?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.114895&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Developing+a+business+case+for+sustainability+in+the+construction+industry&rft.creator=Hedges%2C+Glenn+A.&rft.subject=business+case&rft.subject=construction&rft.subject=sustainability&rft.subject=case+study&rft.subject=corporate+social+responsibility&rft.subject=ethnography&rft.subject=infrastructure&rft.subject=shared+value+theory&rft.subject=organisational+performance&rft.subject=project+performance&rft.description=In+this+thesis+a+framework+is+provided+to+assist+construction+industry+personnel+overcome+industry-wide+inertia+to+innovation+and+sustainability.+Using+an+ethnographic-based+case+study+method%2C+the+relevant+business+improvements+and+value+drivers+linked+to+total+shareholder+return+were+identified.+The+resultant+framework+can+enable+construction+industry+personnel+to+compose+effective+business+cases+for+sustainability+within+the+context+of+existing+project+and+organisational+performance+practices.+The+framework+will+also+enable+the+construction+industry+to+make+more+meaningful+contributions+to+society's+sustainable+development+challenges.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Thesis&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.114895&rft.relation=Hedges%2C+Glenn+A.+(2017)+Developing+a+business+case+for+sustainability+in+the+construction+industry.+Masters+by+Research+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F114895%2F&rft.identifier=QUT+Business+School%3B+School+of+Advertising%2C+Marketing+%26+Public+Relations%3B+School+of+Management