WACC as the touchstone performance indicator: The use of financial ratios as performance indicator - From operations to capital investments

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 700-710

  Jung, Hyung Il ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial management; Hospitality management; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749092629     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110810892254     Document Type: Article

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