I was delighted to see the November 2009 issue of Harvard Business Review tackle about the importance of real estate as a second largest asset of almost every company. As they point out it should be viewed not merely as an operating necessity – wich it obviously is in the Nordic winter – but as a strategic resource to boost productivity and encourage innovation, if managed professionally. What senior management needs to do, HBR points out, is a high-level view of their real estate situation,...