Financial and operational performance indicators applied to public and private water and wastewater utilities

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-492

  Hassanein, Amr A G ^a   Khalifa, Reham A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Egypt; Industrial countries; Public sector organizations; Water industry; Water supply and waste systems

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES; PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS; WASTEWATER UTILITIES; WATER INDUSTRY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 34548492526     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980710780773     Document Type: Article

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