Does Size Matter? Operating Cost Coverage for Water Utilities

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1551-1562

  Tsagarakis, Konstantinos P ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Financial benefits; Financial performance; Operating cost coverage; Water utilities

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; OPERATING COSTS;

ALBANIA; COVERAGE INDICES; DECISION MAKERS; FINANCIAL BENEFITS; FINANCIAL GAINS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING NETWORKS; WATER UTILITY;

FINANCE;

BENCHMARKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFITABILITY; SANITATION; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

ALBANIA; BRAZIL; NORWAY; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84874225281     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0256-1     Document Type: Article

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