The Influence Of Internal And External Factors In Measuring The Innovativeness Among Housing Developers In Peninsular Malaysia

The debate on the innovativeness status of the housing industry is ongoing and well documented in the literature. While some scholars opine that the housing industry is generally lagging behind other industries in terms of innovativeness, others contend that this claim does not reflect the actual co...

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Main Author: Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling my-usm-ep.413652019-04-12T05:26:33Z The Influence Of Internal And External Factors In Measuring The Innovativeness Among Housing Developers In Peninsular Malaysia 2011-06 Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed TH1-9745 Building construction The debate on the innovativeness status of the housing industry is ongoing and well documented in the literature. While some scholars opine that the housing industry is generally lagging behind other industries in terms of innovativeness, others contend that this claim does not reflect the actual condition of the industry which is innovative to a certain extent. Despite this, empirical studies in other industries have shown that certain firms’ internal and external factors do influence innovativeness of the firms. Coupled with the considerable attention on innovativeness in Malaysia in recent times, and the need for the Malaysian housing industry to be innovative in order to address the challenges it is facing, studies of innovativeness in the Malaysian housing industry are scarce. 2011-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/41365/ http://eprints.usm.my/41365/1/AHMED_MOHAMMED_KAMARUDDEEN.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Perumahan, Bangunan & Perancangan
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic TH1-9745 Building construction
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Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed
The Influence Of Internal And External Factors In Measuring The Innovativeness Among Housing Developers In Peninsular Malaysia
description The debate on the innovativeness status of the housing industry is ongoing and well documented in the literature. While some scholars opine that the housing industry is generally lagging behind other industries in terms of innovativeness, others contend that this claim does not reflect the actual condition of the industry which is innovative to a certain extent. Despite this, empirical studies in other industries have shown that certain firms’ internal and external factors do influence innovativeness of the firms. Coupled with the considerable attention on innovativeness in Malaysia in recent times, and the need for the Malaysian housing industry to be innovative in order to address the challenges it is facing, studies of innovativeness in the Malaysian housing industry are scarce.
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed
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title The Influence Of Internal And External Factors In Measuring The Innovativeness Among Housing Developers In Peninsular Malaysia
title_short The Influence Of Internal And External Factors In Measuring The Innovativeness Among Housing Developers In Peninsular Malaysia
title_full The Influence Of Internal And External Factors In Measuring The Innovativeness Among Housing Developers In Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr The Influence Of Internal And External Factors In Measuring The Innovativeness Among Housing Developers In Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The Influence Of Internal And External Factors In Measuring The Innovativeness Among Housing Developers In Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort influence of internal and external factors in measuring the innovativeness among housing developers in peninsular malaysia
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