Building a conceptual framework for measuring business performance in construction: An empirical evaluation

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-507

  Bassioni, H A ^a   Price, A D F ^b   Hassan, T M ^b  

^a Egypt Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Construction; Empirical evaluation; Excellence model; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

BALANCED SCORECARDS; BUSINESS EXCELLENCE MODELS; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; LATHAM AND EGAN REPORTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 22144446074     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000301401     Document Type: Article

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