Comparative evaluation of practices: Lessons from R & D organizations

Benchmarking

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 214-223

  Mrinalini, N ^a   Nath, Pradosh ^a  

^a National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies India   (India)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Performance measures; Quality indicators; Quantitative methods; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644527628     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770610644691     Document Type: Article

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