A bid-unbalancing method for lowering a contractor's financial risk

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1291-1302

  Christodoulou, Symeon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Bid unbalancing; Cash flow optimization; Entropy; Project profitability

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; CONTRACTS; FINANCE; OPTIMIZATION;

BID-UNBALANCING; CASH FLOW OPTIMIZATION; FINANCIAL PARAMETERS; FINANCIAL RISKS; MONETARY RESOURCES; PRIMARY USERS; PROJECT ACTIVITIES; PROJECT PROFITABILITY;

ENTROPY;

FINANCIAL CRISIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57749105712     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802596238     Document Type: Article

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