This book examines the international growth and diversification of real estate advisory services in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan since 1960. The book explains how successful firms develop competitive advantages in the global marketplace. An evaluation of forty prominent firms (ten from each country) provides a comparativ

List of illustrations, Foreword, Acknowledgments, 1 Introduction, 2 Cross-border direct investment, 3 The internationalization of real estate advisory services, 4 Historical profile of real estate advisory service firms, 5 Innovations in international real estate advisory services, 6 Real estate advisory service firms from the focal countries:four case studies, 7 Conclusions, Appendix A Analytical framework, Appendix B A brief history of restrictions on international, investment by the focal countries, Appendix C Historical yields and rates of return on real estate investment in the focal countries, Bibliography, Index