Managing target the cash balance in construction firms using a fuzzy regression approach

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-684

  Chen, Cheng Wu ^a   Wang, Morris H L ^b   Lin, Jeng Wen ^c  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VAN NUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

T S fuzzy model; Target cash balance; Working capital management

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAPID TRANSIT;

CASH MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; FINANCIAL STRATEGIES; FUZZY REGRESSIONS; MAJOR FACTORS; MANAGEMENT IS; PRACTICAL MODEL; TAKAGI SUGENO FUZZY MODELS; TARGET CASH BALANCE; WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 70349911597     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488509006200     Document Type: Article

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