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Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Cases from Contemporary Poland (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship)
by Beata GlinkaImmigration is currently one of the most vivid challenges the European Union faces. Ways of introducing new migrants to society and economy pose significant challenges, thus some guidelines for the policy design towards migrations are in need. This book points out patterns of approaches leading to entrepreneurial activities, implemented by the immigrants from the Far East: China, Vietnam, South Korea, India, and Philippines. At these stage comparisons with other countries are both possible and necessary, as many countries all over the world face challenges connected with defining migration policies. From the studies included in the book, readers will gain first-hand knowledge about immigrant entrepreneurship in Poland against the Western European or USA background of similar processes described by researchers in other countries. The areas covered in the studies include the main reasons for starting new ventures and the sources of opportunities, processes of defining customers and factors influencing the choice between an ethnic and local business, immigrants' approaches to building market position, defining success and development, as well as the issues of cultural, institutional, legal and economic differences. The studies show that significant differences in entrepreneurial activities appear between the first and second generations of immigrants. They also depict how entrepreneurial activities help in assimilation processes, as well as in building ties between the immigrants and host societies. Moreover, the study will deepen the understanding of entrepreneurial activities of immigrants in countries that are traditionally considered to be less attractive targets for migration. Thus, the processes of migration will be not only better understood and described but will also allow to provide some guidelines both for policymakers and future researchers
Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities (Palgrave Studies in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization in Business)
by Wendy Cukier Mohamed Elmi Zohreh Hassannezhad Chavoushi Guang Ying MoIn a world characterized by increasing globalization and demographic shifts, immigrant entrepreneurship has emerged as a vital driver of economic growth, innovation, and social cohesion. Immigrant entrepreneurs bring social and cultural capital through their unique skills, ideas, and perspectives, thereby driving economic and social development and a competitive edge. This book provides an examination of the dimensions, challenges and opportunities in immigrant entrepreneurship in Canada and abroad. The chapters in this book provide valuable insights into the multifaceted nature of immigrant entrepreneurship and its contributions to economic development and social cohesion. By examining the challenges, opportunities, and innovative strategies employed by immigrant entrepreneurs, this book informs policy formulation, program development, and future research endeavours in the field of immigrant entrepreneurship. Understanding and supporting immigrant entrepreneurship is essential for fostering inclusive economic growth and prosperity.
Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir from the Early Twentieth Century
by Matilda RabinowitzMatilda Rabinowitz’s illustrated memoir challenges assumptions about the lives of early twentieth-century women. In Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman, Rabinowitz describes the ways in which she and her contemporaries rejected the intellectual and social restrictions imposed on women as they sought political and economic equality in the first half of the twentieth century. Rabinowitz devoted her labor and commitment to the notion that women should feel entitled to independence, equal rights, equal pay, and sexual and personal autonomy.Rabinowitz (1887–1963) immigrated to the United States from Ukraine at the age of thirteen. Radicalized by her experience in sweatshops, she became an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World from 1912 to 1917 before choosing single motherhood in 1918. "Big Bill" Haywood once wrote, "a book could be written about Matilda," but her memoir was intended as a private story for her grandchildren, Robbin Légère Henderson among them. Henderson’s black-and white-scratchboard drawings illustrate Rabinowitz’s life in the Pale of Settlement, the journey to America, political awakening and work as an organizer for the IWW, a turbulent romance, and her struggle to support herself and her child.
Immigrant Innovators: 30 Entrepreneurs Who Made a Difference
by Samantha ChagollanAn inspiring children&’s biography collection, Immigrant Innovators highlights the stories of 30 immigrant entrepreneurs who have made it big in America. Geared toward readers ages 8–12, the book features people from around the world who played a major role in establishing global companies and products. These entrepreneurs come from more than 25 countries and have been successful in a wide range of fields, from energy bars (KIND), yogurt (Chobani), and restaurant chains (Panda Express), to dominant industry players like YouTube and Tesla. The book includes full-page illustrated portraits of each entrepreneur as well as colorful infographics throughout.Immigrant Innovators is a celebration of the immigrant experience—both the triumphs and the challenges—and an important reminder of the strength that comes from a broad and diverse population. Included, among others, are: Ayah Bdeir, Lebanon, littleBitsRihanna, Barbados, Fenty BeautyMarcus Samuelsson, Ethiopia, ChefHamdi Ulukaya, Turkey, ChobaniMax Levchin, Ukraine, PayPalMike Krieger, Brazil, Instagram Daniel Lubetzky, Mexico, KIND SnacksAdi Tatarko and Alon Cohen, Israel, HouzzLuis von Ahn, Guatemala, DuolingoPierre Omidyar, France, eBayLaura Behrens Wu, Germany, Shippo José Andrés, Spain, Founder of World Central Kitchen Also includes infographics like: Pioneering EntrepreneursKids of ImmigrantsImmigrant Entrepreneurs: By the NumbersWhat Kind of Entrepreneur Are You?
Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat (Immigration and Society)
by Ruth MilkmanImmigration has been a contentious issue for decades, but in the twenty-first century it has moved to center stage, propelled by an immigrant threat narrative that blames foreign-born workers, and especially the undocumented, for the collapsing living standards of American workers. According to that narrative, if immigration were summarily curtailed, border security established, and ""illegal aliens"" removed, the American Dream would be restored.In this book, Ruth Milkman demonstrates that immigration is not the cause of economic precarity and growing inequality, as Trump and other promoters of the immigrant threat narrative claim. Rather, the influx of low-wage immigrants since the 1970s was a consequence of concerted employer efforts to weaken labor unions, along with neoliberal policies fostering outsourcing, deregulation, and skyrocketing inequality. These dynamics have remained largely invisible to the public. The justifiable anger of US-born workers whose jobs have been eliminated or degraded has been tragically misdirected, with even some liberal voices recently advocating immigration restriction. This provocative book argues that progressives should instead challenge right-wing populism, redirecting workers' anger toward employers and political elites, demanding upgraded jobs for foreign-born and US-born workers alike, along with public policies to reduce inequality.
Immigrant Women Workers in the Neoliberal Age
by Grace Chang Maura Toro-Morn Anna Romina Guevarra Nilda Flores-GonzalezTo date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor markets. In this study, contributors focus on informal economies such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the garment industry, where displaced and undocumented women are more likely to work. Because such informal labor markets are unregulated, many of these workers face abusive working conditions that are not reported for fear of job loss or deportation. In examining the complex dynamics of how immigrant women navigate political and economic uncertainties, this collection highlights the important role of citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities, wages, and labor conditions. Contributors are Pallavi Banerjee, Grace Chang, Margaret M. Chin, Jennifer Jihye Chun, Héctor R. Cordero-Guzmán, Emir Estrada, Lucy Fisher, Nilda Flores-González, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz, Anna Romina Guevarra, Shobha Hamal Gurung, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, María de la Luz Ibarra, Miliann Kang, George Lipsitz, Lolita Andrada Lledo, Lorena Muñoz, Bandana Purkayastha, Mary Romero, Young Shin, Michelle Téllez, and Maura Toro-Morn.
Immigrant and Asylum Seekers Labour Market Integration upon Arrival: A Biographical Perspective (IMISCOE Research Series)
by Anna Triandafyllidou Simone Baglioni Irina IsaakyanThrough an inter-subjective lens, this open access book investigates the initial labour market integration experiences of these migrants, refugees or asylum seekers, who are characterised by different biographies and migration/asylum trajectories. The book gives voice to the migrants and seeks to highlight their own experiences and understandings of the labour market integration process, in the first years of immigration. It adopts a critical, qualitative perspective but does not remain ethnographic. The book rather refers the migrants’ own voice and experience to their own expert knowledge of the policy and socio-economic context that is navigated. Each chapter brings into dialogue the migrant’s intersubjective experiences with the relevant policies and practices, as well as with the relevant stakeholders, whether local government, national services, civil society or migrant organisations. The book concludes with relevant critical insights as to how labour market integration is lived on the ground and on what migrants ‘do’ with labour market policies rather than on what labour market policies ‘do’ to or for migrants.
