A review of financial ratio tools for predicting contractor insolvency

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-198

  Edum Fotwe, Francis ^a   Price, Andrew ^a   Thorpe, Antony ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction companies; Financial ratios; Ratio models; Subjective index; Traditional ratios

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; EFFICIENCY;

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; FINANCIAL RATIOS; RATIO MODELS; SUBJECTIVE INDEX; TRADITIONAL RATIOS;

FINANCE;

EID: 0038123961     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461996373458     Document Type: Review

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