An integrated business improvement system (IBIS) for construction

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 42-55

  Beatham, Simon ^a   Anumba, Chimay ^a   Thorpe, Tony ^a   Hedges, Ian ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Continuous improvement; European Foundation for Quality Management; Integration; Performance measurement (quality)

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744454923     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040510602876     Document Type: Review

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