UK contractors' acquisitions strategy for Central and Eastern Europe

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 322-328

  Carrillo, Patricia ^a   Heavey, Ian ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisitions strategy; Central and Eastern Europe; Construction companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993070611     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021156     Document Type: Review

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