Facilities management and corporate real estate management: FM/CREM or FREM?

Purpose: This paper aims to explore similarities and dissimilarities between facilities management (FM) and corporate real estate management (CREM) regarding its history and key issues, and whether the similarities may result in a further integration of FM and CREM. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a review of FM and CREM...

Adding value by FM: exploration of management practice in the Netherlands and Denmark

The last decade shows a growing attention into the concept of added value of Facilities Management and Corporate Real Estate Management and how to attain and measure added value. A variety of different types of added value came to the fore such as user value, customer value, financial value, environmental value and relationship value....

Comparisons and Lessons Learned

Purpose: To create an overview and evaluation of the achievements of the contributions in this book by identifying, summarising and discussing cross-cutting themes and essential learning points across the former chapters.<br/>Methodology: Based on a purposeful reading of all chapters comparisons are made of the essential theoretical perspectives...