Contractor financial credit limits; their derivation and implications for materials suppliers

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 535-545

  Nicholas, J ^a   Holt, G D ^a   Mihsein, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contractors' credit limits; Debtors; Materials suppliers; Risk; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; PROFITABILITY; RISKS;

CREDIT FACILITIES; DEBTORS; FINANCIAL CREDITS; FINANCIAL RISKS; NEW APPROACHES; PROFIT MARGIN; UTILITY THEORY;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 21544456892     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461900407347     Document Type: Article

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