Differences between business center concepts in The Netherlands

Abstract

Purpose -This paper aims to analyze the objectives, tenants, spaces and services of different business center concepts and test whether the existing classifications in literature and in the real estate market draw on significantly different concepts.

Analysing user preferences for co-working space characteristics

“…As this study aims to help co-working office providers to improve their competitive position, these public offices are not taken into account. Incubators are also not considered in this study because these are a very specific and mostly publicly funded type of multi-tenant office that focuses on supporting start-up enterprises (Weijs-Perrée et al, 2016).…”

“…Previous studies (e.g. Calder & Courtney, 1992;Ketting, 2014;Parrino, 2015;Van den Berg & Stijnenbosch, 2009;Weijs-Perrée et al, 2016) classified multi-tenant offices into several subgroups, namely serviced offices (offering workspaces with a high service level), incubators (offering a high service level that could help start-up enterprises, mostly hightech enterprises, to develop and become successful), regular business centres (focusing on offering workspaces without any additional facilities or services) and co-working spaces (offering workspaces with a high service level and focusing on creating a community).…”

“…Several market changes have led to the growth of new types of multi-tenant offices, such as new ways of working (Van Meel & Vos, 2001), the sharing economy (Bouncken & Reuschl, 2016), the increasing need for flexibility (Gibson & Lizieri, 1999;Laterveer, 2011), the increasing use for public spaces as work spaces (Fruianu, De Leeuw, & Nilsen, 2011), the increasing number of self-employed workers, the growth in the use of technologies, and the decreasing and changing need for office space (Ketting, 2014;Laterveer, 2011). A multi-tenant office can be described as a building in which office space and possibly a number of shared facilities and/or services are offered to multiple organizations (Calder & Courtney, 1992;Weijs-Perrée, Appel-Meulenbroek, de Vries, & Romme, 2016). Previous studies (e.g.…”

The influence of personality on user satisfaction: multi-tenant offices

“…These studies largely ignored multi-tenant offices where organizations share spaces, facilities and services. A multitenant office can be described as a building in which office space and possibly a number of shared facilities and/or services are offered to multiple organizations (Calder & Courtney, 1992;Weijs-Perrée, Appel-Meulenbroek, De Vries, & Romme, 2016).…”

Location Type Choice for Face-to-Face Interactions in Business Centers

“…Last, respondents were asked to indicate the location type of the interaction. They could choose between different types of spaces/facilities that are usually offered in a business center, as determined in the study by Weijs-Perrée et al (2016). The types include workspaces, café/restaurant, formal meeting spaces, informal/social meeting spaces, project/creative spaces, event spaces, space for copying/printing, reception, kitchen, restaurant/café, coffee corner/pantry, and lounge space.…”