Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction: Volume 23 Issue 3

Infrastructure financing and economic growth in India: an empirical investigation

Varun Chotia, N.V.M. Rao

This paper aims to suggest the preferred mode of financing for major sub-sectors of infrastructure: roads, seaports, telecommunication and energy by examining which mode of…

Factors affecting financial leveraging for BSE listed real estate development companies in India

Rakesh Kumar Sharma

The real estate sector in India has assumed growing importance with the liberalisation of the economy. Developments in the real estate sector are being influenced by the…

Factors driving contractors to implement energy management strategies in construction projects

Adnan Enshassi, Abed Ayash, Sherif Mohamed

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors driving Palestinian construction contractors to implement energy management strategies during the execution of construction…

Community interventions in construction health and safety and the implications: Evidence from Nigeria

Nnedinma Umeokafor

The purpose of this study is to examine the involvement of communities – geographical or geopolitical units, which identifies culture, interest and ethnicity – in construction…

Implications of collection period variance in the construction industry

John Killingsworth, Mohammed Hashem Mehany

Despite economic growth in the construction sector of the USA, profit margins are persistently low. An examination of collection practices of over 400 construction firms revealed…

Price risk management in BOT railroad construction projects using financial derivatives

Mohammad Vahdatmanesh, Afshin Firouzi

Railroad transit infrastructures are amongst major capital-intensive projects worldwide, which impose significant risks to the contractors of build-operate-transfer projects…