A review and analysis of the state-of-the-art research on productivity measurement

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 234-241

  Singh, Harinder ^a   Motwani, Jaideep ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Methodology; Performance measurement; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006114861     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570010335271     Document Type: Review

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