Causes of contractor's business failure in developing countries: The case of Palestine

Journal of Construction in Developing Countries

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Enshassi, Adnan ^a   Al Hallaq, Khalid ^a   Mohamed, Sherif ^b  

^a IUG   (Palestine)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Business failures; Construction industry; Contractors

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849009702     PISSN: 18236499     EISSN: 21804222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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