Chronicles value‐based management (VBM) as it is approached by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and uses figures to add emphasis to this system. States that the yardstick used by BCG is total shareholder return (TSR), giving historic appraisal and comparison between companies. Demonstrates that...

Spotlights HSBC James Capel (brokers), value‐based management and the high profile commitment to equity research, following discussions and work with academics and management consultants. Commends the use of figures to ‘flesh out’ the explanations used within and HSBC James Capel's...

Discusses value‐based management and how it has worked at Fletcher Challenge, a paper, building, energy, and solid wood plantation forestry operator in New Zealand. States Fletcher Challenge is not a backwater organization, far from it, as its issue of targeted shares in corporate finance have...

Examines a practical problem that arises in the Depreciated Replacement Cost (DRC) valuation of specialised property assets, particularly those owned by Central Government and the National Health Service which are subject to capital charging. The DRC approach values the site on a market basis...

Purpose – Since 2009, all commercial buildings in Sweden should have undergone an energy performance rating in accordance with the European Union directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings. The main purpose of this rating is to illustrate a building's energy performance in an easy,...

It is argued within this paper that domestic rates, which represent an important and significant source of local government revenue for district councils in Northern Ireland, should be reformed. There are currently issues pertaining to the present system which adversely affect both fairness and...

Purpose – This article aims to explore recent trends in farmland rental markets using data for the state of Illinois. Trends in the types of rental agreements used and the relationship between the rental rate for those contracts, land values, crop revenues, production costs, and farm returns...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the possibility of relying on the rental rate to price Islamic home financing product. Design/methodology/approach – By comparing two models consisting of either rental rate or lending rate (LR) and selected macroeconomic variables that could...

Purpose – The paper aims at analyzing trends and principal causes of developments in‐house prices in Malta over the past 26 years, with a specific focus on the issue of affordability. This focusing on the strong demand for home ownership and interest from foreign buyers, supply availability...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare relative levels of rental affordability across the English housing association sector. Design/methodology/approach – A total of two methods, rent‐to‐income ratio and residual income standards (poverty‐line and budget standard), are used...