Nature of firm performance in construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Deng, Fei ^a   Smyth, Hedley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction firms; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Factor analysis; Financial analysis; Firm performance; Organizational issues; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS;

AGGLOMERATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MANAGERS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 84892938783     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000778     Document Type: Article

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