Indicator variables model of firm's size-profitability relationship of electrical contractors using financial and economic data

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-197

  Ammar, Abdurahman ^a   Hanna, Awad S ^b   Nordheim, Erik V ^b   Russell, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractors; Data analysis; Models; Profits

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; ECONOMIC DATA; MARKET SHARE; PROFITS;

CONTRACTS; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 13944262150     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:2(192)     Document Type: Article

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