Immigrant and Refugee Entrepreneurs: History, Cases, and Frontiers (Ethnic and Indigenous Business Studies)
by Leo-Paul Dana Ivan Light Didier ChabaudIn this broad-based, imaginative and challenging volume by front-runners in the domain of immigrant and refugee entrepreneurship, Ivan Light, Leo-Paul Dana and Didier Chabaud contribute a near boundless magnitude to our understanding of this realm of scholarship, agency, endurance, and survivorship. Their insights into the saliency of these forms of collective effort are as impressive as they are persuasive. Seven Gold, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University. This book holds significant academic merit and also serves as an essential tool for policymakers, scholars, and anyone keen on understanding the deep influence of immigrant entrepreneurship on global society. Additionally, it celebrates the relentless spirit of immigrant entrepreneurs who persistently foster innovation and drive transformative changes within their communities. Thomas Cooney, College of Business, Technological University Dublin <p class="xparagraph" style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom
Immigrant, Inc.
by Robert L. Smith Richard T. HermanA provocative look at the remarkable contributions of high-skill immigrant entrepreneurs in AmericaBoth a revelation and a call-to-action, Immigrant, Inc. explores the uncommon skill and drive of America's new immigrants and their knack for innovation and entrepreneurship. From the techies who created icons of the new economy-Intel, Google, eBay and Sun Microsystems-to the young engineers tinkering with solar power and next-generation car batteries, immigrants have proven themselves to be America's competitive advantage.With a focus on legal immigrants and their odyssey from homeland to start-up, this unique bookExplores the psyche, cultural nuances, skills, and business strategies that help immigrants achieve remarkable successExplains how immigrants will create the American jobs of the future-if we let themWhether you are a CEO, a civic leader, or an entrepreneur yourself, Immigrant, Inc. warns of the peril of anti-immigrant attitudes and a hostile immigration process. It also explains how any American can tap their "inner immigrant" to transform their lives and their companies.Written by an immigration lawyer who represents immigrant entrepreneurs and a journalist who specializes in international culture, the authors have a front-row seat to this phenomenon, offering a fascinating glimpse into the mindset of the most persistent entrepreneurs of the era.
Immigrants against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America
by Kenyon ZimmerFrom the 1880s through the 1940s, tens of thousands of first- and second-generation immigrants embraced the anarchist cause after arriving on American shores. Kenyon Zimmer explores why these migrants turned to anarchism, and how their adoption of its ideology shaped their identities, experiences, and actions. Zimmer focuses on Italians and Eastern European Jews in San Francisco, New York City, and Paterson, New Jersey. Tracing the movement's changing fortunes from the pre-World War I era through the Spanish Civil War, Zimmer argues that anarchists, opposed to both American and Old World nationalism, severed all attachments to their nations of origin but also resisted assimilation into their host society. Their radical cosmopolitan outlook and identity instead embraced diversity and extended solidarity across national, ethnic, and racial divides. Though ultimately unable to withstand the onslaught of Americanism and other nationalisms, the anarchist movement nonetheless provided a shining example of a transnational collective identity delinked from the nation-state and racial hierarchies.
Immigrants in Regional Labour Markets of Host Nations
by Syed Ather AkbariThis book is the first to present a detailed analysis of economic integration of immigrants in smaller areas of their host nations. It uses Atlantic Canada as a case in point and uses unpublished data based on several databases of Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration, Canada. It identifies best policy practices that can also be used in other countries to address demographic challenges similar to those facing Canada, for example population ageing and youth out-migration from smaller regions to larger regions, through immigration. Economic integration of immigrants in Atlantic Canada is faster and better than it is nationally. An overarching result is that an analysis of regional data can lead to very different policy conclusions than the analysis of national data, which means that it can be risky to devise immigration policy based only on national data. A clear message is that economic benefits from immigration can be enhanced by facilitating a broader geographic distribution of immigrants, rather than maintaining their concentration in a few larger urban regions. A must read for immigration and population policy makers, immigrant settlement agencies and academic researchers.
Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them
by Philippe LegrainImmigration divides our globalizing world like no other issue. We are swamped by illegal immigrants and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our welfare system abused, our way of life destroyed--or so we are told. At a time when National Guard units are deployed alongside vigilante Minutemen on the U.S.-Mexico border, where the death toll in the past decade now exceeds 9/11's, Philippe Legrain has written the first book about immigration that looks beyond the headlines. Why are ever-rising numbers of people from poor countries arriving in the United States, Europe, and Australia? Can we keep them out? Should we even be trying? Combining compelling firsthand reporting from around the world, incisive socioeconomic analysis, and a broad understanding of what's at stake politically and culturally, Immigrants is a passionate but lucid book. In our open world, more people will inevitably move across borders, Legrain says--and we should generally welcome them. They do the jobs we can't or won't do--and their diversity enriches us all. Left and Right, free marketeers and campaigners for global justice, enlightened patriots--all should rally behind the cause of freer migration, because They need Us and We need Them.
Immigration Policy in Germany
by Matthew C. Weinzierl Katrina Flanagan Alastair SuGermany's Chancellor Angela Merkel faced economic and moral pressure to encourage greater immigration from struggling European, and especially Eurozone, countries after the economic downturn that began in 2008. In fact, it was possible that both the Euro currency union and the European political union depended on increasing migration across member countries, including into Germany. But German domestic politics made Merkel's decision a difficult one. Instructors may also obtain a Teaching Note, written by this case's author, that provides suggestions for using this case effectively in the classroom.
Immigration Policy in Germany (A)
by Matthew C. Weinzierl Katrina Flanagan Alastair SuGermany's Chancellor Angela Merkel faced economic and moral pressure to encourage greater immigration from struggling European, and especially Eurozone, countries after the economic downturn that began in 2008. In fact, it was possible that both the Euro currency union and the European political union depended on increasing migration across member countries, including into Germany. But German domestic politics made Merkel's decision a difficult one. Instructors may also obtain a Teaching Note, written by this case's author, that provides suggestions for using this case effectively in the classroom.
Immigration Questions & Answers
by Carl R. Baldwin Humberto S. DominguezA Comprehensive, User-Friendly Guide for Anyone Planning to Live Temporarily or Permanently in the United States The process of acquiring and retaining the right to visit or live in the United States is an interesting and complex subject. US immigration laws have not changed very much during the Trump administration, and yet the experience of immigrating to the United States has definitely been affected by it. In this concise primer, first conceived and designed as a how-to resource for would-be &“green card&” holders in the 1990s, the process of getting and keeping a visa is explained and updated in this new edition. In simple terms, the authors provide a breakdown of the most important topics in this area with useful examples. With over thirty years of experience practicing law, co-author Humberto S. Dominguez adds valuable insights and observations to this increasingly important topic. The road to legal residence in the United States can be a tricky and elusive endeavor. Immigration Questions & Answers, Fourth Edition, will guide you every step of the way, with a down-to-earth approach and invaluable advice. Chapters cover topics such as:Obtaining a short-term visaPolitical asylumTemporary Protected StatusDACA for DreamersThe visa lotteryHelping your spouse get a green cardRemoving conditions on residenceVisa processingWays to become a US citizen Persons who hope to visit or live in the United States and even lawyers unfamiliar with immigration law and practice will benefit from this basic guide. People facing particular difficulties in this area, who may ultimately need the assistance of an immigration lawyer, will also benefit from learning the bare essentials.
Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the Americas: Drivers, Challenges and Local Economic Impact (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business)
by Andreas Walmsley Clara Margaça Helena KnörrMigration in the Americas continues unabated. Seeking to improve understanding of the complexity of this phenomenon, this book presents different approaches that are at the root of an immigrant-entrepreneur's decision-making and the implementation of entrepreneurial activity in North and South America.The cases presented provide a knowledge base upon which policymakers, government agencies, and the like can draw, providing a basis for comparison for other countries regarding how and why immigrants decide to become entrepreneurs, the challenges they face, and the contributions they make. In this sense, the book presents an overview of immigrant entrepreneurship in the Americas. The studies presented include the cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds behind the reasons for starting a business in the host community, as well as the factors that influence the choice of business area. Furthermore, it explores how this type of entrepreneur contributes to local and sustainable and economic development and will deepen the understanding of immigrants' triggers for emigrating and for engaging in entrepreneurship in the host society. Based on the studies presented, it will offer guidelines regarding policies to support immigrant entrepreneurs, as well as to outline future research avenues.This book will be an invaluable resource to researchers and scholars in the fields of immigration, immigrant entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial culture, and economic development.
