The link between perceptions about the balanced scorecard approach and company performance - An empirical study

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-194

  Islam, Majidul ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; BSC; Financial measures; Perceptions; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846987541     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2007.011618     Document Type: Article

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