Capital budgeting techniques used by small business firms in the 1990s

Engineering Economist

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-302

  Block, Stanley ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL BUDGETING; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW; FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; PAYBACK PERIODS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SMALL BUSINESS; SMALLER FIRMS;

BUDGET CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; SURVEYS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 0006768217     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137919708903184     Document Type: Review

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