What have we learned? Themes from the literature on best-practice benchmarking

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-189

  Francis, Graham ^a   Holloway, Jacky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548209130     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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