Revising the concept and forms of benchmarking

Benchmarking

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-225

  Kyrö, Paula ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Competition; Networking; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PUBLIC-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 0242269882     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770310477753     Document Type: Article

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