A study of the growth-investment-financing nexus of the major UK construction groups

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-361

  Punwani, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction majors; Contracting; Growth; Housebuilding; Intra group financing; Investment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION GROUPS; CONTRACTING; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL PRESENTATIONS; HOUSEBUILDING; INTRA-GROUP; INVESTMENT AND FINANCINGS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 0001163913     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461997372908     Document Type: Article

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