose: Innovation has been acknowledged as the key for modern industries. However, the construction industry is criticised for being poor in innovation performance compared to other industry sectors. Large construction firms are the main contributor to technological innovation in the construction industry, but the driving process of their technological innovation has not yet been fully investigated in previous studies. The purpose of this paper is to provide quantitative analysis of the technological innovation driving process of large construction firms. Design/methodology/approach: An extended crépon, duguet and mairesse (CDM) model has been developed to analyse the key influencing factors for technological innovation in construction firms. The sample data are selected from the world’s largest construction market, China, and include 129 listed construction firms. Findings: The results show significant positive correlation between R&D investment and innovation output and also between innovation output and performance. The effect of influencing factors on the R&D investment, innovation output and performance are also revealed by the empirical study. The underlying reasons are discussed and suggestions are given for the construction industry to improve the technological innovation capacity of construction firms. Originality/value: This research contributes to the literature of construction innovation and benefits practitioners by providing a quantitative approach to demonstrate the driving process of innovation in construction firms.
KW - China
KW - Quantitative analysis
KW - Technological innovation
KW - Construction firms
KW - CDM model
KW - Innovation driving process
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-12-2020-0194
DO - https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-12-2020-0194
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 222
EP - 241
JO - Construction Innovation: Information Process Management
JF - Construction Innovation: Information Process Management
SN - 1471-4175
IS - 2
ER -