The Leitmotif of Building-Products Innovation in Finland: From Commercial Technology Exploitation to Sustainable Development

Heli Koukkari; Finn Orstavik

doi:10.1002/9781118655689.ch13

The Leitmotif of Building-Products Innovation in Finland: From Commercial Technology Exploitation to Sustainable Development

Heli Koukkari, Finn Orstavik

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Abstract

The Chapter explores how building product manufacturers have perceived the innovation context in Finland since the 1960s when many modern construction technologies started to emerge. The analysis is based on qualitative data from a project considering the knowledge interaction between product manufacturers and research organisations. It could be concluded that the Finnish construction sector including its related manufacturing and service sectors has been a pioneer in adopting environmental and sustainability concepts and developing new approaches thanks to multidiscipline and forwardlooking interaction between various stakeholders.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Construction Innovation
Editors	Finn Orstavik, Andrew Dainty, Carl Abbott
Publisher	Wiley
Chapter	13
Pages	181-202
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-118-65568-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-118-65553-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118655689.ch13
Publication status	Published - 30 Jan 2015
MoE publication type	D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material

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Keywords

construction product
innovation
manufacture
sustainable construction
case study

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Koukkari, H., & Orstavik, F. (2015). The Leitmotif of Building-Products Innovation in Finland: From Commercial Technology Exploitation to Sustainable Development. In F. Orstavik, A. Dainty, & C. Abbott (Eds.), Construction Innovation (pp. 181-202). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118655689.ch13

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