Benchmarking University Activities: An Italian Case Study

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-220

  Arnaboldi, Michela ^a   Azzone, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

activity based management; benchmarking; budgeting; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844481676     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2004.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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