Determining a conceptual framework for green FM intellectual capital
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to consider how a facilities management (FM) organisation can strategically manage its intellectual capital with regard to environmental management services and to suggest a conceptual strategy for determining FM intangible assets' competitiveness and performance.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is based on a literature review of published work within the industry in relation to environmental issues and FM knowledge management, forming a basis for a further research paradigm.
Findings
Building on the resource‐based view of the FM organisation, the FM intellectual capital framework is referred to emphasize the significance of green strategy in its knowledge components.
Research limitations/implications
This paper emphasizes the importance of FM intellectual capital in achieving overall sustainability and profitability to an organisation. However, due to limitations of experience within the FM knowledge perspective, it will take a while before significant results can be provided in proof of this.
Practical implications
This paper establishes an imperative approach about FM knowledge capital capability to drive a greater environmental effectiveness and to reduce liability from a pertinent environmental directive.
Originality/value
This paper theoretically evaluates the importance of FM intangible assets to the development of environmental management by an FM firm.
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Citation
Baharum, M.R. and Pitt, M. (2009), "Determining a conceptual framework for green FM intellectual capital", Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 267-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/14725960910990026
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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