"The first of these meanings implies what is known, in the UK, as the valuation process or, in the US, as the appraisal process. This process seeks to estimate what is termed 'Market Value', which is a prediction of the most likely selling price for an asset. There is now widespread acceptance...

The objective of the paper is to determine if family firms are able to provide a return premium compared to their non-family counterparts. The assumption is that some of the benefits and costs related to family ownership can be absorbed into the business model. This may mean that family...

The performance of an international real estate investment can be critically affected by currency fluctuations. While survey work suggests large international investors with multi-asset portfolios tend to hedge their overall currency exposure at portfolio level, smaller and specialist investors...