Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate property investment decision making by Australian REITs. Design/methodology/approach – Through an extensive literature review, a normative model of the property investment decision-making process is proposed. Based on semi-structured...

The European telecommunications sector is undergoing major structural change in the face of new technology, privatisation and European Commission directives requiring market liberalisation. This study considers the comparative performance of the major European telecommunications operators...

The book considers the different perspectives on privatisation theory and policy in Europe and identifies different national characteristics in terms of the motivation to privatise, the scale of privatisation and its consequences

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cost efficiency of banks operating in two “non‐core” EU countries, Portugal and Spain, over a number of years. Specifically, the paper aims to examine the extent to which banks' efficiency is influenced by their portfolio...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the property investment decision-making process of Australian unlisted property funds. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on previous research into property investment decision making by Australian REITs, a normative model of the unlisted...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the real estate journal ranking by comparing journal performance statistics to researcher preferences. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a survey of members of the International Real Estate Society and sister societies with...

Purpose – Spatially enabled taxation systems provide public policy makers in Australia with a conundrum. For the Valuers General who provide the fiscal cadastre for the taxation system, spatial enablement could lead to a central role in State Government taxation or to a sidelined role. This...