Real Estate and the New Economy: The Impact of Information and Communications Technology by Andrew Marston, Tim Dixon, Patrick McAllister, Bob Thompson, Jon Snow (Paperback, 2005)
Private sector commercial property represents some GBP400 bn, or 34% of total UK business assets and is a vital fabric for housing commercial enterprise. Yet social and economic forces for change, linked with new technology, are making owners and occupiers question the very nature and purpose of property and real estate. Printing, steam power; canals and railroads; mass media and, more recently, information and communications technology (ICT) have brought about major changes in both organisational and economic structures over the centuries. On the one hand, there has been much hype about the role that ICT would play in eliminating the need for physical real estate space; and on the other, some have suggested that institutional factors and fixed costs mitigate against transformative change in real estate. Building on the authors' own research and a growing body of new, international findings in the field, the book provides a balanced view between these two positions. It will demonstrate how ICT affects the shape and form of real estate in our towns and cities, with other forces in the new economy. The book: examines how ICT and organisational change, combined with social, political and economic factors, affects real estate space demand analyses how real estate strategies are changing to reflect these trends shows how technology affects the geography and space of real estate and infrastructure in our towns and cities investigates future urban shape and form.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN-13
9781405117784
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95303377
Product Key Features
Author
Andrew Marston, Tim Dixon, Patrick Mcallister, Bob Thompson, Jon Snow
Publication Name
Real Estate and the New Economy: the Impact of Information and Communications Technology
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Finance, Computer Science
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
440 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
243mm
Item Width
173mm
Item Weight
956g
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Title_Author
Tim Dixon, Jon Snow, Andrew Marston, Patrick Mcallister, Bob Thompson