The barriers to entry into the PFI market

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-193

  Ezulike, Ekene I ^a   Perry, John G ^a   Hawwash, Kamel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to entry; Construction contractors; PFI market; Private Finance Initiative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969966     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021047     Document Type: Review

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