Volume 30, Number 1, 2008
The Internationalization of Real Estate Research
Kam C. Chan
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Email: johnny.chan@wku.edu |
William G. Hardin III
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
Email: hardinw@fiu.edu |
Kartono Liano
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9580
Email: kliano@cobilan.msstate.ed |
Zheng Yu
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9580
Email: zy19@msstate.edu |
Abstract:
The contributions of
international researchers and institutions to real estate literature for
the 1990 to 2006 period are assessed. Both the Asia-Pacific and European
regions increase their influence on the top tier of real estate
literature. The North American region, while still the dominant source
of real estate research, sees its weighted share of publications in the
top tier of academic real estate journals decline. Universities from
Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the
Netherlands are leaders in their respective regions. Individual
researchers domiciled outside of North America are also gaining
influence, but few individuals rank high when compared to North American
authors. It is anticipated that these trends will continue given the
global growth in real estate as an asset class, the importance of real
estate investment in countries
posting substantial economic growth, and the allocation of resources and
human capital within these growing regions to real estate research.
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