Offices of Swedish growth firms: facilities management variables

Author: Dettwiler, Paul

Source: Facilities, Volume 24, Numbers 5-6, 2006 , pp. 221-241(21)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

Purpose ? To discern patterns of property and facilities management (FM) evolution of the offices of growth firms. Design/methodology/approach ? Statistical analysis with ten variables which are analysed through four perspectives (clusters, industrial sectors, age and size). Findings ? The result consists of characteristic features of three clusters labelled as ?low?, ?high? and ?moderate? FM firms with a ubiquity from all major industry sectors. The studied population reveals that various industry sectors expose more significant differences of FM variables than age and size. However, age is a background factor for discerning the three clusters and it reveals to be the youngest cluster that has the most intense FM activities, which argues for linkage between rapid growth and FM. Research limitations/implications ? Relevant study for predefined Swedish growth firms. Practical implications ? Reveals linkage between faster growth and FM. Originality/value ? Survey empery is collected in a primary database of FM variables and analysed.

Keywords: Facilities; Life cycle costs; Property management; Sweden

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632770610665801

Publication date: 2006-04-01