Business environment and property management issues: A study of growth firms in Sweden

Journal of Corporate Real Estate

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 120-133

  Dettwiler, Paul ^a   Lindelöf, Peter ^b   Löfsten, Hans ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Business environment; Leasing; Outsourcing; Property; Relocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993009187     PISSN: 1463001X     EISSN: 14791048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14630010610711748     Document Type: Article

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