| Abstract: | When we study the literature and the evidence of recent innovation, we see a confusing array of different techniques. The confusion is deepened, because each of these new methods is presented to us as if the embodiment of industrialization itself—in an exclusivist sense. This confusion is hardly surprising, however; no more surprising, indeed, than the arrogance with which each example is promoted. For, while all governments are throwing a similar challenge at their respective building industries, the actual innovative responses occur when some practical and tangible portion of market can be hardened up and made available to any intending innovator. (This is because industrialization presupposes continuity and the risks involved are too great to be left to the market hazards typical of our industry today.) |
