Software Asset Management (It Infrastructure Library Services)

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Surprisingly relevant.......2004-07-01

I am no fan of the official ITIL documents, considering them to be a necessary evil that will assure the correct information when taking certification exams or ensuring that you implement ITIL correctly. This book is an exception because it dispenses with the heavy emphasis on theory and generalism that characterize the other books in the series, and gives an actionable approach to implementing and maintaining software asset management processes and procedures.

Coverage of all of the important aspects is solid. It provides a pragmatic and realistic approach to making a business case for software asset management, defines clear roles and responsibilities, and defines key processes. These processes include verification, compliance and strategies for license management, and how to implement them. There is a section on tools and technologies, but this is somewhat weak (although the material on tool selection is solid).

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Exactly What I was looking for...........2007-09-16

This mangement guide is exactly what I was looking for. A Realtor for 6 years I was looking for a mangement perspective to help me navigate and negotiate my future. I found it to be comprehensive and an easy read.

Is an index really that difficult?.......2006-02-21

While this book contains some useful information, it is choppy and disorganized, perhaps a result of being 30 years old and being re-issued 4 times. And to add to the confusion, the index is terrible. Since this is primarily a reference book, lack of a thorough index is inexcusable. Needs to be revamped and brought up to date.

Global Corporate Real Estate Management: A Handbook for Multinational Businesses and Organizations

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Global Corporate Real Estate Management: A Handbook for Multinational Businesses and Organizations
M. A. Hines
Manufacturer: Quorum Books
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ASIN: 089930530X

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Written for corporate real estate managers, this is a comprehensive practical guide to the selection, management, and disposal of corporate real estate properties in both the home and foreign countries. The author focuses on the management of the real assets of U.S.-based multinationals, although the discussion can be applied to multinational company management of worldwide real estate regardless of headquarters country. Among the key topics addressed are the ways in which a corporate real estate department can be most effectively organized, the need for computerization in the management of diverse properties in a variety of locations, leasing property, tax management, risk analysis and management, and real estate performance measurement. Throughout, the author includes details of the actual experiences of leading U.S. multinationals to illustrate the unique problems associated with various national and local real estate markets around the globe. Hines begins by offering some suggestions for corporate policy formulation aimed at guiding decisionmaking in the acquisition, development, and divestiture of property related to company operations. She addresses the lease-or-buy decision, demonstrating that the decision depends on the nature of the corporate real assets, the need for security, and the availability of funds. A separate chapter addresses the widely varying leasing conditions and terms that are encountered around the world. Since income, value-added, sales, withholding, and ad valorem property taxes affect country and site selections as well as company profitability, Hines provides an in-depth treatment of tax management from the perspective of the corporate real estate decisionmaker. Global real estate risk management also receives extended coverage. The final chapter shows how to measure real estate performance and demonstrates that global real estate holdings can and should be viewed as global portfolios with overall returns and risks--rather than as individual buildings with individual profit-and-loss profiles.

Leasing Space for Your Small Business (Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business)

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Combines legal information and business basics on leasing.
Had a high interest until I read this book

Leasing Space for Your Small Business (Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business)
Janet Portman , and Fred S. Steingold
Manufacturer: Nolo
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Negotiate Your Commercial Lease
Negotiating Commercial Real Estate Leases

ASIN: 0873375726

Book Description

Unless you operate a business out of your home, or own the building from which your shingle dangles, you need to lease commercial space. For the typical owner, this process can be daunting--and cluttered with costly, potential pitfalls.

With Leasing Space for Your Small Business, you can proceed with confidence. This practical handbook explains how to analyze space needs and then go about finding the ideal location at the best price. Learn how to:

* determine the real cost of renting * negotiate with an experienced landlord * read the small print in a lease -- and protect yourself if the landlord presents a one-sided lease * allocate the responsibility -- and cost -- of fixing up the space * deal with a contractor during remodeling * end a lease early * share the space with a sub-tenant * respond to an eviction notice * problem solve without hiring a lawyer

Comprehensive and, as always, written in plain English, Leasing Space for Your Small Business is essential for entrepreneurs on the hunt for a fair and workable lease.

