Building a Market

Building a Market
Author: Richard Harris
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226317684

A unique study of how the American Dream came to be—and came to be constantly updated and renovated: ”A pleasure to read.”—American Historical Review Each year, North Americans spend as much money fixing up their homes as they do buying new ones. This obsession with improving our dwellings has given rise to a multibillion-dollar industry that includes countless books, magazines, cable shows, and home improvement stores. Building a Market charts the rise of the home improvement industry in the United States and Canada from the end of World War I into the late 1950s. Drawing on the insights of business, social, and urban historians, and making use of a wide range of documentary sources, Richard Harris shows how the middle-class preference for home ownership first emerged in the 1920s—and how manufacturers, retailers, and the federal government combined to establish the massive home improvement market and a pervasive culture of Do-It-Yourself. Deeply insightful, Building a Market is the carefully crafted history of the emergence and evolution of a home improvement revolution that changed not just American culture but the American landscape as well. “An important topic that deserves to be widely read by scholars of business history, urban history, and social history.”—Journal of American History

Space Marketing

Space Marketing
Author: Ilse "Izzy" House
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781737742401

Space Marketing introduces marketing principles, strategies, and tactics through the lens of space. The space industry is changing and the competition is exploding as countries from all over the world enter the space race. Marketing is crucial to differentiate your brand and launch ahead of the pack. Space companies will have to understand marketing principles if they hope to compete for customers, investors, and contract bidding wars in the new commercial space industry.

Industrial Buildings

Industrial Buildings
Author: Michael Stratton
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135807817

This book gives guidance as to the types of building stock offering greatest potential for conversion, that are likely to be viable and sustainable. Chapters are contributed by key experts in the field.

Industrialized Building

Industrialized Building
Author: United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Division of International Affairs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1968
Genre: Building
ISBN:

Underwriting Commercial Real Estate in a Dynamic Market

Underwriting Commercial Real Estate in a Dynamic Market
Author: Christian Redfearn
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0128159898

A recurrent theme in Underwriting Commercial Real Estate in a Dynamic Market is that good thinking and good underwriting go together. This stands in contrast with "getting an answer" or even worse "reverse engineering" - getting to a solution by assuming that current trends in market pricing is best. The cases in Underwriting Commercial Real Estate in a Dynamic Market will force readers to recognize that there is no single answer, but rather a range of answers that will depend on numerous perspectives. And, in order to make valuation decisions, they will have to undertake a rich conversation about what constitutes a good trade-off and what does not. Cases can be structured for use with introductory material as well as advanced topics.

Marketing Green Building Services

Marketing Green Building Services
Author: Jerry Yudelson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2012-07-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1136380019

Marketing Green Building Services: Strategies for Success presents all the information key decision-makers need to respond to the fast-growing market for green buildings, design and construction services and products. Completely updated, revised and expanded from the author’s previous works, this book is the one resource you need to succeed in the green building marketplace. With a sound grounding in contemporary marketing theory and practice, the book assembles hard-to-find information to assist executives and partners in design and construction firms in crafting competitive strategies that build on their firm’ strengths, while shoring up their weaknesses. Since most design and construction firms specialize in particular market sectors, the book systematically examines the important market segments for green buildings. It also presents key business case justifications for green buildings that help architects, engineers and builders to understand client motivations and respond to them with appropriate marketing tactics and communications strategies. The book examines how the green building market is adopting certain new products and design approaches, information that will help manufacturers and product sales teams to craft appropriate marketing strategies. The book also helps owners and developers understand the green building business case and to find out what other leading-edge firms and projects have learned - how to market and sell green buildings and green developments in a highly competitive marketplace.