Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the use of assessment to manage some of the challenges diversity brings into the teaching and learning in international real estate degree programs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a multi‐year case study of a course in real...

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the significance of ownership and firm size as predictors of the prevalence of incentive plans in Swedish real estate firms. Design/methodology/approach – Using survey data for two periods (2003 and 2007), a two‐predictor logistic model was fitted...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain and explain the prevalence of financial and non‐financial rewards in Swedish real estate firms. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon insights provided by agency theory, social exchange theory and resource dependence theory...

An increasing amount of research has been devoted to internet search query data and its application to predict a broad variety of indicators such as stock/property markets, unemployment or flu infections.This paper aims to investigate whether changes in internet queries can be used to formulate...

In a global sense, the concept of sustainability plays nowadays an important role in governments, society and especially in the real estate sector, which is responsible for 40% of final energy consumption in the European Union. This reflects not only the enormous potential of buildings in...

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For occupants of commercial real estate, energy costs for electricity and heating represent a significant portion of the service charges. A typical heating installation often using fossil fuel and the purchase of electricity generate costs that are strongly depending on the prevailing market...

The markets of the countries undergoing economic transformation are considered to be nascent. In their characteristics special attention is brought to the degree of risk caused by the political instability, weak economic condition, insufficient data about the real estate market, and in some...

Asking for price determining factors of real estate prices will always return the location as a major factor. Though undoubtedly driving prices this term stays ambiguous. Seeking for clarification we focus this study on a rather unique location specific influence on land prices. The very special...

The value of a commercial project development is strongly related to market cycles. Public real estate is virtually independent from market trends. To increase the value of public real estate, an efficient life cycle management provides the bases. In practice, the previously neglected...