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REITs & market power : an analysis of market power theory and antitrust policy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
During the late 1980's and early 1990's, Real Estate Investment Trust ("REITs") accumulated large portfolios of properties. During this period, REITs were able to grow through acquisitions alone, arbitraging their low cost ...
The history and evolution of the residential mortgage market in Mexico : a look at its future
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Research was conducted in Mexico in order to determine the size, future growth and current status of the Mexican residential mortgage market, and to assess the potential for securitization. Securitization offers good ...
Underwriting environmental risk : an analysis of current practices among lending institutions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how banks and other lending institutions approach environmental risk management -- how they evaluate, screen and provide for environmental risks in loan structuring and documenting ...
Communication and information technology in construction management : are corporate owners of real estate focusing on technology to speed the delivery of buildings?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
An exploratory study was conducted to determine the importance of communication and information technology in speeding the construction of buildings. Five corporate owners of real estate were interviewed with the purpose ...
Engaging the periphery : integrating port and city
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
The common urban waterfront is hardly approachable, much less swimmable, encrusted with wharves, switching yards, sewage out-jalls and other barnacles. It is the true civic outcast, the ghetto of ghettos, familiar only to ...
Development of straw insulation board : fabrication methods, structure, thermal performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
Insulation board is being fabricated and tested for use in developing countries. It is made at a low density, in the area of 5 to 10 pounds per cubic foot (80 to 160 kilograms per cubic meter), and has good thermal properties ...
REITs & market power : are public market pricing market power strategy? : an analysis of the apartment, retail and office sectors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
During the late 1980's and early 1990's, Real Estate Investment Trust ("REITs") accumulated large portfolios of properties. During this period, REITs were able to grow through acquisitions alone, arbitraging their low cost ...
Energy and first costs analysis of displacement and mixing ventilation systems for U.S. buildings and climates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
In the past two decades, displacement ventilation has been increasingly used in Scandinavia and Western Europe to improve indoor air quality and to save energy. By using a detailed computer simulation method, this study ...
Information/knowledge design in contextual hypermedia systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
As we begin to comprehend the ways we interact with the data/information/knowledge structures which construct our individual perception of reality, we see a shift from the dyadic Cartesian method of reading our environment, ...
Data synthesis : a comprehensive visual approach to material selection in architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
The condition of information overload has become a common problem facing contemporary designers. This has resulted in a critical need for the development of "intelligent decision support" systems. One such system would ...