Using analytic network process to assess business failure risks of construction firms

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-386

  Dikmen, Irem ^a   Birgonul, M Talat ^a   Ozorhon, Beliz ^b   Sapci, Nurdan Egilmezer ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business failures; Construction industry; Organizational performance; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; ANALYTICAL NETWORK PROCESS; BUSINESS FAILURE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; CORPORATE LEVEL; CURRENT SITUATION; DELPHI METHOD; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EXTERNAL FACTORS; IMPORTANCE WEIGHTS; INTANGIBLE RESOURCES; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; LITERATURE SURVEY; MANAGERIAL FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SIMILAR MODELS; TURKEY; TURKISHS; VALUE CHAINS;

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 78049520542     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699981011056574     Document Type: Article

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