Journal article
The sustainable competitive advantage model for corporate real estate
C Heywood, R Kenley
Journal of Corporate Real Estate | Published : 2008
Abstract
Purpose This purpose of this paper is to propose a model for the relationship between corporate real estate management (CREM) practices and an organisation's sustainable competitive advantage. Corporate real estate (CRE) plays an important but poorly recognised role in organisational competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach The model was developed from the strategic management, organisational competitiveness, and CRE literatures. A total of 162 CREM practices from the literature were connected, where possible, with cost, innovation and differentiation sources of sustainable competitive advantage. Clustering similar practices allowed the summarising of competitive effects in those cluster..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council (Grant No. C00002006), the Victorian Department of Infrastructure, the Property Council of Australia (Victorian Division) and Australia Post for their financial and strategic support for this project. The authors also acknowledge the contribution made by other members of the CREAM Research Group - Nicola Brackertz, Mudrajad Kuncoro and Ngyuen Thi Pham - in this work. The authors also thank the anonymous referees whose comments on an earlier version of this paper resulted in a significant reorganisation of its content and presentation.