Evolution of “Universal Business Excellence Model” incorporating Vedic philosophy

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 4-20

  Sharma, Anil K ^a   Talwar, Balvir ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Performance management; Publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548172451     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040710820719     Document Type: Article

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