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previously unaccounted for costs are now being considered in business models. For EER projects, the challenge is to respond to … this new business environment, while maintaining adequate value for stakeholders. For commercial property developers, this … of value creation across business relationships such as those of the construction industry has not been conducted in a …
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Purpose Traditionally, early-stage investment decisions on buildings purely based initial capital costs and simply ignored running costs and total lifecycle cost. This was basically due to the absence of estimating models that yield running costs at the early design stage. Often, when the design...
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Purpose Challenges to energy access in Nigeria have resulted in the widespread use of fossil fuel generating sets (generators) despite its renewable energy (RE) potential. Given the climate crisis, combined with the country's rapid population growth and expected rise in energy and building...
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Commercial areas and bedestens (covered bazaars) are important public areas in Turkish cities and towns. These areas and buildings are essential in that they contribute vital economic and social characteristics to Turkish cities and towns. In the Ottoman period, these commercial areas, alongside...
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In this paper I measure the impact of urbanisation and localisation economies on commercial rents (offices and industrial buildings) using unique micro-data on both commercial property transactions, as well as all firm (establishment) locations. I add to the literature in three important ways....
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sustainability and the appropriate strategies required to improve business sustainability. In addition, there are international calls … business sustainability is being incorporated into undergraduate business and management courses in Australian universities … skills will influence the extent to which business sustainability will be achieved. The findings demonstrate that more than …
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This paper focuses on the personal traits of locus of control and innovation and examines their impact on business … when measured by the decision to build a business from scratch. A major contribution of this study is that it validates the …
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Family-owned businesses represent the majority of business in the United States. As consumers and employees, we are … compelled to their sense of trustworthiness that all too often disappears in the business world. Our economy depends on the … family-owned businesses exist as evident by specific transitions in terms of ownership, family and business. Therefore, the …
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An executive's firm-specific human capital is argued to be a critical resource to the executive's current organization, but because of its lack of transferability, is of little value outside the firm. We argue that there exists a form of firm-based knowledge, which we term firm-explicit human...
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by mapping business requirements to specific call center resource options, determining the optimal call routing structure …
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