Diffusion of Construction Technology: A Social Network Approach

9531951鲍尔森本研究的灵感来自于上世纪80年代末有关美国建筑业竞争力的多份报告，S建议鼓励私营部门进行建筑研发，并加大技术转移力度。这项研究将通过了解社会网络对扩散的影响来洞察促进技术转移的方式，包括：建议的直接交换，决策者在建议关系网络中的位置，以及拥有许多建议关系的关键个人。除了为管理者和政策制定者提供参考外，研究结果还将有助于社会网络扩散理论和实证研究的背景研究，并可应用于未来的研究。***

9531951 Paulson This research was inspired by a number of reports on competitiveness of the U. S. construction industry in the late 1980's that recommended encouraging private sector construction R&D and increasing technoloey transfer efforts. This research will provide insight into ways that technology transfer can be promoted through understanding of social network influences on diffusion, including: the direct exchange of advice, the location of decision-makers in the web of advice relations, and key individuals with many advice relations. In addition to informing managers and policy makers, the results will contribute to the background of social network diffusion theory and empirical results, which can be applied to future studies. ***