An input/output model for business failures in the construction industry

Journal of Construction Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Koksal, Almula ^a   Arditi, David ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Business failures; Construction companies; Organizational decline

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS FAILURES; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; INPUT/OUTPUT MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL DECLINE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 10444231052     PISSN: 16099451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1609945104000024     Document Type: Article

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