Performance measurement system design: testing a process approach in manufacturing companies

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-170

  Bourne, Mike ^a   Mills, John ^a   Neely, Andy ^a   Platts, Ken ^a   Wilcox, Mark ^b   Hamblin, David ^c   Bicheno, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

management processes; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012076270     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.1999.004435     Document Type: Article

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