Risk and benefits associated with international construction-consulting joint ventures in the English-speaking Caribbean

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1143-1152

  McIntosh, Karl ^a   McCabe, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction management; International; Joint ventures; Risk factors; Success factors

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASH FLOW; MARKET SHARE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

CONSTRUCTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOINT VENTURE; RISK FACTOR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 1842532199     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l03-063     Document Type: Article

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