An application of the balanced scorecard to public transit sytem performance assessment

Transportation Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-55

  Phillips, Jason Keith ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC TRANSPORT;

EID: 1842630300     PISSN: 00411612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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