Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Inside Property Market Cycle -- Chapter 2: Property Market Cycle -- Chapter 3: On the Essence of property cycles -- Chapter 4: Addressing Cyclicality Through International Financial Standards -- Chapter 5: Dealing with Cyclical Assets -- Chapter 6: The Logic of...

While ethical issues have been examined in conjunction with many business contexts, the area of real estate and ethics has, at best, received only minimal treatment. Given that real estate transactions represent one of the largest single expenditures by businesses and households, and recognizing...

This study reports a content analysis of Land Economics from the first issue in 1925 through 1999, in order to show the evolving research priorities of the discipline as evidenced by the changing emphasis of certain topics over time. An assessment of the thought leaders in the field is shown by...

This paper examines the relationship between return predictability and REIT characteristics. We build a multifactor model based on a set of firm-specific factors that include (1) Risk factors; (2) Liquidity factors; (3) Expensiveness; (4) Profitability; and (5) Return history. Our model...

This study analyzes the relationship between Corporate Real Estate (CRE) strategy and the financial performance of major companies in the UK for two time periods, 1998 and 2003. The identification of specific CRE strategies is based on the seminal work of Nourse and Roulac (1993). The results...

Central to strategies for and involvement in the inner city real estate market is their ability to attract people. A central part of the overall metropolis of a place, the inner city is the mechanism that mediates the larger top-down global concerns and the more intimate, personal concerns of...