Benchmarking in the non-profit sector in Australia

Benchmarking

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-235

  Tyler, Melissa Conley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Benchmarking; Management techniques; Non profit organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444457564     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770510600348     Document Type: Article

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