scholarly journals Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for the Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Buildings in Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 1546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongtao Tan ◽  
Chenyang Shuai ◽  
Tian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Industrial Buildings ◽  
The Government

With the economic restructuring during the 1980s and 1990s in Hong Kong, most manufacturing plants were relocated to China and many industrial buildings were left neglected or vacant. At the same time, owing to limited land supply, a shortage of affordable housing has been a problem in Hong Kong for many years. Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings may be a way of solving this problem. However, adaptive reuse is not an easy decision because there are many factors affecting adaptive reuse. Therefore, this paper examines the current situation of adaptive reuse of industrial buildings in Hong Kong and identifies a list of factors affecting the adaptive reuse of industrial buildings. Six factors are considered Critical Success Factors (CSFs). Based on a Principal Component Analysis, 33 factors are grouped into eight principal components, namely, sustainability, economics and finance, the market, changeability, location and neighborhood, culture and public interests, legal and regulatory matters, and the physical condition of the building. The identified CSFs and principal factors provide a useful reference for various stakeholders to have a clear understanding of the adaptive reuse of industrial buildings in Hong Kong, especially for the government to review current policies of adaptive reuse.

Critical success factors for building maintenance business: a Hong Kong case study

Facilities ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 208-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongtao Tan ◽  
Liyin Shen ◽  
Craig Langston ◽  
Weisheng Lu ◽  
Michael C.H. Yam
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Major Market ◽  
Maintenance Service ◽  
Principal Factors

Purpose – Thie purpose of this paper is to present the critical success factors (CSFs) for engaging in the building maintenance business in Hong Kong where maintenance is a major market sector. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, CSFs are identified for the business of building maintenance based on data collected from a questionnaire survey and interviews. Findings – A total of 12 CSFs are identified, such as client's satisfaction, certification of company, reliability of service, quality of service, and company reputation, and most are related to two principal factors, namely maintenance service and organization, and project management. Originality/value – This paper provides a review of building maintenance in Hong Kong and identifies a list of success factors for the business of building maintenance. The identified CSFs and principal factors provide useful reference for maintenance contractors to have a clear understanding of the expectations of the building maintenance market in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors of a Design Startup Business

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 2981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyoung Kim ◽  
Hyojin Kim ◽  
Youngok Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Innovative Products

Recent trends of new venture startups have paved the way for the expansion of the design industry and opened new windows of opportunity for the traditionally small and non-specialized design business. In this environment, design startups are rapidly growing in modern society, and thus meeting the needs of consumers through the development of innovative products, processes, and services. This study aims to determine the critical success factors affecting design startups. To this end, the concept and success variables of startup businesses were studied based on previous research, and then key success factors of design startups were identified. A total of 24 experts, from 12 design-based small venture startups and 12 technology-based small and medium startups, were surveyed regarding their priorities related to these factors, using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The results suggest that idea commercialization is the most important success factor as an innovation criterion among the four success criteria of design startups. Hence, entrepreneurial conditions, such as goal-orientation and entrepreneurs’ competence, are important success factors for design startups.

How Can We Reap the Fruits of Academic Research in Biotechnology? in Search of Critical Success Factors in Policies for New-Firm Formation

10.1068/c0133 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina van Geenhuizen
Keyword(s):  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Firm Formation ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
New Firm Formation ◽  
New Firm ◽  
The Government ◽  
Start Ups

There is often a gap between the creation of knowledge and the use of new knowledge in the economy, a situation which has pushed many governments to establish programmes for knowledge transfer and new-firm formation. I examine the initiatives taken by the government in the Netherlands to advance new-firm formation in biotechnology. Drawing on experience in entrepreneurship—its institutional setting in general, and more specifically on developments in biotechnology start-ups—I aim to identify critical success factors for this policy. The policy seems promising in covering all development stages of start-up firms and in using a network approach—with implementation by an intermediary organisation as a solution for coordination problems. The low popularity of entrepreneurship, including some negative regulatory factors in biotechnology, and the danger of the policy focusing on the top innovative start-ups are threats to success. Other threats may be a fragmentation of ferees and a narrow focus on a national situation rather than cooperation with adjacent countries. I suggest a number of critical success factors that can be used in policies to enhance new-firm formation in biotechnology, and indicate some lines for further research.

Data Quality

2011 ◽  
pp. 265-286
Author(s):  
Jeretta Horn Nord ◽  
G. Daryl Nord ◽  
Hongjiang Xu ◽  
Elizabeth S. Myrin
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Actual Performance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
And Performance

This chapter presents results from a large-scale survey of Australian CPA members regarding data quality. The research investigates and reports major stakeholders’ opinions on the importance of critical success factors affecting data quality and the actual performance on each of those factors. The results reveal whether dissimilarly sized organizations differ in the way they measure the importance and performance of critical success factors for data quality in accounting information systems.

B2B E-Commerce Infrastructure Success Factors for Small Companies in Developing Economies

2004 ◽  
pp. 185-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray E. Jennex ◽  
Don Amoroso ◽  
Olayele Adelakun
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Key Policy

This chapter looks into the key infrastructure factors affecting the success of small companies in developing economies that are establishing B2B e-commerce ventures by aggregating critical success factors from general e-commerce studies and studies from e-commerce in developing countries. The factors were identified through a literature review and case studies of two organizations. The results of the pilot study and literature review reveal five groups of success factors that contribute to the success of B2B e-commerce. These factors were later assessed for importance using a survey. The outcome of our analysis reveals a reduced list of key critical success factors that SMEs should emphasize as well as a couple of key policy implications for governments in developing countries.

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