Environmental Determinants and Choice of Project Evaluation Techniques in US and UK Firms
Description:
The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a theory that helps explain the conditions under which firms select certain project evaluation techniques. This study uses contingency theory to analyze the impact of environmental uncertainty on the choice of project evaluation techniques. In addition to a direct measure of uncertainty, several dimensions of uncertainty are included in this study. These dimensions of uncertainty include control structure, method of financing, foreign assets, metho…
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Date:
May 1996
Creator:
Smolarski, Jan M. (Jan Mietek)