Identification and Assessment of Key Political Risk Factors Influencing Corporate Performance of International Construction Companies in North- Eastern (NE), Nigeria

Subject Areas : Urban Design

John  Adebiyi ¹ (Department of Quantity Surveying University of Benin)
abriel  Sanni ² (Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Benin, Benin, Nigeria.)

Received: 2017-12-14 Accepted : 2018-11-13 Published : 2019-03-01

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