As major economies throughout the world gradually pick themselves up after 2001’s downturn, what are the prospects for the UK property industry? Is it safe to say that it has avoided the plunging values experienced in the early 1990s recession and what can corporate occupiers be doing to...

Over the past six months, much of the commercial real estate activity across markets has been comprised of lease renewals, many with restructured terms to capitalise on the tenant’s favourable position in the marketplace. With mounting optimism of an economic recovery on the horizon, this...

This paper addresses the question as to what extent the outsourcing degrees of property management influence the operating costs of owner‐operated real estate. For this purpose, the outsourcing degrees of technical, infrastructural and commercial property management of over 100 Swiss office...

A recent article in Strategy + Business magazine set out that the three primary goals of the CEO for creating ‘business resilience’ include (1) securing the people of the enterprise; (2) securing the core business of the enterprise (systems, facilities, infrastructure and processes); and (3)...

Today the European agrofood sector is increasingly confronted with the threatsas well as the opportunities of liberalizing markets. Therefore, competitiveness on globalmarkets is becoming of paramount importance for European farmers. The challenges ofglobal markets are accompanied by a growing...