Strategic capital investment decision-making: A role for emergent analysis tools?. A study of practice in large UK manufacturing companies

British Accounting Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-173

  Alkaraan, Fadi ^a   Northcott, Deryl ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Decision making; Financial analysis; Risk analysis; Strategic capital investment; UK manufacturing companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745029011     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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