Immigration and Entrepreneurship: Culture, Capital, and Ethnic Networks
by Parminder Bhachu Ivan LightMany nations invite foreigners to work within their borders, but few welcome them. Those countries that do receive a torrent of immigrants create pressures that analysts expect to intensify as population growth and social unrest mount in the less developed countries of the world. Immigration and Entrepreneurship, now in paperback, offers a comparative analysis of worldwide immigration issues while focusing more specifically on the emerging influence of entrepreneurship as a potent factor in the economic and social integration of immigrants.In linking the common immigrant and settler experiences with the upsurge in self-employment, the contributors to this volume use California as their base of comparison. The state has both a huge and varied immigrant population and an entrepreneurial economy that has facilitated the formation of immigrant-owned firms. The Los Angeles riots of the nineties indicated the volatility of the mix. Aided by ethnic and familial networks, such firms have served as a route of economic advancement.Immigration and Entrepreneurship offers a comparative perspective unique in the literature of immigration by broaching the topic from both global and local perspectives. Whereas most studies examine the experience of a single group or groups in a particular destination economy, this volume emphasizes variations in the way different nations receive immigrants as causes of differences in immigrant behavior. Among the innovative themes discussed by a range of international scholars are the entrepreneurial efforts and tensions in the garment industry in Los Angeles, Paris, and Berlin; Koreans' enterprise and identities in Los Angeles and Japan; and U.S. immigration policies. The result is a genuinely global methodology.
Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe: Why Politics - and the Centre-Right - Matter (ISSN)
by Tim BaleThe role of political parties in immigration control and integration policy in Europe is underestimated, and parties on the centre-right are particularly important and interesting in this respect. They make up many European governments and therefore help determine state and EU policy. Moreover, even before the rise of the populist radical right, immigration and integration were matters of genuine ideological and practical concern for Europe’s market liberal, conservative and Christian Democratic parties. Exploiting such issues for electoral gain may make superficial sense, but too hard a line risks alienating their supporters in business and in civil society, as well as undermining party unity. It is a difficult balance, but one that makes a big difference both to the parties involved and the public policies they help produce. This volume brings together experts on both migration and political parties – fields that have not always interacted as much as they could or should have done – in order to study the impacts, dilemmas and trade-offs involved.This book is based on the special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.
Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)
by Richard B. Freeman George J. BorjasSince the 1970s, the striking increase in immigration to the United States has been accompanied by a marked change in the composition of the immigrant community, with a much higher percentage of foreign-born workers coming from Latin America and Asia and a dramatically lower percentage from Europe. This study is unique in presenting new data sets on the labor force, wage rates, and demographic conditions of both the U.S. and source-area economies through the 1980s. The contributors analyze the economic effects of immigration on the United States and selected source areas, with a focus on Puerto Rico and El Salvador. They examine the education and job performance of foreign-born workers; assimilation, fertility, and wage rates; and the impact of remittances by immigrants to family members on the overall gross domestic product of source areas.
Immobilien Asset Management
by Daniel PiazoloDieses Buch wendet sich an Praktiker und Studierende im Immobilienbereich. Es geht um wissenschaftlich-fundierte Praxisrelevanz. Immobilien Asset Management umfasst die Planung, Steuerung, Umsetzung und Kontrolle sämtlicher wertbeeinflussender Maßnahmen über die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette einer Immobilie entsprechend der Zielvorgaben des Eigentümers. Diese verschiedenen Bereiche vom Immobilien Asset Management werden durch Beiträge genau beschrieben und durch Beispiele erläutert. Ein wichtiger Aspekt ist die Abgrenzung zu anderen Immobilienbereichen wie Facility Management oder Property Management, da sich noch keine einheitliche Anwendungsweise der verschiedenen Begriffe etablieren konnte. Darüber hinaus geht es um die Einordnung des Begriffs Asset Management gehen, da in der Immobilienbranche dieses Wort anders als in der Finanzbranche belegt ist, obwohl der Immobilieninvestmentbereich oft als Teilaspekt vom Finanzbereich gesehen wird. Der Herausgeber hat verschiedene Akteure aus der Praxis gewonnen, ihre Perspektive auf das Immobilien Asset Management in einem Buchbeitrag zu verdichten. Einige Beiträge stammen vom Herausgeber selbst, zum Teil mit Koautoren.
