Business performance measures and alignment impact on strategy: The role of business improvement models

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 972-996

  McAdam, Rodney ^a   Bailie, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Improvement; Performance measurement; Quality culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036034520     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570210440492     Document Type: Article

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