The economic efficiency of accommodation service PFI projects

VTT Publications

Volumn , Issue 555, 2004, Pages 3-286

  Rintala, Kai ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accommodation service; Design Build Finance and Operate (DBFO); Economic efficiency; Private Finance Initiative (PFI); Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884750207     PISSN: 12350621     EISSN: 14550849     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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