Predicting profit performance for selecting candidate international construction projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 425-436

  Han, Seung H ^a   Kim, Du Y ^a   Kim, Hyoungkwan ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Forecasting; Foreign projects; Profits; Regression analysis; Risk management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOREIGN PROJECTS; PREDICTION MODELS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248590966     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:6(425)     Document Type: Article

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