Benchmarking the human capital strategies of MNCs in Singapore

Benchmarking

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-373

  Huang, Gerald Z D ^a   Roy, Matthew H ^b   Ahmed, Zafar U ^c   Heng, Judy S T ^a   Lim, Joyce H M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Human capital theory; Singapore; Small firms

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HUMAN CAPITAL STRATEGIES;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 0242301604     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770210442699     Document Type: Article

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