Towards more flexible and accurate cash flow forecasting

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-44

  Kaka, Ammar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cash flow; Financial planning; Risk; S curves; Tendering strategies

Indexed keywords

RISKS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CASH FLOW; COST VARIANCE; EXTRA VARIABLES; FINANCIAL PLANNING; S CURVE; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TENDERING STRATEGIES;

FORECASTING;

EID: 0001785657     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446199600000005     Document Type: Article

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