UK capital budgeting practices: some additional survey evidence

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-388

  Drury, Colin ^a   Tayles, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advanced manufacturing technologies; capital budgeting practices; discount rates; inflation; investment appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749190448     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518479600000015     Document Type: Article

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