Balanced scorecards for strategic and sustainable continuous improvement capability

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-359

  Dabhilkar, Mandar ^a   Bengtsson, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Case studies; Continuous improvement; Sweden; Work organization

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT (CI); DESIGN MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS; STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 2942552574     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380410535053     Document Type: Article

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