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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. What does innovation mean?; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Definitions of innovation; 1.3. Types of innovation; 1.4. Factor-based approaches to innovation; 1.5. Economic perspective on innovation; 1.6. Institutional perspective on innovation; 1.7. Processual perspective on innovation; 1.8. Why innovation continues to be important; Summary; References; 2. Labelling activities as innovations; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Weick's sensemaking framework; 2.3. Nature of sensemaking; 2.4. Sensemaking and project management

2.5. Sensemaking and innovation2.6. Critique and limitations of sensemaking; 2.7. Beyond sensemaking: Towards a theoretical framework for innovation; Summary; References; 3. Constructing identities and images as innovative; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Understanding an innovative organisation; 3.3. Organisational identity perspective; 3.4. Building an identity of an innovative project; 3.5. Constructing self-identities; Case vignette: Constructing identities of organisationsas sustainable innovative leaders; Summary; References; 4. The narrative turn in innovation studies; 4.1. Introduction

4.2. The meaning of innovation through narratives4.3. Properties of innovation narratives; 4.4. Innovation as a narrative in the built environment; 4.5. Narrative interactions; Summary; References; 5. Innovation and storytelling; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Storytelling in organisation studies; 5.3. Stories, roles and self-identities; 5.4. Storytelling in innovation studies; 5.5. The role of storytelling in the innovation process: Towards a conceptual framework; Case vignette: A story shared by a CEO aboutthe construction of a building; Summary; References

6. The evolution of innovation narratives in the built environment6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Grand narrative: The need for innovation; 6.3. Owners and operators driving innovation; 6.4. Suppliers are innovating through projects; 6.5. Leading innovation in temporary organisations; 6.6. The paradoxes of innovation in the built environment; Case vignette: Capable innovative ownerstimulating innovation from suppliers; Summary; References; 7. Innovation leadership; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Innovation champions in organisation studies; 7.3. Innovation champions in the built environment

7.4. Innovation brokers7.5. Innovation culture; 7.6. Digital technologies as enablers to innovation; Case vignette: Innovation Hub at Heathrow; Summary; References; 8. Employees' motivation to contribute innovative ideas; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Employee and idea contribution process; 8.3. Individual and contextual characteristics influencing the idea contribution process; 8.4. Understanding radicality of innovative ideas; 8.5. Conceptualising radicality of innovative ideas; Summary; References; 9. Lived stories about innovation; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Multiple meanings of innovation

9.3. Multiple perspectives on innovation typology

This book offers a new understanding of innovation in the built environment. The ways meaning of innovation is constructed has important implications for policymakers, project managers, academics and students. Through a longitudinal research study into innovation in firms and projects, the book addresses some key themes, challenges and concerns that practitioners face when managing innovation in the built environment. It examines the key drivers for innovation in the construction, engineering and infrastructure firms and projects. In particular, the questions of how and why innovation becomes recognised and sustained over time are explored. Different theoretical perspectives are considered to explain different aspects of innovation. This includes sensemaking, organisational and individual identity, storytelling and narration. The book has practical implications for how organisational activities become labelled as 'innovation' and for what purpose. It shares some lived stories of innovation as mobilised by practising managers. The connectivity between the formal narratives of innovation at the policy level and the lived narratives of innovation articulated by practitioners is explored. Combining the theory with practice, this book presents an insightful view on the implications of innovation in the business world today.

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