About the Center
Center for Management Studies of the Building Process is a virtual research center at the Copenhagen Business School and part of Realdania Research.
As a research Center our aim is to generate new knowledge based on in-depth empirical studies of practice within the building industry.
The knowledge that we accumulate at the Center does not offer closed answers and ready-made solutions to what the industry should do differently compared to present practice. Neither can research-based knowledge replace or render superfluous experience-based knowledge in the industry, but is intended to inspire actors in the industry to interpret their experiences in new ways and to look for new possibilities for action. As a result they should be better equipped for managing the many challenges and difficulties, which they are facing in practice.
The knowledge of the Center should be understood in the sense of oxygen for an industry the problematic practice of which so far has been characterized in relation to an ideal image, which has only contributed to prolong and strengthen the problems.
As a research Center our aim is to generate new knowledge based on in-depth empirical studies of practice within the building industry.
The knowledge that we accumulate at the Center does not offer closed answers and ready-made solutions to what the industry should do differently compared to present practice. Neither can research-based knowledge replace or render superfluous experience-based knowledge in the industry, but is intended to inspire actors in the industry to interpret their experiences in new ways and to look for new possibilities for action. As a result they should be better equipped for managing the many challenges and difficulties, which they are facing in practice.
The knowledge of the Center should be understood in the sense of oxygen for an industry the problematic practice of which so far has been characterized in relation to an ideal image, which has only contributed to prolong and strengthen the problems.
