...Abdullah Ehtesham Akbar; Mohammad A. Hassanain; Adel Alshibani Purpose This research explores the factors influencing the growth of the facilities management (FM) industry in Saudi Arabia, identifying essential skills and challenges faced by facilities managers. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mohammad Alsharif Purpose This study aims to extensively investigate the efficiency of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach The study employs the data envelopment analysis on 17 Saudi REITs with an innovative profit-oriented approach in selecting...

...Bakhter Ihsan; Adel Alshibani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify, assess, rank, and compare the most influencing factors in three-, four-, and five-star hotels in the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach A combination of literature and interviewing of ten...

.... Responses were obtained on the developed questionnaire survey by interviewing the facilities managers of the full population of the 40 hospitals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, 20 of which were public hospitals and the other 20 were private hospitals. The data received were analyzed to identify...

.... The most important three factors influencing the decision to outsource maintenance services in the public Saudi Arabia universities were identified as “increase the speed of implementation”, “improve quality requirements” and “risk sharing with contractors”. Practical implications The findings...