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A century of research on property cycles – a literature review and annotated bibliography. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jadevicius, A., Sloan, B., & Brown, A. (2010). A century of research on property cycles – a literature review and annotated bibliography.

The existence of cycles in the general business sector, as well as in building and property has grown to have significant importance in the UK, whereas the UK property market has been characterised by boom and bust cycles with a negative impact on th... Read More about A century of research on property cycles – a literature review and annotated bibliography..

A century of research on property cycles – a review of research on major and auxiliary business cycles. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jadevicius, A., Sloan, B., & Brown, A. (2010, September). A century of research on property cycles – a review of research on major and auxiliary business cycles. Paper presented at XI BSV International Conference on Valuation and Investment,

The existence of cycles within economy and its sub-sectors has been studied for a number of years. The importance of cycles has grown to have significant importance in the major capitalistic countries, seeing cycles as having a negative impact on the... Read More about A century of research on property cycles – a review of research on major and auxiliary business cycles..

Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: moving on to the highest flexibility level. (2009)
Journal Article
Khamkanya, T., & Sloan, B. (2009). Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: moving on to the highest flexibility level. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 13, 37-52. https://doi.org/10.3846/1648-715X.2009.13.37-52

Flexible working has emerged as a modern concept for managing office resources more effectively, efficiently, and economically. The highest level of flexible working environment, a non-territorial working environment, can provide the best opportunity... Read More about Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: moving on to the highest flexibility level..

Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: Developing a combined resource management strategy (2008)
Journal Article
Khamkanya, T., & Sloan, B. (2008). Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: Developing a combined resource management strategy. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 12(3), 183-202. https://doi.org/10.3846/1648-715x.2008.12

As indicated in Government reports and previous research, the traditional office environment of both central and local governments has been occupied with high occupancy cost. Flexible working supported by information and communication technology, hum... Read More about Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: Developing a combined resource management strategy.

The challenge of designing a computer network system: A snapshot of UK construction SMEs. (2003)
Journal Article
Wong, A., & Sloan, B. (2003). The challenge of designing a computer network system: A snapshot of UK construction SMEs. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 7, 107-118

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been widely used in the UK construction industry for the last two decades. A prolific development in ICT with a wide range of IT applications is already witnessed by a divergent range of construction... Read More about The challenge of designing a computer network system: A snapshot of UK construction SMEs..

The potential impact of electronic procurement and global sourcing within the UK construction industry. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McIntosh, G., & Sloan, B. (2001). The potential impact of electronic procurement and global sourcing within the UK construction industry.

There is an ever-increasing amount of applications for Information Technology (IT) for use in procurement systems in all forms of business. This paper describes the role Electronic Procurement and Global Sourcing techniques can play in the United Kin... Read More about The potential impact of electronic procurement and global sourcing within the UK construction industry..

A perspective on the digital interactive service industry for building professionals (2001)
Journal Article
Low, B. K., & Sloan, B. (2001). A perspective on the digital interactive service industry for building professionals. Automation in Construction, 10(2), 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-5805%2899%2900031-X

The digital interactive service industry has the potential to generate innovation and strategic advantage for existing business if the underlying dynamics of the emerging industry are fostered through appropriate understanding and strategic actions.... Read More about A perspective on the digital interactive service industry for building professionals.