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Georgios Pardalis

Georgios Pardalis

Associate senior lecturer

Georgios Pardalis

One-stop-shop as an innovation, and construction SMEs : A Swedish perspective

Author

  • Georgios Pardalis
  • Brijesh Mainali
  • Krushna Mahapatra

Summary, in English

This paper examines the views of construction SMEs in Sweden regarding innovations, in particular the one-stop-shop business concept, and its adoption for renovation of detached house. The investigation is based on interviews with 10 construction SMEs and by applying a conceptual framework for organisational innovation adoption. The results suggest that, even though the one-stop-shop business concept is perceived as a means for growth, at present, construction SMEs in Sweden are unlikely to adopt it at present. This lack of interest is mostly related to the perceived complexity of this model and the underlying risks and uncertainties. That complexity is seen as a preventing factor as it puts at stake their current business. The interviewees proposed that there should be an entrepreneur to coordinate the actors involved in the renovation process, whose role can be further studied.

Publishing year

2019

Language

English

Pages

2737-2743

Publication/Series

Energy Procedia

Volume

158

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

ScienceDirect, Elsevier

Topic

  • Construction Management
  • Other Environmental Engineering

Keywords

  • Innovation adoption
  • one-stop shops

Conference name

10th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2018

Conference date

2018-08-22 - 2018-08-25

Conference place

Hong Kong, China

Status

Published