The Lowland Gorilla, the Iberian Lynx and the ëCeltic Tigerí share commonalities, they are all endangered species. Between 1995 and 2007 Irelands ëCeltic Tigerí economy experienced unprecedented levels of growth and was widely acclaimed as an exemplar of innovation and adaptation to economic...

"In this paper, the similarities and differences in housing charateristics among the different íarrondissementsî of Paris, France, are brought out using a twofold, spatio-temporal approach: while standard hedonic price modelling is applied to a series of building and neighbourhood attributes...

A bubble is typically defined as ítrade in high volume at prices that are considerably at variance from intrinsic valueî, which is compatible both with higher or lower prices, whereas the metaphor suggests something asymmetric that gradually inflates rather than deflates. Whether bubbles are...

Owners, managers and occupiers of existing buildings are keen to understand if and how enhanced sustainability performance does pay in terms of cost savings. The Building Research Establishment (BRE) says in itís BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM): íBREEAM in-use (BiU) is a scheme to...

As the REIT regime has been expanding globally over the last ten years, corporate governance practices in emerging REIT markets have become a major concern for domestic and international investors alike. Idiosyncrasies stemming from the ownership models applied in Asian economies and the fact...

Nowadays, urban transformation takes place mostly within an operating framework where there isnít a strategic figure able to optimize intervention choices with an holistic perspective. The non- interpretation of such a phenomenon sometimes distinguish even some architecture masters who,...

"Numerous office locations in the Netherlands are confronted with high structural vacancy rates. These spatial concentrations of vacant office buildings might cause an urban area to degenerate and as a consequence might result in depreciation of real estate values. While the relationship between...

So far only little is known of lease terms for commercial property in Germany. This paper aims to decrease this deficit and will provide detailed insights of the German office lettings market for the time period of 2001 to 2005. The focus will be on changes in terms and conditions of new office...

In the presented paper we make a pioneering attempt to calculate economic value aded (EVA) for Belarus at the industry level using aggregate indicators according to the common business methodology. For this we generally assume that economic value is created by investment in excess return...

In this paper, the Finnish real estate service sector is analysed in order to evaluate itís competitiveness in the globalising business environment. Real estate services (RES) are typically location-bound or ísoftî services, and a common pattern of internationalisation for RES companies is to...