Towards a framework for benchmarking ICT practice, competence and performance in small firms

Performance Measurement and Metrics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-52

  Wainwright, David ^a   Green, Gill ^a   Mitchell, Ed ^b   Yarrow, David ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Communication technologies; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944386317     PISSN: 14678047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14678040510588580     Document Type: Review

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