Epistemology of capital structure decisions by building contractors in Hong Kong

Construction Innovation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-345

  Chiang, Yat Hung ^a   Cheng, Eddie W l ^b   Lam, Patrick T i ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Construction industry; Contract workers; Decision making; Financing; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986082897     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171011060105     Document Type: Article

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