doi:10.3850/978-981-08-7920-4_S1-CP07-cd

ABSTRACT

In order to develop modern methods, advancements or technological improvements in the construction industry the capabilities of required technical and organizational environment so far must be defined initially. Today, the construction industry as other industries is no more the only player on its own stage but rather forms a platform where advancements are performed interdisciplinary. Hence, it is significant but a complicated issue to define the essential environment that is required by the aimed technological development. The objective of this research is to propose a methodology to define and to examine the main key indicators of technology development in the construction industry. The proposed methodology stands on the fundamentals of “Robustness Equilibrium Theory” that is developed within this research. This theory analyzes the principles and necessities of technology development in different business cultures by focusing on the interdependent relationship of capabilities. The methodology introduced in this study is experimentally applied on the development of fire prevention technologies in high-rise building projects fromJapan, the UK, Germany and Turkey. International comparative analysis provided a wide perspective for the concluding implications that is followed by reform suggestions in the examined case business cultures.

Keywords: Technology development, Organizational capabilities, Robustness equilibrium theory.

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