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"Unless you operate a business out of your home, or own the building from which your shingle dangles, you need to lease commercial space. For the typical owner, this process can be daunting--and cluttered with costly, potential pitfalls. With Leasing Space for Your Small Business, you can proceed with confidence. This practical handbook explains how to analyze space needs and then go about finding the ideal location at the best price. Learn how to: ? determine the real cost of renting ? negotiate with an experienced landlord ? read the small print -- and protect yourself if the landlord presents a one-sided lease ? allocate the responsibility -- and cost -- of fixing up the space ? end a lease early ? share the space with a sub-tenant ? problem solve without hiring a lawyer Comprehensive and, as always, written in plain English, Leasing Space for Your Small Business is essential for entrepreneurs on the hunt for a fair and workable lease. "

Customer Reviews:

Combines legal information and business basics on leasing........2003-08-11

One may not expect a legal guide to have business related information on the topic being discussed. Nolo guides are typically an exception to that rule just like this one. There is a lot of information that you will need to put together and decisions to be made before you even get to the point of signing a lease agreement and this book address those concerns on top of the legal aspects to signing leases and neatly ties the two.

For that purpose, the book is divided into two parts - the first part deals with how to prepare for leasing space (evaluating your needs, finding the space, evaluating the space, understanding true costs, coming up with a negotiating strategy, etc.) and the second part deals with the common lease terms (lease basics, length of the lease, security deposits, insurance clauses, breaking the lease, etc.).

My favorite chapter is Chapter 14: Option to Renew or Sublet and Other Flexibility Clause. In this economy, I didn't want to just sign any lease without knowing what my options are if I am forced to sublet. In the personal situation with renting apartments, in the past I had neglected to check these clauses and ended up suffering when I had financial problems and couldn't sublet! This time around I am carefully researching this before signing a long term contract. So I was happy to see this section and learned a lot about Rights of First Refusal and First Offer (I had heard about these things before reading this book but didn't exactly know the implications) among other related topics.

We are currently using this book to lease office space for the first time and finding that this book is saving us a lot of time. And I feel that it is reducing risk in the long term. I am glad I am not depending on 'standard' lease contracts to take care of my needs and instead identifying what my needs are and making sure that the lease agreement addresses those issues. Considering how much research I have been able to do with this book's help, I am confident that this is really going to pay off in the long run. I do plan on working with my lawyer before signing the final contract but it is so helpful to do all the up front work on my own so there is no middle person involved. Even if there are middle people involved, I believe it is going to make the communication smoother as I don't have to depend on them to keep my best interests in mind (as we can guess, they probably won't or may be too involved with their own best interests).

Before Nolo guides, there wasn't much out there to help you understand the law. These books explain the law in plain English. They do a fantastic job too! Lawyers should always be consulted to assist you with legal situations but it is good to have this information ahead of time so communication is smoother and the legal costs lesser. I hope you benefit from this book as much as we have. Good luck!

Had a high interest until I read this book.......2002-10-11

I run my own shop and wanted to open a new space across town, but rather than rely on a landlord to just give me good terms, I thought I'd do some research first.

I started with this book, which promises to show you how to negotiate all the terms, etc. But by the time I'd read the first chapter, my head was nodding and an hour had gone by. I didn't retain any information because it was so dry.

I'm sure there's some sort of information to be gleened from it, but you'd have to be a patient reader, not a busy businesswoman like me. I recommend "The Commercial Lease Guidebook."

Negotiate The Best Lease For Your Business
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Excellent Book for the Small Business Owner

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Negotiate The Best Lease For Your Business
Janet Portman , and Fred S. Steingold
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Book Description

When it comes to business, there is no standard lease!

