Frederick Abernathy, Kent Colton, Kermit Baker

Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better

Lessons from the Harvard Home Builder Study

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Despite the growth of huge national home builders and industry consolidation that accompanied it, Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better shows that most builders did not improve their operational performance during the boom. As a result, the sector had a long way to fall as the economy collapsed about them. Given the importance of housing to the US economy, the book's lessons are critical to those in homebuilding as well as to policy makers, scholars, and the public.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 201g
• ISBN-13: 9780739172896
• ISBN-10: 0739172891
• Artikelnr.: 34442534

Autorenporträt

Frederick Abernathy is Gordon McKay Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Abbott and James Lawrence Research Professor of Engineering in Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Kermit Baker is senior research fellow at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. Kent W. Colton is president of The Colton Housing Group and senior fellow at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. David Weil is professor of economics and Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Boston University School of Management.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1 Home Building-Is Bigger Better? The Home Building Boom
The Seeds of Consolidation The Growing Dominance of Big Builders
Conventional Wisdom about Scale The Virtuous Circle Hypothesis Organization
of the Book Chapter 2 Studying the Home Building Industry Building the
Machine for Living Focus on Entry-Level Homes Measuring Local Market
Competition Survey Coverage and Content Structure of the Survey Chapter 3
Big Builders at the Corporate Level Builder Performance during the Boom
Securing Capital for Expansion Land Assembly Strategies Corporate Branding
and Customer Satisfaction Conclusion Chapter 4 Labor and Subcontracting
Practices The Construction Manager Model Benefits and Costs of Improved
Coordination Coordinating On-Site Activities Performance at the
Construction Site Conclusion Chapter 5 Advanced Operational Practices
Emergence of the Third Supply Channel Shifting Builder Priorities
Implementation of Advanced Practices The Role of Local Market Conditions
Market Characteristics and Builder Performance Conclusion Chapter 6
Information and Communication Technology ICT Background Communicating with
Customers Home Builders and Technology Use in the Back Office Home Builders
and Technology Use on the Site Using Technology to Estimate Costs Using
Technology to Coordinate with Subcontractors and Suppliers The Importance
of Sharing Factors Discouraging Greater Use of Technology Conclusion
Chapter 7 Lessons about Builder Scale and Performance Challenges of
Improving Operational Performance The Importance of Local Markets Revisited
Disentangling the Effects of Size and Location Can Bigger Get Better?
Chapter 8 Gaining Advantage from Scale Improve Subcontractor Coordination
and Workforce Quality Increase Standardization and Preassembly of
Components Leverage the Power of Information Technology Streamline Supply
Chain Management and Logistics Managing Risk in the Twenty-First Century
Appendix A Joint Center Advisory Panel for the Harvard Home Builder Study
Appendix B Survey Responses to ICT Questions References Index