Immobilien erfolgreich vermarkten
by Evelyn Nicole Lefèvre-SandtDieses Buch hilft Immobilienmaklern, sich auf die neuen Anforderungen des Marktes einzustellen. Neben Sachkunde und Verhandlungsstärke vermittelt die erfahrene Trainerin Evelyn Nicole Lefèvre-Sandt, wie sich Makler mit individuellen Dienstleistungen rund um die Immobilie Alleinstellungsmerkmale für ihr Geschäft erarbeiten können - wichtige Grundsteine für nachhaltigen Erfolg.
Immobilien und Steuern: Kompakte Darstellung für die Praxis
by Jürgen LindauerDieses Buch erläutert praxisnah und kompakt alle relevanten Steuern, die bei Erwerb, Vermietung und Veräußerung von Immobilien anfallen. Die 3., neu bearbeitete Auflage entspricht dem aktuellen Rechtsstand vom 1. Januar 2020 und berücksichtigt neben den Ertragsteuern (Einkommen-, Gewerbe-, Körperschaftsteuer) auch die Verkehrsteuern (Umsatz-, Grunderwerbsteuer) und die Substanzsteuern (Erbschaft/Schenkung-, Grundsteuer). Insbesondere wurde die Grundsteuerreform mit berücksichtigt. Zahlreiche Abbildungen und Beispiele strukturieren und veranschaulichen die Thematik.
Immobilien verkaufen für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Stefan Schwartz Steffi SammetSpielen Sie mit dem Gedanken, Ihre Immobilie zu verkaufen? Dieses Buch begleitet Sie auf dem Weg von der Entscheidung für den Verkauf bis zum Verkaufsabschluss. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie den Wert Ihrer Immobilie ermitteln, was sich wertsteigernd auswirkt und wie Sie Ihr Heim auf Vordermann bringen. Steffi Sammet und Stefan Schwartz helfen Ihnen in Eigenregie oder mithilfe eines Maklers Käufer zu finden, geschickt zu verhandeln und einen guten Verkaufspreis zu erzielen. Und damit nicht genug: Tipps, wie Sie mit dem Kauferlös umgehen und wie Sie sich auch trotz Verkauf ein Wohnrecht sichern können, runden das Buch ab.
Immobilien-Benchmarking: Ziele, Nutzen, Methoden und Praxis
by Lars Bernhard Schöne Tilman ReisbeckImmobilien-Benchmarking ist insbesondere zur Renditeoptimierung und Kostensenkung nützlich. Das Immobilienmanagement und dessen integrale Betrachtung innerhalb des Immobilienlebenszyklus unter Verwendung des Immobilien-Benchmarking werden in diesem Buch dargestellt und analysiert. Dabei wird auch auf die dafür erforderlichen Grundlagen eingegangen und in einzelnen Bausteinen in die Thematik eingeführt. Vor dem Hintergrund der umfangreichen Praxiserfahrungen der Autoren wird eine bewährte und zielführende Vorgehensweise bei Benchmarking-Projekten vorgestellt. Beispiele sowohl aus dem öffentlichen Bereich als auch aus der Industrie belegen die Praxistauglichkeit der vorgestellten Grundlagen und Vorgehensweisen. Das Werk schließt mit einer Zusammenfassung, einer kritischen Beurteilung und einem Ausblick der Autoren für die weitere Entwicklung im Immobilien-Benchmarking.
Immobilien-Projektentwicklung
by Torsten HeldFür Unternehmen der Immobilienwirtschaft stellt die volatile Markt- und Wettbewerbssituation eine große strategische und strukturelle Herausforderung dar. Eine strategische Planung sowie die Verbesserung von Organisation und Abläufen in der Immobilienwirtschaft gewinnen daher zunehmend an Bedeutung. Der Band setzt hier an und konzentriert sich auf die Immobilien-Projektentwicklung, welche am Anfang des Lebenszyklus einer Immobilie steht und deswegen einen enormen Stellenwert für den ökonomischen Erfolg besitzt.