The Future of Facilities Management in Lithuania

Willem Brauers, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas () and Natalija Lepkova ()
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Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, Department of Construction Technology and Management, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Natalija Lepkova: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, Department of Construction Economics and Property Management, Vilnius, Lithuania

Journal for Economic Forecasting, 2017, issue 1, 98-115

Abstract: This article presents a facilities management sector analysis and future forecast for Lithuania. The analysis was made in two stages: in 2003 and 2016. Since 2003, the date of the previous research study on facilities management, many changes have occurred in the economy of Lithuania, due to its accession to the European Union on May 1, 2004. In particular, the facilities management sector changed from a non- tradable to an internationally tradable sector, accompanied by the entrance of firms working at the European Union level. This means that traditional firms would have a price level problem, solved either by assuming the fidelity of existing clients or by lowering the quality of their services. The Ameliorated Nominal Group Technique was applied in this study. In addition to comparisons, a multi-objective optimization method helped to obtain a ranking of effectiveness of the firms offering facilities management. Therefore, the MULTIMOORA method is preferred, given its superiority to other methods. The final ranking of preference for the facilities sector in Lithuania is presented in this article. The future of facilities management in Lithuania is outlined. The main conclusions of the article are based on research conducted.

Keywords: facilities management; Ameliorated Nominal Group Technique; MULTIMOORA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C15 C61 E17 L5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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