Construction business failure: Conceptual synthesis of causal agents

Construction Innovation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-76

  Holt, Gary D ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Business failure; Construction; Construction industry; Failure agents; Innovation; Solvency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872098784     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171311296057     Document Type: Article

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