Scholars of innovation have, for some time, engaged in the process of identifying the role of innovation in economic growth. The study of innovation has produced an astonishing array of insights into the way firms create, individuals choose, and markets evolve. Today, the leading edge research notes that innovation is an agile process, arising from garages in Silicon Valley as well as laboratories of private and state sponsored firms in large metropolitan regions.The goal of the proposed book is to create a foundation for the Housing Innovations Collection, anchoring it in the programs,...

Businesses, consumers, industry groups, and governments understand the importance of innovation for continued economic success and improvements in quality of life. However, innovation in the housing and residential construction industry remains a topic about which little is known while a small but growing literature is making positive progress.

Building on the first book in the Housing Innovation collection, the purpose of this book is to share new research paradigms that focus on innovation and are, in and of themselves, innovative. The first chapters focus on a newly...