This paper is on the transformation of network industries or public utilities in Western Europe and the United States (US). A network industry provides a public or basic service by operating a large infrastructure system whose main characteristics are strongly increasing returns to scale, high...

The large‐scale introduction of a new packaging concept requires co‐ordination in two areas: organisational co‐ordination is necessary (negotiations between the parties involved), as well as technical co‐ordination (technical specifications). These aspects are analysed in this paper on...

FM as a scientific field of inquiry: theory, research and practiceWhen the editors began planning this special issue they asked themselves questionslike: Does facility management exist as a separate field of scientific inquiry and if sowhat is its object of study? Are we not dealing with a topic...