Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of timescape and examine its impact on corporate real estate strategy, i.e. the people, process, space and technology elements of strategy. Design/methodology/approach: This paper utilises a qualitative approach to analyse secondary...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of globalisation on corporate real estate strategies. Specifically, it seeks to identify corporate real estate capabilities that are important in a hypercompetitive business climate.Design/methodology/approach - This paper utilises a...

This paper anatomises emerging developments in online community engagement in a major global industry: real estate. Economists argue that we are entering a ‘social network economy’ in which ‘complex social networks’ govern consumer choice and product value. In the light of this,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the perceptions by occupiers of green workplace environments. It examines how occupiers (both management and employees) perceive and evaluate the role of green workplace environments, and subsequently assesses the effectiveness of a green...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework that can be used to identify capabilities needed in the management of infrastructure assets.Design/methodology/approach - This paper utilises a qualitative approach to analyse secondary data in order to develop a conceptual...

This research report aims to identify the factors which influence the decision forreal estate companies, to utilise listed debt as a source of finance.The researcher conducted a content analysis on the responses to 15 semistructuredinterviews representing the five largest banks in South Africa,...