Consultation with Experts, an Important Resource in Research

Abstract

As the name of the proposed paper indicates, the objective of the same is to note the importance that can have the consultation to experts in the field of research. This methodology was used in the doctoral thesis “Profitability of office buildings at the Barcelona Metropolitan Area” (2017), in order to qualify, urban, environmental and agglomeration quality factors, that is, those that define the urban and environmental environment, its buildings, accessibility, social hierarchy and agglomeration, which affect the profitability of offices in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Spain. Factors classified as “very important” are: accessibility to important avenues, accessibility to the metro station, accessibility to large transport infrastructures, quality of the built-up stock, economic-business compactness and intensity of the built-up stock. Factors classified as “important” are: accessibility to bus stop, accessibility to customers, quality of urbanization, state of conservation of built-up stock and level of income.