Most of economic literature about industrial location patterns donít consider entrant firm size as an explanatory variable of this phenomenon. Nevertheless, empirical research have shown that bigger firms are heavily influenced by economic variables of the cities where they are going to be...

In The Netherlands economic activity, jobs and universities are concentrated in The Randstad, including the four big cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. People follow jobs. The growth of The Randstad housing stock lags behind the growth of employment and behind the potential...

With more global international investors acting in the European real estate market there is a growing demand for professional and local Asset Management. The Asset Manager supports the investor right from the identification of investment opportunities over the holding period until the clustering...

Economic theory is concerned with the production, distribution and consumption of resources namely factors of production, goods and services most of which are subject to exchange within a market. Much economic theory is concerned with the central debate respecting the conditions necessary for...

The increase in cross border investments tends to synchronise the national markets. Based on the extensive database of DID and IPD it can be derived that the property markets within Europe reveal signs of convergence. This convergence is especially pronounced in the office market, where the...

Most real estate portfolio optimisation models are directed at investment institutions and fund managers. Individuals face similar portfolio construction decisions but their portfolios are often dominated by their family home. This paper treats the family home as an investment asset around which...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to team broadly accepted general management concepts with the specific situation of corporate real estate, and suggest a holistic configurations framework for CREM that takes into account the highly diverse context parameters.Design/methodology/approach -...

This paper is about foreign property ownership in Malaysia, focusing on Malaysia My Second Home Programme. Secondary data was collected by desk study. Primary data was collected via self administered postal questionnaires. A group of 100 participants of Malaysia My Second Home Programme were...

Over recent years within developed countries, and notably US, Australia and UK, there has been a significant uptake in the production and use of voluntary building certification schemes which provide perspective investors and tenants with information about the construction and expected...

The Credit Crunch brings to light a renewed interest in the operational tasks of Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM): a so called ëEntrepreneurial Cooperationí (ëOndernemend Samenwerken) in restructuring, maintenance and control. This so called ëEntrepreneurial Cooperationí implies a...