Financial analysis of road project delivery systems

Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-78

  Lahdenperä, Pertti ^a   Koppinen, Tiina ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Financial analysis; Finland; Project finance; Project management; Roads

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073617     PISSN: 13664387     EISSN: 17598443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13664380910942644     Document Type: Article

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