Ready to haggle for the best deal possible? Turn to Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business -- you'll find the information, advice and strategies you need when negotiating with an experienced landlord.

This practical handbook explains how to analyze space needs, find the ideal location and then get the best possible terms. Learn how to:

*determine the real cost of renting *keep future rent at manageable levels *get the most out of your broker and attorney *suggest alternatives to hefty security deposits *allocate responsibility and cost of fixing up your space *negotiate flexibility to expand, renew or leave early *ensure costs are shared fairly among tenants *avoid dealing with costly code compliance and clean-ups *save your lease if you can't live up to it now and then

The 2nd edition provides new strategies and advice throughout, plus new checklists that will help you at every step of your negotiation.

Comprehensive and written in plain English, Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business is essential for entrepreneurs on the hunt for a fair and workable lease.

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"When it comes to business, there is no standard lease! Ready to haggle for the best deal possible? Turn to Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business -- you'll find the information, advice and strategies you need when negotiating with an experienced landlord. This practical handbook explains how to analyze space needs, find the ideal location and then get the best possible terms. Learn how to: -determine the real cost of renting -keep future rent at manageable levels -get the most out of your broker and attorney -suggest alternatives to hefty security deposits -allocate responsibility and cost of fixing up your space -negotiate flexibility to expand, renew or leave early -ensure costs are shared fairly among tenants -avoid dealing with costly code compliance and clean-ups -save your lease if you can't live up to it now and then The 2nd edition provides new strategies and advice throughout, plus new checklists that will help you at every step of your negotiation. Comprehensive and written in plain English, Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business is essential for entrepreneurs on the hunt for a fair and workable lease. "

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Book for the Small Business Owner.......2007-07-29

If I could buy one book about commercial leasing and I was a small business owner, this would be the one. I consult to small business tenants daily and the tips in this book will help them avoid a lot lost money and hassle!

Anthony Dyson

As Founder and Broker of Record of Realty Executives Dyson Inc, a real estate lease consulting and brokerage firm, Anthony provides his 25 years of expertise in real estate lease negotiation to large and small business tenants nationwide by phone, fax and email as well as providing commercial real estate brokerage services in Toronto.

Moneysaving Info.......2005-08-16

This book is perfect for what we needed as a first time business leasee. Knowledge is key in any negotiation allowing you to negotiate from a position of strength. This book gives you that knowledge.

The potential to save money and/or not get stuck in a long term lease on an inappropriate property makes this a must-have book. Read it before signing any lease contract.

Space Meets Status Designing Workplace Performance

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Space Meets Status Designing Workplace Performance
Jacqueline Vischer
Manufacturer: Routledge
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Culture, Architecture, and Design
Inquiry by Design: Environment/Behavior/Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, and Planning, Updated and Revised Edition
Assessing Building Performance
Architectural Research Methods

ASIN: 0415701058

Book Description

This book deals with the problems that are created when employers try to decrease the size of individual offices and workstations in order to increase work efficiency. Employees, who often regard their workspace as a "home from home", a retreat and a space that symbolizes their status and marks their territory feel threatened by this attempt to shrink "their" room.
Jacqueline Vischer summarizes significant research findings on office-space design and behavior from fields such as environmental psychology, architecture and interior design, employing terms that are accessible and interesting to practicing designers as well as business managers. Examples and case studies illustrate how space is a corporate resource, and how companies can improve their design decisions.
The book also examines the practical aspects of planning workspace for users. Worker productivity and stress levels are affected by lighting, ventilation, temperature, noise, and furniture layout. This book takes a new approach by showing howthe technical aspects of human comfort in terms of building systems does not always tally with users' perceptions and behavior. By understanding more about how these factors affect work performance, corporate managers and design professionals can plan, design and manage the layout of the work environment more effectively.

