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French, Nick; Gabrielli, Laura - In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance 22 (2004) 6, pp. 484-500

Valuation is often said to be “an art not a science” but this relates to the techniques employed to calculate value not to the underlying concept itself. Valuation is the process of estimating price in the market place. Yet, such an estimation will be affected by uncertainties. These input...

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Serial persistence in individual real estate returns in the UK

Devaney, Steven P.; Lee, Stephen L.; Young, Michael S. - In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance 25 (2007) 3, pp. 241-273

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine individual level property returns to see whether there is evidence of … larger database covering all UK commercial property data available in the Investment Property Databank (IPD) for the years … 1981 to 2002 – as many as 216,758 individual property returns. Findings – While the results of this study mimic the US and …

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Dual rate is defunct? : A review of dual rate valuation, its history and its irrelevance to today's UK leasehold market

Mackmin, David - In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance 26 (2008) 1, pp. 80-95

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the historic evolution of dual rate valuation practice in the UK from the nineteenth century to the present time. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a review of published books, articles and letters dating from 1852. Findings...

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ISS rises to the challenge of effective HR management : Time and attendance system improves efficiency and productivity

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 16 (2008) 2, pp. 34-35

Purpose – this paper aims to describe how UK facility‐services company ISS has improved its human resource management and client service using a new time and attendance management system. Design/methodology/approach – The paper outlines the particular HR management challenges facing ISS...

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Classifying client side FM organisations in the United Kingdom : Why my in‐house FM organisation is dissimilar to competitors and others

Kaya, Sezgin; Alexander, Keith - In: Journal of Facilities Management 4 (2006) 2, pp. 86-98

Purpose – To demonstrate the negative results of market sector based classification of client side FM organisations (FMOs) in benchmarking studies, and propose collection of both external and internal organisational patterns as the key characteristics of FMOs. Design/methodology/approach –...

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Classifying client side FM organisations in the United Kingdom – 2 : How my in‐house FM organisation compares to my competitors and others?

Kaya, Sezgin; Alexander, Keith - In: Journal of Facilities Management 4 (2006) 3, pp. 181-191

Facilities Management ; Vol. 4, No. 2), which has highlighted ten patterns for the identification of similarity and dissimilarity …

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Achieving patient‐focused maintenance services/systems

May, Daryl; Clark, Liz - In: Journal of Facilities Management 7 (2009) 2, pp. 128-141

of estates and facilities. The work is exploratory in nature owing to no known earlier studies in this area. Design …

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Facilities management help desks

May, Daryl - In: Journal of Facilities Management 8 (2010) 3, pp. 214-225

specifically on FM help desks. The paper will be of value to facilities and property managers who are considering implementing a …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an exploratory look at facilities and estates management help desks … the success of a facilities management (FM) help desk include mapping out all customer requirements, recruiting the …

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When do firms revalue their assets upwards? Evidence from the UK

Agnes Cheng, C.S.; Lin, Stephen W.J. - In: International Journal of Accounting & Information Management 17 (2009) 2, pp. 166-188

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the timing of upward asset revaluations using large UK data. Design/methodology/approach – A standard logistic model is used to examine the timing of upward asset revaluations. The result is further confirmed by using the ordinary least...

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What makes hotel values in the UK? A hedonic valuation model

Roubi, Sherif; Litteljohn, David - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 16 (2004) 3, pp. 175-181

relationship with sale prices. The size of the property, economic conditions, recreational facilities and year of sale explained 73 … property transactions in the UK between 1996 and 2002 are used to estimate a value equation that predicts property values and … studies that physical facilities and local economic conditions are significant in explaining value and they both had positive …

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