This research project focuses on the question of head office locations for large service firms in the Paris region, with particular emphasis on FIRE (finance, insurance, real estate) industries and other service industries such as legal, accounting and consulting firms. The aim of the research...

The purpose of this article is to study the evolution from 2000 to 2005 of housing affordability in the Paris Region for first-time buyers. Moreover, we focus on the inequalities in the affordability distribution for these households. To achieve this goal, we need to estimate a hedonic price...

This project focuses on the location decision of office establishments for finance, insurance and real estate (FIRE) industries and some other service industries (legal, accounting and consulting activities) within the Å’le-de-France region for the 2006 year. More precisely, the research...

Managers should invest in assets (i.e. relevant profitable investments) that maximize the value of their firm. Recent trend shows that many large companies have sold or outsourced corporate real-estate assets. The underlying motives for such behaviour are yet to be examined (at least in a French...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of corporate real estate (CRE) ownership on value creation for non‐financial French listed companies. Design/methodology/approach – Using a pool sample composed of SBF 250 companies over the period 1999‐2004, this paper...