'Revolution's' battlefields: 'expandable infrastructure,' 'demand-side space.'

Article Abstract:

The 1999 conference of the International Development Research Council, which was held in San Antonio, TX, had as its foremost topic the need for the real estate industry to reflect the challenges of the corporate world. One of the speakers, Alan Webber of the 'Harvard Business Review' journal, stressed the importance of modifying office design to encourage innovativeness among workers. For Mike Vance, former dean of Walt Disney University, office design should stimulate the intellect, rather than merely focusing on aesthetics.

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, Office Buildings, Nonresidential construction, not elsewhere classified, Office Design, Psychological aspects, Environmental aspects, Office construction, Industrial design, Business creativity, International Development Research Council, Office layout

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IDRC in Boca Raton: charting real estate's course in the change-charged 1990s

Article Abstract:

The Industrial Development Research Council's World Congress for Corporate Real Executives held last Oct 31 to Nov 4, 1992 in Boca Raton, FL, focused on improving real estate as a corporate resource by integrating capital, technology, information and management. The congress also featured corporate management consultant Michael Hammer who advocated radical reorganization he termed reengineering. The workshops also discussed the value of outsourcing for low value-adding activities.

Subdividers and developers, not elsewhere classified, Real estate agents and managers, Industrial Development Research Council

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