Relationship between governance structure and financial performance in construction

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Rebeiz, Karim S ^a   Salameh, Zeina ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Construction companies; Construction management; Financial management; Organizations

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33646590580     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2006)22:1(20)     Document Type: Article

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