Real Estate Office Management: A Guide to Success

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Real Estate Office Management: A Guide to Success
Bob Herd
Manufacturer: South-Western Educational Pub
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ASIN: 0324184840

Book Description

Real Estate Office Management: A Guide to Success takes a concise look at contemporary real estate office management covering the essential day-to-day knowledge needed to successfully operate the office. It exclusively focuses on the highly essential "operational" issues that a person would encounter from the initial planning stages through the eventual sale of the office. The content uses numerous real world examples, from the author's experience, to demonstrate how to best handle making critical decisions.

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Warner's book takes the trauma out of business relocation.
Excellent Resource for Office Relocation

Move Your Office
Karen Warner
Manufacturer: Vision Publications
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ASIN: 1928742068

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Move Your Office will help you manage a successful relocation and keep your job. Experts in the fields of office relocation and commercial real estate have defined the tasks associated with an office move and put them into logical sequence, making the relocation process manageable. The following key functions of a successful relocation are broken down into detail: Facility Selection, Lease Negotiation, Office Design and Space Planning, Moving Companies, Telecommunication, Voice and Data Cabling, Computers, Office Equipment and Furnishings. Action steps and Checklists are included to keep you on track every step of the way. As the top-selling commercial real estate guide, Move Your Office has helped thousands of companies manage their moves successfully. "On average, 2/3 of employees who are given the task of managing an office are fired or quit within 6 months of the move." Source: International Facility Management Association.

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Warner's book takes the trauma out of business relocation........2006-12-11

I cannot overstate the practicality of Karen Warner's "Move Your Office". The book is really designed and organized with the reader's convenience in mind. It has tools to evaluate whether moving is the right decision. It has insider's tips on finding the ideal space, negotiating terms with landlords, and how to choose and best use a real estate professional. It has concrete steps for managing the chaos of moving day, from gaining staff support to dealing with snack-machine vendors. It has tips and checklists for orchestrating the all-important IT and telecommunications relocation to minimize downtime.

And best of all---it is well-written. Warner has managed to make it clear, concise, comprehensive, and elegantly readable all at the same time. You open this book and your blood pressure immediately goes down. Everything will be all right. You can do this. The business will grow and thrive thanks to the ground work you're about to do up front and the sound decisions you now know how to make.

With years of expertise, Warner knows how to make it all work. And she has successfully translated that knowledge into an easy-to-use tool that any business can use on its own terms and in its own way.

Excellent Resource for Office Relocation.......2006-11-24

Move Your Office does a great job of explaining the do's and dont's of office relocation. This book walks you through all of the steps from finding the right space to planning your furniture layout to lease negotiation and all the facets of the physical move. It's an absolute must read for anyone thinking of relocating their office space.

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Business Leasing for Dummies
Excellent if niche book

Business Leasing for Dummies
David G. Mayer
Manufacturer: Hungry Minds
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Power Tools for Successful Leasing
The Complete Equipment-Leasing Handbook

ASIN: 0764553704

Book Description

Business Leasing For Dummies covers the fundamentals of the leasing process, and objectively addresses the To buy or to lease?" question. This friendly guide describes -- in plain English -- the financial and legal ramifications of entering into a leasing agreement. It also explains how to evaluate leases for "unique" assets, such as: aircraft, software, railroad equipment, etc.And it provides negotiating tips and hints for those playing both sides of the game: the lessors and the lessees. The book highlights the financial advantages of leasing equipment, and relates those benefits to company costs and cashflow."

Customer Reviews:

Business Leasing for Dummies.......2003-06-20

This book is more about the benefits and features of leasing. It does not give the reader any information on structuring a lease. The only benefit that I saw in reading this book was that it did inform me about different lease types.

Excellent if niche book.......2002-07-09

For anyone in the leasing business, this is a wonderful book to own. It is a complete training course in equipment leasing. The author has the only good explanation I could ever find of concepts such as leveraged leases. This book is a _must_ for anyone in the equipment leasing industry.

I wish that the author had worked out a few examples with the reader on cash flows and pricing of leases. There is some math that is not very clear to the first time reader. I also wish that there was some more information about vendor leasing and lease origination.

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